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Colchester's Transition to Solar

Municipal solar project to save Colchester $450,000 and net the town almost $45,000 income through the sale of excess energy.

Categories: Electricity, Municipality

Communities: Colchester

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LED Lighting in Springfield Municipal Buildings

In December 2016, the Springfield Fire Department composed a proposal to reduce energy usage but was short of the funds to do so. A collaboration with the Springfield Energy Committee was requested to fulfill the donations. In early 2017, LED lights were implemented in the fire department resulting in significant outcomes: in only four months, the kW hours were reduced by 19% with savings of about $750, according to Char Osterlund, the chair of the Springfield Energy Committee.

Categories: Efficiency, Municipality

Communities: Springfield

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Strategic Electrification in Peacham

Jock was elected chairman of the Peacham Energy Committee this past summer for a 2-year term. His actions at home surely do not contradict his work towards creating a more electrified community; at his house alone, he owns an electric vehicle with a level two charger powered by two Tesla batteries provided by Green Mountain Power, a PV which generates the energy for his house, car, and the grid, a hybrid hot water heater, a nest thermostat, and a wood pellet stove. Yet, his personal success in creating efficient electricity has not stopped at home.

Categories: Heat, Electricity, Transportation

Communities: Peacham

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Saffron and Solar Farms A Win/Win for the Environment and Agriculture

The University of Vermont researchers who demonstrated that saffron could be profitably grown in Vermont have teamed up with Peck Solar to investigate the potential of growing saffron within one of their solar fields in New Haven, VT. At a retail price of $5,000 per pound, saffron is the world’s most expensive spice.

Categories: Electricity

Communities: New Haven

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Springfield Energy Committee Secures Funds for Municipal Efficiency Upgrades

The admirable work of the Springfield Energy Committee has not gone unnoticed by the town officials and even throughout the state of Vermont. As a volunteer advisory committee gaining no profit or power from their energy projects around Springfield, the persistence and devotion of committee members has served as an example for other towns.

Categories: Efficiency

Communities: Springfield

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Efficiency Upgrades at Vermont Castings

This past winter, when Efficiency Vermont Account Manager Brad Long started an energy assessment of the Vermont Castings plant in Randolph he expected to find energy saving opportunities.

Categories: Efficiency, Business

Communities: Randolph

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Woodstock's First Community Solar Array!

Rainbow Playschool is moving its location to the old “Purple Crayon” building near the Mt Tom sledding hill. In addition to the new location, they will also be building a 150 kWh Community Solar Array to be installed by Sundeaver. 50 kWh of the solar array’s electricity is planned go to the “Rainbow Playschool” which would leave 100 kWh of additional solar electricity which can be purchased by local residents.

Categories: Electricity, School

Communities: Woodstock

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