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R3 - Randolph Region Re-Energized

Vermont Council on Rural Development will launch the Climate Economy Model Communities Program in Randolph with a Kick-Off on April 10. The program, named R3 - RANDOLPH REGION RE-ENERGIZED by a local planning team, will begin with a series of forums and a free community dinner that afternoon and evening.

Categories: Community Based Organization

Communities: Randolph

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Retro-Commissioning the Montpelier Police Station

After reviewing the municipal energy use data, the Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee (MEAC), realized that the police station’s thermal energy use had somehow doubled between 2014 and 2015.

Categories: Efficiency

Communities: Montpelier

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Winooski One Hydro Tour

Sitting 35 feet below a 5.7 acre reservoir in downtown Winooski are three massive German manufactured Sulzer Escher Wyss 3-bevel gear full Kaplan Bulb turbines cranking out up to 7.4 megawatts of electricity and pumping it into Burlington’s electrical grid day in and day out.

Categories: Electricity

Communities: Burlington, Winooski

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Elm Street Montpelier Whole Home Energy Improvement Project

In August of 2014 my wife and I moved back to Vermont and bought an 1890 Victorian on Elm Street in Montpelier. Like many Vermont homes, it is a beautiful old house with a lot of character -- but it was also very leaky and outdated when it came to efficiency and energy use. Our first year in the house we consumed over 1,000 gallons of fuel oil for heating (space and hot water), at a total cost of nearly $2,400. And that was while setting the thermostat for our forced hot air oil furnace in the low to mid 60’s through the winter. We found ourselves in a situation where we were using a dirty, polluting fuel that we didn’t want to use, paying more than we could afford, sending that money out of state (approximately 78 cents on every dollar spent on fossil fuel leaves Vermont), worried about the health of our young son given the air quality concerns for old forced hot air systems with rusting, asbestos wrapped ductwork, and we were never even really that warm or comfortable during that first winter. So in the Spring of 2015, we decided we were going to do a comprehensive “whole-house” retrofit to accomplish four goals simultaneously:

Categories: Heat, Electricity, Transportation, Efficiency

Communities: Montpelier

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Orleans County Celebrates Cost-saving Energy Efficiency Projects

Orleans County officials, Efficiency Vermont staff, and local contractors gathered at the Orleans County Courthouse Monday to celebrate energy efficiency improvements that will save county property taxpayers an estimated $8,500 a year in energy costs incurred in the operation of the two buildings.

Categories: Efficiency

Communities: Orleans County, Newport City

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A rock-solid partnership with a granite manufacturer

Keeping costs down helps Vermont businesses succeed, and energy is one of those costs. Efficiency Vermont can help business owners reduce that cost with energy efficiency solutions, and strengthen storied Vermont industries like granite manufacturing in Barre.

Categories: Efficiency

Communities: Barre Town, Barre City

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Residents in over 30 Vermont Towns Seek Climate Solutions

Residents in 30 towns across Vermont from Arlington to Williston are petitioning in their communities to put climate change on the Town Meeting Day agendas and ballots.

Categories: Municipality, Community Based Organization

Communities: Arlington, Bennington, Bethel, Brattleboro, Bristol, Burlington, Calais, Cornwall, Dorset, Dummerston, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Essex, Guilford, Hartford, Lincoln, Londonderry, Manchester, Marlboro, Marshfield, Montpelier, Newfane, Northfield, Peacham, Peru, Plainfield, Putney, Rupert, Salisbury, Shaftsbury, Sharon, South Burlington, Stowe, Strafford, Thetford, Tunbridge, Wardsboro, Weston, Williston, Woodbury, Worcester

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