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Partnership delivers energy saving results

Orleans County partners with Efficiency Vermont allowing for more support of the local economy while saving energy!

Categories: Efficiency, Business, Municipality

Communities: Orleans County

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Vermont Climate Action Communities

The Vermont Climate Action Communities (VCAC) program is designed to help Vermont municipalities achieve deep energy efficiency savings, reduce local emissions and participate in the transition to a clean energy economy, improve resilience in the face of climate change, and provide locally supported renewable energy generation for municipalities and the communities they serve. Led by VLCT in partnership with a wide range of support organizations, Vermont Climate Action Communities offers technical assistance, training and information to help municipalities plan and take actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For example, municipalities may choose to join the Vermont Climate Pledge Coalition. The Vermont Climate Pledge Coalition is a group of Vermont municipalities, non-profits, colleges and universities, businesses, farms, and other community organizations which are committed to reducing their carbon emissions and help Vermont meet the U.S. pledge to reduce 2005 greenhouse gas emissions levels by 26-28% by 2025. The VLCT Board of Directors voted to join the Vermont Climate Pledge Coalition at its board meeting on June 19, 2017.

Categories: Municipality

Communities: Addison County Regional Planning Commission, Northeastern Vermont Development Association, Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission, Bennington County Regional Commission, Windham Regional Commission, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, Lamoille County Planning Commission, Rutland Regional Planning Commission, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

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Let’s Solve the Local Transportation Problem

What if we could solve the transportation deficiency in our communities by developing a service that would help neighbors unable or unwilling to drive themselves to where they need or wish to go?

Categories: Transportation

Communities: Pomfret, Windsor, Woodstock

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Mapping Vermont's Energy Burden

A report recently issued by Efficiency Vermont shows that there is work to do. Mapping the total energy burden in Vermont – the ratio of spending on energy across different income levels – revealed that low-income Vermonters are spending a much higher percentage of their incomes on transportation energy than middle- and high-income Vermonters. Coupled with heating and electric energy expenses, many Vermonters are living in fuel poverty.

Categories: Efficiency

Communities: Glover, Rutland City, Barre City

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