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Blog PostCannabis: A budding opportunity for energy savings
Now that it’s legal to grow small amounts of cannabis for personal use in our state, we’re hearing from Vermonters concerned about the impact of indoor growing on their energy bills. We’re hearing …
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Blog PostEnergy Efficiency Unlocks Climate Change Solutions
Vermont is a small state with big goals. The Comprehensive Energy Plan calls for Vermont to achieve 90 percent renewable energy by 2050, and the state has committed to greenhouse gas emissions …
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Blog PostInnovation watch: About Energy Savings Accounts
“My company has seen great value in working with Efficiency Vermont. I wish we could do more together.” This was the sentiment expressed by several businesses to Vermont legislators last session as …
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Blog PostHow efficiency’s best makes its way to Vermont
When people ask me what I do for a living, I’m tempted to say that I predict the future. That’s because my job enables me to be aware of energy-efficient technologies while they’re still in …
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Blog PostReaching out to Button Up
On a recent blustery Saturday morning, volunteer teams of Efficiency Vermont staff fanned out to Georgia, Grafton, Moretown, Newport, and Richford, Vermont. Our purpose was to help button up the …
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Blog PostWhere The Savings Are: Serving Customer Priorities
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. That’s …
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Blog PostNatural Refrigerants are Coming to Vermont
A growing number of Vermont businesses are including a new expense in their financial plans: The replacement of equipment using hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants with systems that use low Global …
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Blog PostClean energy goals: It’s up to us
As Vermonters we are proud of our state’s reputation as a leader of clean energy policy and environmental stewardship. When it comes to protecting life on Earth from the threat of climate change, …
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Blog PostHow Vermont beer makers brew up savings
Big things were brewing in April at Magic Hat Brewing Company in South Burlington. That’s where skilled, professional beer makers from five Vermont breweries gathered together with energy efficiency …
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Blog PostMaple High Brix yields sweet success for sugarers
Sixteen years ago I graduated from University of Vermont with an engineering degree, and while I had shallow roots in Vermont I was not firm on staying. After I got married, my in-laws made us an …