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- Video: How to air-seal your home
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- Water heater buying guide
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- Invest in energy upgrades to avoid losing money
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- Summer guide to energy savings & comfort
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- Peaks and valleys: the new landscape of electricity in Vermont
- Giving thanks: energy efficiency and farm to plate in Vermont
- Cutting Vermont’s net energy costs by $80M in 2014
- Cap, trade, and reinvest: RGGI in Vermont
- Energy efficiency: driving $279 million in electric system savings for New England
- The Vermont Home Energy Score: a label that matters
- St. Albans: Targeted energy savings with statewide benefits
- Towards affordable, clean heat and more: a 2014 Vermont legislative summary
- Helping Vermonters reduce their heating costs through data-driven program design
- Beating the summer heat: peak demand management in Vermont
- Charting the course: the future of efficiency in the green mountain state
- Mission possible: delivering $336.3 million in energy savings
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- Vermont community partnerships: next level energy savings
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- Vermont legislative recap-2013
- Beyond buildings: energy efficiency on the go
- Paying it forward: energy efficiency in New England
- From cow to creemee: a story of energy efficiency and Vermont
- Part 2: From cow to creemee: a story of energy efficiency and Vermont
- Looking out for our neighbors this winter
- Nest thermostat: thermal intelligence for your home
- Learning how to Button Up
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- Thriving under pressure: Husky Injection Molding Systems
- An MPG rating for your home
- Energy independence: what does it really mean?
- How energy and information add up
- Setting the standard for healthy, cost effective, and energy efficient schools
- Vermont schools at the top of the class
- Can Vermont businesses cut their energy use in half?
- Better Buildings by Design 2015 conference highlights
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- The next generation in sustainable, energy-conscious thinking
- The path to zero energy homes
- Vermont Home Energy Challenge: celebrating success
- Women in energy: a conversation with Tiffany Bluemle
- Bottling up savings: a Vermont hard cider story
- Net zero by 2030: a conversation with architects Eric Corey Freed and Bill Maclay, part 2
- A new energy in Rutland
- Sharing the love, one light at a time
- Vermont businesses lead the way to energy savings
- The whole-house perspective
- The mobile home of tomorrow: Vermont leads the way
- A journey to Passive House in Vermont
- Helping Vermont’s largest energy users save money and stay competitive
- Can Vermonters afford (not) to go net zero?
- Saving some (cookie) dough: finding efficiencies in an ice cream factory
- After Irene: looking back and moving forward
- What is big data and why is it important?
- Going to the DOGS
- Buyer beware: Not all LEDs are created equal
- How better buildings can help fight climate change
- Comfort and joy: five energy saving holiday gift ideas
- Electric vehicle basics from Drive Electric Vermont
- Can new storm windows save you money?
- Partnering for energy innovation: designing a remote audit
- Home Energy Reports: helping Vermonters save
- A look at the valuable investment of energy efficiency
- Working together to tackle fuel poverty in Vermont
- Efficiency in the Sugar House
- Vermont dairy processing facilities share to save, learn, and grow
- Can energy efficiency be of service to Vermont downtowns?
- Here’s to helping Vermont brewers save money
- Moving business forward: The energy efficiency opportunity
- Energy efficiency has its day(s)
- Can a smart home save energy?
- Button Up Day: A success from Glover to Brattleboro
- A small experiment with big results
- A rock-solid partnership with a granite manufacturer
- Better Buildings by Design 2017: Affordability, Jobs, and Innovation
- Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Tap into the Cutting Edge of Energy Savings
- Keeping Vermont’s Efficiency Standards High
- New Leadership, Continued Commitment to Results
- Energy Justice for All Vermonters
- Lowering Vermont’s cost for energy efficiency savings
- Partnership delivers energy saving results
- How Vermont electric savings help fund heating efficiency
- Maple High Brix yields sweet success for sugarers
- How Vermont beer makers brew up savings
- Clean energy goals: It’s up to us
- Natural refrigerants are coming to Vermont: We’re making the switch an energy saver
- Where the savings are: Serving the customer’s highest priorities
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- Electric vehicles as grid resources in ISO-NE and Vermont
- Continuous Energy Improvement brings efficiency to the next level
- The once and future CFL
- A new dawn in efficient lighting
- Finding big savings in big data: unlocking the full value of energy efficiency
- Market research on barriers and motivations for home energy efficiency improvements
- Individual and community engagement
- The Vermont Home Energy Challenge final report
- Low-E and behold: Low-E storm windows provide a new way to solve the window conundrum
- Smart lighting & smart hub DIY install: does it yield?
- Mapping total energy burden in Vermont
- Breathe well, sleep well: improving ventilation in cold-climate homes
- Electric bikes: survey and energy efficiency analysis
- Paying energy arrearages through savings
- Non-energy benefits of Efficiency Vermont's Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program
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- Ben & Jerry’s saves $89k annually on efficiency improvements at St. Albans plant
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- Behrendt family improves comfort and reduces firewood demand by over 20%
- Ward’s drafty home is now toasty and saves $1k each year
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- King Arthur Flour expansion bakes in $27k savings with efficient construction
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- Northshire Brewery finances energy upgrades to save $12k annually
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- Circulator pump upgrade provides savings and insights at Bennington College
- Lisai’s Market saves $11k per year with LED and refrigeration upgrades
- Shelburne Museum saves big with energy efficient construction and design
- U-Mall saves $30k annually with LEDs in the parking garage
- Efficient modular home saves $3k per year on energy costs
- Commonwealth Dairy focuses on quality and efficiency, saves $138k a year
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- Adams North Barre Granite carves out $58,000 in annual energy savings
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- 14th Star Brewery toasts to $230,000 in savings
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- Blue Seal doubles down on savings with new equipment and controls
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