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- What is the best way to dispose of CFLs?
- What does Low-E mean?
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- How are solar thermal and solar power different?
- What are EER and SEER?
- What is phantom load?
- What is the DesignLights Consortium™?
- Where can I recycle my old electronics?
- Why choose ENERGY STAR<sup>®</sup> certified lighting products?
- What is a building envelope or thermal shell?
- What does the Smart Choice label mean?
- Is an ENERGY STAR<sup>®</sup> certified LED really better than a non-certified LED?
- What is an energy savings account?
- What is a cash flow analysis?
- What is the Efficiency Excellence Network (EEN)?
- What is solar heat gain?
- Should I use spray polyurethane foam insulation?
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- Lighting tips: how to save energy in your small business
- Is a heat pump heating and cooling system right for you?
- How to prepare for a professional energy audit
- How to choose and install storm windows
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- How to control moisture in your home or business
- Assessing your energy use in three steps
- Save on heating with these four steps
- How to lower your monthly electricity costs
- The best way to spend less on commercial refrigeration
- The best ways to save energy on your farm
- Home buying with efficiency in mind
- Winter tips to stay warm and save energy
- Video: How to air-seal your home
- Video: How to insulate your attic
- Video: How to insulate your basement
- Water heater buying guide
- How to choose the best quality LED bulb
- Invest in energy upgrades to avoid losing money
- The case for air sealing
- How to finance your business’s energy-saving project
- Summer guide to energy savings & comfort
- Keeping cool with heat pumps
- A homeowner’s buying guide to insulation
- Lighting tips for fall and winter
- Make the most of variable frequency drives
- Video: LED lighting for your home
- Who knew? 8 ways NOT to use a heat pump
- Top gift ideas for the energy saver in your life
- Should you switch to wood pellet heating?
- How to fix a wet, damp, or leaky basement
- The renter’s guide to energy savings
- Is your home taking a toll on your health?
- How to avoid hiring the wrong contractor
- How to defeat the summer peak
- Electric vehicles: your top questions answered
- 3 easy ways to save money at your business
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- 2014 results: One town’s energy savings
- 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
- Healthier hospitals, for a healthier Vermont
- Vermont community partnerships: next level energy savings
- Powered by efficiency
- What does green look like?
- Vermont legislative preview
- What is Efficiency Vermont?
- 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
- Button Up Day of action wrap up
- 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
- What to expect at Better Buildings by Design 2015
- 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
- Reaching out to Button Up
- How efficiency’s best makes its way to Vermont
- Innovation watch: About Energy Savings Accounts
- Energy efficiency is the key to unlock climate solutions
- Cannabis: A budding opportunity for energy savings
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- Home Energy Reports: bringing low-cost savings to more Vermonters
- Net zero energy feasibility study
- Are thermostats the new energy audits?
- Efficiency Vermont's Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program report and analysis
- 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
- Electric transit bus demonstration project
- Testing the Value of Energy Efficiency in the Renewable Ramp Challenge
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- Ben & Jerry’s saves $89k annually on efficiency improvements at St. Albans plant
- LED stage lighting saves the Paramount Theater $11k per year
- Brace Farm cuts energy bills by $7,600 per year with dairy equipment upgrades
- Swift House Inn reduces costs with guest room heating controls
- Behrendt family improves comfort and reduces firewood demand by over 20%
- Ward’s drafty home is now toasty and saves $1k each year
- Okemo Mountain Resort sees return on chairlift controls project in less than six months
- Hanlon home gets energy upgrades and saves $750 per year
- Husky Injection Moldings saves $160k annually with simple process improvements
- Blue Cross saves $76k per year and receives ENERGY STAR status
- Compressed air improvements save Carris Reels over $190k a year
- King Arthur Flour expansion bakes in $27k savings with efficient construction
- Woodstock Inn saves $15k with kitchen hood fan upgrades
- Built by Newport saves $24k per year with help of Business Energy Loan
- Northshire Brewery finances energy upgrades to save $12k annually
- Financing helps Sterling Market save with lighting upgrades
- 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
- Keurig Saving $725K, Annually
- Jolley saves with LED lighting, beer caves
- Burlington International Airport expands and saves over $147,000 annually
- Higher Ground tunes into lighting for savings
- Champlain Orchards grows energy savings by $35,000
- Adams North Barre Granite carves out $58,000 in annual energy savings
- VT Hard Cider finds the sweet side of lighting design
- The Murphey home is energy efficient and eco-friendly
- 14th Star Brewery toasts to $230,000 in savings
- Jericho Settlers Farm grows year-round with solar and efficiency power
- Twiggs Gastropub takes a $2K bite out of bills
- Financing process improvement saves Copeland Furniture $10K
- Trapp Family Lodge saves energy while preserving tradition
- Tenant and owner find mutual benefits in efficiency
- The Powers family is living better with lower energy bills
- The Emersons stay warm with a local, low-carbon fuel source
- Blue Seal doubles down on savings with new equipment and controls
- From one-room schoolhouse to energy-saving home
- Orleans county saves $6,000 per year on energy with upgrades to public buildings
- Casella Waste Systems cuts overhead with energy efficiency
- Upper Valley energy success goes statewide
- Upgrades save Cuttingsville couple $150 monthly
- Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity boosts housing affordability with energy efficiency
- Cutting edge solutions equal big savings for Ray’s Market
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