Source: Burlington FreePress, August 27, 2010
“Vermont’s congressional delegation announced Thursday $5.7 million in federal funding to help Vermont households use “smart meter” systems and install solar thermal and solar hot water technologies. [More ...]
Tags: efficiency vermont, low-income, smart grid, stimulus, Vermont, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
Source: Burlington Free Press, July 27
By Joel Banner Baird
“The summer scramble for efficiency upgrades to homes and businesses — always lively in Vermont — warms up this week as Congress works to overcome resistance from federal mortgage regulators.
Need an attic-full of fresh insulation? Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing was designed to allow building owners to pay for the improvements over time, in the form of an addition to the local property tax bill. [More ...]
Tags: energy efficiency, PACE
Source: WPTZ, July 27
By Ashley Johnson
ENOSBURG FALLS, Vt. —
“The Pleasant Street Apartments in Enosburg Falls were recently renovated and offer lots of green features. Tuesday, neighbors came to celebrate the eco-friendly changes at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“This is keeping us where we can afford housing,” said tenant Diane McFeters. [More ...]
Tags: Enosburg Falls, Pleasant Street Apartments
Source: Bennington Banner, July 27
By Keith Whitcomb, Jr.
“POWNAL — Mark Grise said he would like to turn things around at Royal Pine Villa, but standing in his way is a lack of funding.
Grise is president and general manager for Royal Pine Villa Inc. The mobile home park is owned by Grise’s father-in-law, Marcine Roy, and was managed by him up until 2008 when his health forced him to take it easy. [More ...]
Tags: energy efficiency, Mobile homes, Pownal
Source: Burlington Free Press, July 13
By Nicole Gaudiano
“WASHINGTON — Vermont leads the nation in meeting goals for weatherizing low-income homes using stimulus funds, and a state official says that merits some special consideration from the federal government. Shaun Donahue, director of the state’s Office of Economic Opportunity, said he’s asked federal energy officials to give unused stimulus weatherization money — assuming there is any once the program ends — to states that meet or exceed their goals. [More ...]
Tags: weatherization
Source: Office of Bernie Sanders, June 11, 2010
“WASHINGTON, June 11 – NeighborWorks of Western Vermont won a $4.5 million grant for innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, the Vermont congressional delegation announced today. [More ...]
Tags: energy efficiency, Grants, NeighborWorks, renewable energy
Source: Rutland Herald, May 17, 2010
By Bruce Edwards
“Federal stimulus dollars have boosted the efforts of the local low-income advocacy organization.
BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont has received more than $1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that so far has helped create or retain 46 jobs through the end of March. [More ...]
Tags: BROC, Jobs, stimulus, weatherization
Source: Burlington Free Press, April 15, 2010
“WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and other Democratic lawmakers introduced a “cash for caulkers” energy program as a bipartisan bill Wednesday, with Republican Rep. Vern Ehlers signing on as a co-sponsor.
The $6 billion program, called Home Star, is designed to put 168,000 people to work by giving homeowners
incentives to become more energy efficient. The bill, which already passed a House subcommittee in draft form, will go before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today. Lawmakers expect it to be approved. [More ...]
Tags: energy efficiency, HomeStar
Source: Vermont RealEstateRama, April 6, 2010
“WASHINGTON, DC – April 6, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that the State of Vermont is being awarded a $250,000 grant to produce new affordable, energy efficient, greenhousing. Vermont will use its grant to support a local community-based affordable housing developer to create these new homes which will feature a sustainable site design, water-conserving fixtures, energy-efficient appliances/lighting, and environmentally friendly building materials. The funding announced today is awarded through HUD’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), the nation’s largest block grant program to support the production of affordable housing. [More ...]
Tags: Grants, Green Housing, HUD
By Howard Weiss-Tisman
Source: Brattleboro Reformer, March 29, 2010
“PUTNEY — Windham County schools and municipalities have been awarded more than $378,000 in efficiency and conservation block grants through a provision in the 2007 energy bill that was co-sponsored by Sen. Bernard Sanders.
Sanders, and Gov. James Douglas, will make the announcement about the grants this afternoon in South Burlington. They are part of the $5.8 million that will go toward 147 different projects around the state. [More ...]
Tags: block grants, energy, energy efficiency, Grants, Putney
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