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The 2011 Vermont Energy & Climate Action Network (VECAN) “Building the Power of Vermont Communities to Increase Energy Efficiency and Reduce Climate Change Impacts” program awarded grants to Vermont groups working on energy efficiency, weatherization, transportation, education and outreach and renewable energy projects. Goals of the initiative are: to build Vermont’s leadership fostering and supporting energy and climate change strategies at the community level; to decrease community carbon footprints; and to increase carbon-free energy independence by supporting the implementation of community based energy projects.
The 2011 VECAN grant program is funded from a Federal Earmark that VT Senator Bernie Sanders designated to support VT energy groups. The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a VECAN partner and directed the VECAN grant program.
The following Vermont organizations, committees and groups received VECAN grants:
Benson Energy Committee, Benson VT
$3,000 – To implement a municipal lighting project in the Town Office and Museum 2009.
Energy Committee of the Bradford Conservation Commission, Bradford VT
$2,800 – To install an energy efficient roof in the Town Hall Garage.
Brattleboro Climate Protection, Brattleboro VT
$3,000 – To implement a Way to Go Commuter Challenge in collaboration with Community Climate Action and Go VT.
Chelsea Energy Committee, Chelsea VT
$2,200 – To hire an energy auditor to review the school for energy efficiency and savings.
Charlotte Energy Committee and Transition Town Charlotte, Charlotte VT
$1,522 – To develop and survey town residents about their interest in energy conservation and renewable energy
East Montpelier Energy Committee, East Montpelier VT
$3,000 – To weatherize the Town Hall including: improved insulation, replacement of two leaky windows and tape-sealing the heating system ducts.
Fairlee Energy Committee, Fairlee VT
$2,218.48 – To replace 16 old lighting fixtures with energy efficient fixtures in the Town Hall.
First Baptist Church of Burlington, Burlington, VT
$2,658 – To purchase and install a new energy efficient commercial door unit to conserve energy as recommended by the VT Interfaith Power and Light energy audit.
Food Shelf for Grande Isle County, Champlain Islands Methodist Parish, North Hero VT
$1,050 – To replace one refrigerator and two freezers.
Franklin County Senior Center Meals on Wheels, St Albans VT
$2,800 – To install energy saving devices in up to 60 homes of low-income seniors in the St Albans area.
Hartford Energy Commission, Hartford VT
$3,000 – To install a solar hot water system and PV panels at the Hartford Town Emergency Services Building.
Mad River Valley Planning District, Waitsfield VT
$2,938 – To implement the Valley Energy Series.
Marshfield Energy and Climate Change Committee, Plainfield VT
$2,800 – To support student learning through a school energy challenge pilot program in collaboration with the Twinfield school.
Middlebury Energy Committee, Middlebury VT
$1,800 – To implement a Night Bike Ride event to kick off the Way to Go Commuter Challenge week in mid-May.
Middletown Springs Energy Committee, Middletown Springs VT
$2,450 – To perform weatherization improvements in the town library.
Old South Church and Meetinghouse , Windsor VT
$3,000 – To address air sealing issues to reduce heat loss and improve energy efficiency in their building.
Plainfield Energy Team, Plainfield VT
$3,000 – To weatherize the Town Hall/Opera.
Putney Energy Committee, Putney VT
$3,000 – To hold bike repair workshops and bike awareness presentations semiweekly for the summer of 2011, and to build bike shelters near bus stops.
Rutland Town Energy Committee, Rutland VT
$2,475 – To replace 11 old outdoor lights with new efficient LED lighting.
Sharon Energy Committee, Sharon VT
$1,000 – To implement a day of community education around energy efficiency and home weatherization in October, 2011.
Starksboro Town Energy Committee, Starksboro VT
$1,600 – To establish an Energy Info Center at the lobby of the Robinson Elementary School, to create a town webpage and to develop a community energy challenge.
Strafford Energy Committee, Strafford VT
$3,000 – To implement weatherization of the Barrett Memorial Hall.
Sustainable Energy Resource Group , Thetford Center VT
$3,000 – To organize an Upper Valley Weatherization Challenge Fair.
Sustainable Woodstock, Woodstock VT
$3,000 – To encourage all local businesses to join the VT Business Environmental Partnership by offering a $100 incentive for lighting needs to businesses that sign up.
Thetford Energy Committee, Thetford VT
$3,000 – To promote weatherization through a door-to-door campaign to every home in Thetford.
Town of Hyde Park, Hyde Park VT
$3,000 – To change existing lighting in the town garage including five motion sensors.
Town of Wardsboro, Wardsboro VT
$3,000 – To insulate the Town Hall with cellulose and foam to reduce fuel consumption and increase comfort, based on a previous energy audit.
Wallingford Energy Committee, Wallingford VT
$3,000 – To complete an energy efficiency upgrade to the Town Hall to include new lighting, replacing thermostats, installing an outside reset boiler controller and implement air sealing and insulating measures.
Weathersfield Energy Committee, Weathersfield VT
$3,000 – To insulate the roof of the town garage
Transition Town Hartland, Hartland VT
$3,000 – To implement the Hartland Energy & Solar Energy Connection, which will inform the public about solar energy alternatives, encourage energy conservation and provide a feasibility study of community bulk purchasing & installation of alternative energy equipment.
Waterbury LEAP, Waterbury Center VT
$3,000 – To purchase energy efficient lighting for Crossett Brook Middle School and the town Ice Rink.
Grant applications will be reviewed by a committee made up of the key VECAN support organizations: Community Climate Action, New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Vermont Sierra Club, Sustainable Energy Resource Group, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, the Vermont Natural Resources Council and members of the VECAN Advisory Committee.
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