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Efficiency & Conservation
The cheapest, cleanest energy is that which you don’t use. Which is why energy efficiency is the fastest-growing, most abundant, and lowest-cost energy resource available in the United States today. Efficiency saves consumers money by lowering energy bills, reduces the greenhouse emissions that contribute to global warming, and spurs local economic development with green, in-state jobs.

Communities can initiate a wide range of activities to help local residents, businesses, institutions, and local governments and schools reduce energy usage through efficiency and conservation.  These initiatives include:

  • Organizing community compact fluorescent lightbulb campaigns
  • Improving efficiency in residential buildings by promoting home energy audits
  • Adopting town master plans and zoning bylaws that promote efficiency
  • Adopting energy efficient building codes
  • Implementing efficiency measures in municipal and/or school buildings
  • Converting municipal street lighting
Efficiency & Conservation Resources Projects, Initiatives and Campaigns

  • 10 Percent Challenge
  • ACEEE - Energy Efficiency
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
  • ANR's Construction Waste Reduction Program
  • Association of Vermont Recyclers
  • BuildingGreen.Com
  • Burlington Electric Department
  • Clean Air-Cool Planet
  • Compost Center-Vermont
  • DSIRE: Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
  • Efficiency Vermont
  • Energy Federation Incorporated
  • Energy Guide
  • Energy Star
  • Home Energy Assistance Teams
  • Home Performance with Energy Star Contractors
  • Idle-Free Vermont
  • Kilawatt Partners Technologies
  • Make an Impact
  • Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
  • Rocky Mountain Institute
  • School Energy Management Program
  • Solid Waste
  • Southeastern Vermont Community Action
  • Sustainable Energy Resource Group
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • USDA Rural Development
  • Vermont Construction Reuse & Recycling Database
  • Vermont Department of Public Service
  • Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
  • Vermont Energy Star Homes
  • Vermont Gas Systems
  • Vermont Green Building Network
  • Vermont Green Purchasing Contracts
  • Vermont High Performance Schools Initiative
  • Vermont Interfaith Power & Light
  • Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity
  • Vermont Small Business Development Center Environmental Assistance Program
  • Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center

  • Community Weatherization Projects
  • Compact Fluorescent Lighting Campaigns
  • Lawn Mower Exchange Program
  • No Idling Campaigns
  • The Low Carbon Diet Program
  • Town Street Lighting Campaigns