Energy Group
Members:
| Karen Horn, Chair | Don Wexler | Virginia Farley |
| Jack Byrne | Mike DeMotsis | Maxine Grad |
| John Lynch | Jay Pilliod | Tom Horn |
| Anne MacMillan |
New members are welcome! Contact Karen Horn for more information.
In September 2009, the Moretown Energy Committee secured a Climate Change grant from the Agency of Natural Resources in the amount of $12,000 to make energy efficiency/weatherization improvements to the Town Hall as part of the restoration of that building. Much of the work has been accomplished as the Town Hall is newly insulated and furnaces have been installed.
On Thursday, October 22, at 6:30, Doug Reed will offer a tour of the Town Hall energy efficiency improvements. This will be followed at 7:00 with a Button Up Vermont workshop. Learn about fundamentals of how homes lose energy, simple do-it-yourself measures for incremental energy savings, significant saving opportunities associated with extensive energy retrofits, and available technical and financial resources. The workshop includes showing of a video on “Simple Weatherization Measures to Button Up Your Home” and information about energy auditors in the area.
The Moretown Energy Group is participating as a contributor on the new energy wiki for the Mad River Valley. A wiki is a website that can be edited by anyone seeking to provide information on the subject of discussion. You can get lots of information about events in the area and on-going efforts to increase energy efficiency and use of renewable technology in our towns at that website, mrvenergy.org.
Saturday, October 24, is the International Day of Climate Action. Events will be taking place all day all around the globe and right here at the Big Picture, which is hosting a dance and costume party starting at 8:00 PM to support an international call to reduce carbon in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million.
Page updated February 4, 2010