Challenge to Fossil Fuel Production
The International Energy Agency released its annual flagship publication yesterday, the World Energy Outlook. The IEA made an historic statement in the executive summary. An international agency’s call...
View ArticleSEON Kick-Off Celebration
On Monday, November 26th over 80 people committed to advancing sustainable energy in the Southeastern Vermont Region joined the Charter Members of SEON to celebrate the presence of this public benefit...
View ArticleFour Principles of an Open World
Futurist Donald Tapscott takes a farseeing look at our digital, connected, and hyercollaborative world and distills 4 key principles for an ‘Open System.” They just so happen to be keys to SEON’s...
View ArticleBuilding Science Group Member assists Compass School with Campus Improvements
As reported in 1/15/2013 Brattleboro Reformer, Peter Temple, Professor of Architecture and Building Science at Keene State College and Building Science member with SEON, enlisted his sophomore students...
View ArticleBuilding Science Learning Circle Member offers opinion on Tools for Energy...
Ethan Cole, Owner of Earthshare Construction in Lebanon, NH and an active Building Scence Learning Circle member of SEON, wrote this Op-Ed article for the Upper Valley News on 01/12/2013 on ‘Tools for...
View ArticleVermont Home Energy Challenge
In 2008, The Vermont State Legislature set a statewide goal of improving the energy efficiency of at least 20% of the housing stock by 2017 (about 80,000 units) and reducing annual fuel needs and bills...
View ArticleBill McKibben’s Speech to VT House of Reresentatives
Dear VNRC Members, Activists and Friends, “The issue on which we will all be judged 50 years hence is: How quickly and how boldly did we move to address the greatest challenge humans have ever faced?”...
View Article475 High Performance Building Supply
On Thursday, February 21st Ken Levenson and Oliver Klein of 475 High Performance Building Supply gave an excellent presentation of Foam Free High Performance Enclosures to a packed house of SEON’s...
View ArticleThe Broader Meaning of SEON
Margaret Wheatley in her book ‘Leadership and the New Science’ pulls from new discoveries in biology, quantum physics, systems thinking, and chaos theory to advance her beliefs that individuals in...
View ArticleBrattleboro Town School District Net-Metering Credit Purchase Agreement
SOVEREN SOLAR of Westminster and a member of SEON has signed a Solar Net-Metering Credit Purchase Agreement with the Brattleboro Town School District (see below). Representatives from SOVEREN will be...
View ArticleCommunity-scale solar projects in Vermont
From George Harvey: ReneSola solar products selected for several community-scale Vermont projects Monday, May 13, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — ReneSola Ltd (“ReneSola” or the...
View ArticleCarbon Dioxide: 400 part per million recorded on May 9th
From Bill McKibben: The news came Friday afternoon, towards the end of a long week: On May 9th, for the first time ever, the carbon dioxide counter on the side of Mauna Loa, the most important...
View ArticleAn Integrated Workforce Development System for the Sustainable Building and...
On Friday, August 9th, SEON submitted the following proposal to the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation to be included as a project for Windham County’s Comprehensive Economic Development...
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Andrew Dey’s Berlin Blog: District Heating in Berlin
District Heating in Berlin Posted on September 4, 2013 by andrew@andrewdey.com What can I say? I’m interested in underground utilities: those hidden networks of tunnels, pipes and wires that...
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Next Generation Mobile Homes
Next Generation Mobile Homes A pilot program in Vermont produces a mobile home that’s far more energy efficient than the norm Posted on Oct 28 2013 by Scott Gibson A mobile home in name only.The...
View ArticleMonitoring Moisture Levels in Double-Stud Walls
Most wood-framed buildings have no insulation on the exterior side of the wall sheathing. Material, usually plywood or oriented strand board (OSB), but sometimes wooden boards, installed on the...
View ArticleHeat Pump Open House
Are you paying too much to heat your home, business, or rental property, or looking to cut your use of fossil fuels? A new generation of super-efficient electric heat pumps, suitable for northern...
View ArticleFollow-Up to Air Source Heat Pump Workshop
Follow-up Q and A to Heat Pump Workshop on 11/18/2013 Where can I view the presentations on air-source heat pumps? To view the program in its entirety, go to:...
View ArticledesignPH Training in California, Vermont & New York
Originally posted by Ken Levenson on 475 High Performance Building Supply’s website. designPH Training in California, Vermont & New York Posted on May 13, 2014 by 475ken The...
View ArticlePrudent Living’s Train Story Link
Paul Biebel’s Prudent Living train story featuring energy conservation was recently aired on Vermont’s WCAX. Here’s the link to the newscast: Well, WCAX ( Channel 3 ) aired a spot on our train...
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