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Hanover Co-op George Harvey With summer progressing, the Hanover Co-op Food Stores of New Hampshire and Vermont are about half way through an extensive set of efficiency projects at its Lebanon store. Most of the work is scheduled for completion this year. The projects are set up to allow for normal […] George Harvey In our last issue, Green Energy Times ran a story, “Fossil Fuel-Free Water Sports,” in which we made a quick note of Elco, one of the oldest boat builders in the United States (). Elco was formed in 1892 as Electric Launch and Navigation Company. One of its earliest orders was for 55 […] Debra Heleba Growing vegetables in raised beds has become popular among gardeners, especially here in New England as this system helps the soil warm quickly in the spring and allows for good drainage. Jennifer Wilhelm of Fat Peach Farm in Madbury, New Hampshire sought to learn the potential of using permanent raised beds on a […] George Harvey Green Energy Times has published a number of articles about plastics. As I work on this one, one article that was printed in the August, 2015 issue stands out in my memory. It was called, “Good Plastics? Really?” (). In it, we covered plastics that are biodegradable and are not made from fossil […] David Fried Each night I ask the stars up above, what is it like to be a garlic in love?1 What is it like to be a garlic in love? Courtesy photo. This summer on the farm the trees and shrubs are so heavy with humid longing that they are just laying all […] How can energy-efficiency programs support building performance standards? Steven Nadel Washington DC, New York City, Washington State, and St. Louis have recently adopted mandatory building performance standards (BPS) that require many existing commercial buildings (and often multifamily buildings) to significantly reduce their energy use. Several additional cities and states are considering similar standards. This is […] George Harvey Natural calcium carbonate, made here by a coral reef. (NOAA image, public domain) Calcium carbonate is really amazing stuff. Of course, we all can visualize it easily. No? Well, it is the basic material in limestone, which the Great Pyramid was built of, and of marble. It is also the thing […] Greg Whitchurch While it’s heartening to read here about some of the research and development efforts for lower-carbon concrete, in the meantime standard concrete is contributing to irreversible climate damage. Climate crisis disasters are driving “climate migration.” A few years ago, Vermont created a commission to address the enormous stresses of soaring immigration to our […] Interview by Efficiency Vermont Note: Pat Perry is the owner of Vermont Heat Pump, LLC, of Shelburne, VT Efficiency Vermont: What is your background? Pat Perry: I worked as an electrical engineer for 30 years, and after that I started Vermont Heat Pump. I’ve had that business for almost 10 years now. In a nutshell, […] Gathering Data for A Wise Future Nate Gusakov Picture 1: A three-fan blower door set up to measure air leakage at Starr Hall (ca 1861), Middlebury College Campus. (Zone 6 Energy) Over this past year, I have been (and continue to be) spending a lot of time poking around in the attics and […] |
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