Topic: Findings on Measure of shift to efficiency and alternative fuels

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Statement of Work

  1. Determine the proportion of Montpelier's energy derived from non-fossil fuels (e.g. alternative/sustainable energy).
    • Alternative fuels are defined as:
      • Biomass (wood pellets, wood chips, cordwood, grass)
      • Solar
      • Wind
      • Hydro
      • Bio-fuels
      • [Fuel Cell?]
      • [Methane? (landfill-recapture; cow-power)]
    • First-pass: find the proportion of buildings whose energy is partially or totally supplied by alternative sources.  
      1. determine total number of energy-using structures
      2. determine total number of those whose energy is partially or totally supplied by alternative sources.
      3. calculate the percentage of all
    • Second-pass: of those properties, estimate the percentage supplied by alternative fuels
  2. Determine the decrease in fossil fuel use resulting from conservation and efficiency measures
    1. Conservation
    2. Efficiency/Weatherization

 

For Eric:

  1. Find the number of structures in Montpelier requiring heat and/or electricity.
    • residential
    • commercial
    • City
    • [optional?] State
    • [optional?] industrial
  2. When possible, find the number of units in any multi-family residence, apartment building, condominium, mixed-use building, commercial building.

 

 

 

Weatherization:

  • Efficiency Vt's Heidi McCullough: "EVT's database for homes in Montpelier that have participated in our program and found 320 projects--all were homes served by the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (aka BPI-certified) program.  Some of these may have had direct install electric saving measures only but most of them would have had insulation and airsealing work done to the structure."
  • Vt. Weatherization Assistance Program (http://dcf.vermont.gov/oeo/weatherization)
    • Nancy @ CVCAC: since 1996, 198 properties, 302 units.
    • No!  Says Paul Zabriskie.  He sends "203 units in Montpelier city since 1994, in 151 buildings,  136 of which were single family structures."

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Fuel-switching

  • Suzanne Elowson, EVT:
    • Since the inception of the VT Incentive Program in 2003 there have been 13 solar electric projects in Montpelier with a total output of 45.4 kW. See 'Montpelier PV projects, per EVT.xls'
  • Jon Budreski, Alteris -- re: alternative energy installations:
    • Solar: 12-15 Alteris solar PV. Adding in other providers, total probably near 20. Says ask REV for total incentives applied for.
    • Wind: 0 by Alteris.
  • DPS: 
    • 15 Solar PV (2 commercial; 2 City; 11 residential)
    • 0 Wind
    • 0 Methane
    • 0 Hydro
    • 0 Fuel Cell
  • REV: spoke with Scott.  Via counting "incentives" applied for, can supply a 1st-pass number.  (In second phone call, seemed to pass this off to my hitting up EVT)
  • Individual contractors
  • Bob Walker, SERG...had a conversation re: EVT's resistance:
    • Go to the larger weatherization contractors
    • DPS…EVT has to answer to them, so they may have it
    • There is a group--the High Meadows Fund--attempting to gather this on a statewide basis.
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