Pitch Summary: Twenty-five percent (25%) of Vermonters are considered low income – living at or below 200% of the poverty rate. This segment of the population also carries the highest energy burden – spending, as a percentage of income, 3 to 5 times as much as other...
Building Efficient and Fiscally Sustainable Communities with Land Value Taxation
Pitch Summary: Transition to a land value based property tax system in state designated centers. Our current property tax system incentivizes development that is of the lowest value possible (typically low-quality construction, expansive parking, single story), while...
Registered Vermont Builder/Remodeler program
Pitch Summary: Raise the professional “bar” for builders and remodelers in Vermont through promotion of a builder registry for contractors committed to following a strict ethical standard in business relationships with consumers and trade partners. As part of the...
Pathway Evaluation to Meet Vermont’s 2025 Renewable-energy Goals’s Getting the biggest bang for our buck in climate policy and programs
Pitch Summary: We propose that a research team with expertise in energy efficiency, renewable energy, technological change, greenhouse-gas accounting and economics be established to do due diligence on proposed climate policies and programs. The purpose of the team...
City of Burlington Benchmarking and Disclosure Ordinance
Pitch Summary: The Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) seeks to re-invigorate efforts to advance legislation that would require energy benchmarking and disclosure for commercial, institutional and multi-family buildings in the City of Burlington. Benchmarking is a...
Residential Performance Contracting
Pitch Summary: Support implementation of Sealed's program to take over customers' fuel bills and guarantee a level payment, while working with contractors to do weatherization work to bring down the energy costs and take on the risk. Submitted by: Richard Faesy &...