Town of Rutland

Energy Office

PRESS RELEASE

Date: 1-6-10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Joseph Zingale Jr., 773-8901 Ext 13, P.O. Box 225 Center Rutland, VT 05736 or rutlandtown@comcast.net

HOME energy-saving program comes to

Town of Rutland

[Town of Rutland, VT] – The Town of Rutland is partnering with Efficiency Vermont to bring a new energy-saving program to local households. The Vermont Community Energy Mobilization Project (VCEM) is a volunteer program designed to help residents save money and energy in their homes.

VCEM & the Town of Rutland will train local volunteers to conduct free home energy visits designed to help homeowners learn about energy-saving opportunities. Volunteers will install free ENERGY STAR^® compact fluorescent light bulbs and water-saving devices and provide information and special incentives to save more energy. The home energy visit identifies homes that would be good candidates for a professional energy audit and comprehensive energy efficiency home improvements through a certified Vermont Weatherization or Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractor. Locally, the project is being spearheaded by the Town of Rutland Energy Office.

"This is a great opportunity to help out individuals in our community, voulnteers can and will make a difference" said Joseph Zingale jr. Zingale said “the VCEM  program is a great opportunity to help our friends and neighbors and learn about energy efficiency while saving energy and money.   

     Local organizers hope to have 10 to 15 or more trained volunteers to conduct the home energy site visits. The number of homes receiving assessments will depend on how many local residents volunteer for the effort.

     Two volunteer training session of about 3 hours will take place on 1/19 at the Asa Bloomer Building- 2^nd floor conference room from 3-6 and the second session will be 1/28 from 6-9 will be at Green Mountain College. Volunteers will be asked to volunteer for a minimum of 8 hours. Anyone interested in learning more about being a volunteer is asked to contact Joseph Zingale Jr. at 773-8901 Ext 13 or rutlandtown@comcast.net.

     Town of Rutland residents who are interested in having a free home energy visit can call [Joseph Zingale jr. at 773-8901 Ext 13 or rutlandtown@comcast.net.

All home energy visits will be completed by the end of April.