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Residential Solar:
The capstone to your Home Action Plan After you've reduced your energy use and switched to efficient electric systems, it's the right time to add residential solar to your household.
The cleaner your electricity is, the cleaner your heat pump and your electric car are. If you can install residential solar, you'll power your own electrification and feed clean electricity into Vermont's utility grid. Among the resources here for you:
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Earth Day EV Expo: Come talk with your neighbors about driving an electric vehicle (EV) or riding an electric bike. Which EV or e-bike is right for you? What financial incentives are available? Where and how do you charge it? How much does it save money and reduce greenhouse gases? RSVP to get a free raffle ticket. The event is organized by the Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee, and co-sponsored by the Norwich Energy Committee.
Sunday, April 21, 12 noon to 3 p.m.
Shaw's supermarket parking lot, 10 Benning Street, West Lebanon
Sunday, April 21, 12 noon to 3 p.m.
Shaw's supermarket parking lot, 10 Benning Street, West Lebanon
Find up-to-date information on each type of clean-energy technology and their financial incentives, whether Federal, State, or utility. Info on everything for your home energy plan: weatherization, heat pumps for space and water heating, EVs, e-bikes, solar, and appliances. Maintained and regularly updated by Norwich's shared energy coordinator.
Single Links, Many Resources
- Home energy bills: from Vital Communities, a compilation of local and state resources
- EVs: from CNET, a hub for all things EV and electric mobility; and from Recurrent, research on buying and operating an EV
- Electronics: from Wired, a multi-topic guide on how to shop more sustainably for electronics
- Food: from GetPocket, a collection of resources on getting the most out of your groceries, everything from recipes to composting
- Repair Stuff: IFixIt offers "Repair guides for every thing, written by everyone."
- Clean Energy 101: Rocky Mountain Institute offers a library of "101s", a growing catalog of accessible explainers that illuminate fundamental issues of energy and the climate, along with the technologies and policies that are essential to decarbonize the world’s energy systems.
- True/False on Solar, Wind, and EVs: a rebuttal from Columbia Law School of 33 false claims.