The Vermont Clean Energy Development Board has awarded over $1.7 million worth of grants supporting 14 clean energy projects at public serving institutions across the state.
The Clean Energy Development Board is excited to support these public serving institutions with clean energy grants. These funds will help these institutions save energy and money which will, in turn, benefit Vermonters throughout the State. said CED Board co-Chair Robert Dostis.
The grants allocate funds received by Vermont from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). In 2009 the state legislature allocated $2 million of the ARRA funds to be used to support clean energy projects at public serving institutions which was defined as hospitals, colleges, universities and government buildings.
We are pleased to put these funds to work helping to stimulate the economy, create jobs and increase the state s investment in clean energy, while at the same time supporting these important public serving institutions said Sam Swanson, CED Board co-chair.
The CEDF was created by the Legislature in 2005 to increase the development of renewable energy and combined heat and power technologies. The CEDF is funded by two MOU s with Entergy VT Yankee steaming from the plant s dry cask storage and power up-rate. In 2009, the fund received $31.5 million from the federal government under ARRA.
Name of Awardee
Town
Description of Project
Grant $ Amount
VT Law School
S. Royalton
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit of building (new home to Poverty Law & Environment Law Ctrs)
250,000
Burlington College
Burlington
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit of two old RC Diocese bldgs for the new home of Burlington College
233,000
VCFA (Fine Arts)
Montpelier
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit of ten buildings and install one new insulated roof
233,000
North Country Hospital
Newport
Extend existing biomass district heating to new campus bldg
149,478
Castleton State College
Castleton
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit of Woodruff Hall
137,964
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Thermal energy efficiency retrofits of three old bldgs
137,000
College of St Joseph
Rutland
Install Sto Exterior Insulation systems on two dorm buildings
122,749
Goddard College
Plainfield
Installation of a wood chip district heating system for 22 buildings.
100,000
Marlboro College
Marlboro
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit in Dalrymple classroom building
83,258
NOTCH (Northern Tier Ctr for Health)
Richford
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit & upgrades (pumps, controls, meters, heat recovery) in Mill bldg
72,500
Brattleboro Retreat
Brattleboro
Purchase & install new highly efficient oil boiler (allow switch from #6 to #2 fuel oil)
50,000
VT Tech. College
Randolph Ctr
Installation of a geothermal heat pump system to provide heating/cooling to the Allen House which is the home of VTC's Ctr For Sustainable Practices
50,000
Visiting Nurses Assoc
Colchester
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit measures, including the replacement of 15 aged heat pumps
50,000
East Dorset & Dorset Fire Districts
Dorset, E. Dorset
Thermal energy efficiency retrofit at two fire station buildings
37,052
Total Grants:
$ 1,706,001
Source: Vermont Clean Energy Development Board. 6.16.2010