Family Energy Fair
In response to widespread and urgent local need for education and information on energy efficiency in buildings, the Brattleboro Area chapter of Habitat for Humanity held Brattleboro’s first Family Energy Fair on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Integrated Solar Applications.
The Family Energy Fair was a blend of exhibits, activities for children, food, music and dance, a silent auction, and three one-hour educational sessions:
- Home Energy Audits & Effective Home Improvements (Keith Abbott, Thermal House)
- Got Mold? Energy Efficiency and Moisture Management (Peter Yost, BuildingGreen)
- Practical Renewable Energy Systems (Andy Cay, Integrated Solar)
Help Us Build House No. 8
We are now beginning to work on our eighth house. This home, the frame of which is from a 1940s house donated to us by Entergy Vermont Yankee, will be reconstructed in our factory in the old Book Press building this summer and fall. It will then be moved to a site on Quarry Road in Dummerston that the Nature Conservancy is donating to us. It will incorporate the technology necessary to make it a Net Zero Energy Home. Preliminary plans include solar thermal heating and solar photovoltaic electric production. We are excited about this home, because it will make us a model for other Habitat chapters and businesses all over the country.
We can’t build this home without your help. We need to raise $60,000 to make this home a reality.