Our neighborhood school, The Sustainability Academy, is hosting a ONE Community Festival this weekend to celebrate our vibrant diverse neighborhood. Planned activities include a Tag Sale/Plant Sale to raise funds for educational activities and school gardens, a community soccer game, local music, and much more! Admission is free and all are welcome, so please stop by!
Looking for green jobs? Vermont Green may be able to help you start a career in a green industry through assessment, training, supports, job placement and follow-up services. If you’re interested in developing a promising career working in solar/PV installation, check out the following opportunity…
Free PV Tech Class! Take a big step toward NABCEP certification…
http://www.solarfest.org/solarfest_prefest_workshops.php
More info & class registration, along with many more green job opportunities… Tatum O’Malley, Vermont Green – Career Development Counselor: (802) 860-1417×105; vtgreen[at]cvoeo[dot]org
The Vermont-Sandia Smart Grid Partnership is meeting today and tomorrow at the Sheraton in Burlington. Energy officials from the local, state, and national levels will be in attendance along with Vermont political representation, and countless Vermont energy professionals. Several Vermont Smart Grid Working Group members, including AJ Rossman and Ethan Goldman, will be attending, too.
From the Vermont-Sandia Partnership website: “More than any other state in the nation, Vermont has forged effective partnerships among its policymakers, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, privately owned companies and citizen groups, leveraging their expertise and collective willpower to spur energy innovation statewide.
These efforts reflect growing partnerships statewide and a deep commitment to energy sustainability. Vermont’s efforts have been further strengthened by grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to support a utilities-led smart-grid effort called eEnergy Vermont and also a partnership with Sandia National Laboratories to help create the Nation’s first statewide 21st-century energy infrastructure.”
Events of this nature will certainly help pave the way for a green energy future in Vermont! While it may not be possible for all members of the Smart Grid Working Group to attend this week’s event, all should certainly feel welcome to contact AJ or Ethan to compare notes, and to receive updates and thoughts on event proceedings. A more involved VSGWG discussion of event findings may be forthcoming, too. To learn more about the Vermont-Sandia Partnership, please click here.
Please join us Monday, May 23rd, 2011, 3:30pm-5:30pm, for a guided tour with VGO founder, AJ Rossman, of our innovative green features and renewable resources.
Vermont Green Offices is striving to become the most advanced renewable energy office community in Vermont, with facilities ideally suited for engineers, architects, programmers, scientists, and other professionals working on green projects. An advanced technological infrastructure, stimulating common areas, flexible floor plans, a variety of price-points, and numerous other benefits, make Vermont Green Offices the perfect space to grow your green business!
Powering the Future: A spring seminar series co-hosted by The University of Vermont and Sandia National Laboratories presents… Climate Change, Technology, and Global Security. Monday, May 2nd, at 4:30pm, in B112 Angell Hall on the UVM campus.
“Climate change will likely pose very serious challenges to human society. This talk will characterize the environmental, economic and social factors leading to these challenges and the expected impact on international stability and global security.”
Members of the Vermont Smart Grid Working Group (VSGWG) are welcome and encouraged to attend.
To learn more about VSGWG, please click here.
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As mentioned several times on this site previously, it’s been a big spring for us at Vermont Green Offices. Numerous upgrades have been made to prepare space for new tenants, and to continue building our reputation as Vermont’s premier destination for growing green businesses. We’d love to have you by to see our efforts!
Please join us Wednesday, May 4th, 2011, 3:30pm-5:30pm, for a guided tour of innovative green office spaces now available for immediate occupancy.
Located near the beautiful Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT, Vermont Green Offices (VGO) is a solar-powered office environment and renewable energy technology demonstration center. Our facilities combine comfortable and productive workspaces with innovative energy solutions, stimulating common areas, and colorful architecture. With a variety of price-points, flexible floor-plans, high ceilings, and natural lighting, VGO is the perfect space to grow your green business!
As noted in several locations on this site, Vermont Green Offices is pleased to announce new office spaces available May 1st, 2011. In anticipation of new arrivals, we’ve set aside a few weeks of down time to make sure everything in our space is in top order before offering it to you, our valued clients. Walls are being painted with low-VOC paints, floors are being re-surfaced with green products, cabinets built with local materials are being installed, new sustainably-manufactured furnishings are being purchased, lighting is transitioning to LED; and, much more! For rental information, please contact AJ at 802.503.5523
For more pictures of ongoing improvements, please click here.
Powering the Future: A spring seminar series co-hosted by The University of Vermont and Sandia National Laboratories presents… Smart Grid – Challenges & Opportunities. Wednesday, March 23rd, at 4:30pm, in 234 Jeffords Hall on the UVM campus.
The Smart Grid is rapidly changing how electricity is generated, used, and managed in the U.S. In this presentation, Juan Torres – Manager of Energy Systems Analysis at Sandia National Labs – will discuss some of the U.S. smart grid initiatives and the technical, policy, and business challenges that are being encountered.
Members of the Vermont Smart Grid Working Group (VSGWG) are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Thanks sincerely to all who attended our inaugural VT Smart Grid Working Group (VSGWG). By all accounts, Mr. Goldman’s presentation was well prepared and thought-provoking. Several group members have requested copies of Mr. Goldman’s presentation. To download his presentation as a PDF, click here.
Thanks to your positive interaction, the night was a great success, and we look forward to many more work group meetings with you. For our next meeting, Vermont Smart Energy Institute founder, AJ Rossman, will lead a discussion on integrating renewables into the smart grid. (Details TBA – Check back for updates or click here to subscribe to our RSS feed.)
Vermont Green Offices proudly announces the formation of the Vermont Smart Grid Working Group. Please join us March 9th, from 6-7:30pm, for the first in a series of discussions on smart grid development in Vermont. Facilitated by a variety of industry experts, our Smart Grid Working Group will review smart grid proposals for statewide deployment. Ethan Goldman of VEIC will lead our first discussion.
Vermont Smart Grid Consumer Behavior Research Plans for 2011-2013
Several research projects, sponsored by Efficiency VT and the electric utilities, will examine the potential for consumer behavior change from the deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology in Vermont this year. Ethan Goldman, Measurement & Verification Specialist at Efficiency Vermont, will discuss the AMI or “Smart Grid” technologies that will be deployed state-wide over the next two years and the additional in-home components that will be tested as part of these studies.
Ethan Goldman holds a BS from Hampshire College and an MS from Carnegie Mellon University in Green Informatics. His research has included the behavior-based conservation potential of energy monitoring systems and the development of a Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) system.
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VGO Events and Work Groups Vermont Green Offices proudly offers regular lectures, seminars and webinars on sustainability, renewable energy and more. More information on upcoming events coming soon. To view previous events, please click here.
