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WindowDressers, a Maine-based nonprofit organization that facilitates workshops where participants help to build insulating window inserts for their and other community members homes, is coming to Bennington County.
Bruce Lierman, a member of the Bennington Energy Committee, one of several such entities involved in organizing the effort locally, said the inserts â essentially custom-made wood frames wrapped in plastic that fit by friction inside windows â represent a quick and easy way to increase home energy efficiency, especially for Vermont s older housing stock.Â
The group of local volunteers has begun accepting orders for the inserts, though customers involvement in the process does not end there.Â
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Democratic Congressman Peter Welch was the keynote speaker to close out the recent Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network annual conference.
The Action Network, commonly referred to as VECAN, describes itself as “the network of over 100 Vermont town energy committees and the organizations that support them.” The groups and network work on energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reduction and production of in-state renewable energy.
The network’s 13th annual conference was held virtually this year and the agenda included a review of climate action opportunities, the status of solar, weatherization and transportation opportunities and energy equity.
On the last day of the conference keynote speaker Congressman Peter Welch expressed optimism that there will be a marked change in energy and environmental policy when President-elect Joseph Biden is sworn in. “We’re going to have a new energy policy and that new energy policy is going to have the full backing of the Pr