Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility is launching Business Energy Action! BEA is an energy challenge for Vermont businesses. The Challenge:
Reduce your energy consumption by a target of 5% annually for 3 years. Why:
Enhance your triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit. Reducing your energy consumption is not only good for the environment- it will save your business money. Whether throug
h technological or behavioral changes, energy reduction is the right thing to do. When:
Launched in early September, the Business Energy Action Challenge is open for enrollment! If interested in participating, please click on the following link to an enrollment survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2DXPG82
How:
Working with the unique Energy Efficiency Utilties present in Vermont- Efficiency Vermont and Burlington Electric Department- and Vermont Gas, you can find innovative, easy ways to reduce your businesses' energy consumption- for anything from a farm to manufacturer to a retail outlet! Not only is that something you should feel good about, it will save you money! In 2011 alone, EVT saved 108,000 MWh of electrical usage from efficiency measures, which lowered Vermonter's energy bills to the tune of $101.5 million. This correlates to an actual emissions reduction of 790,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide! Concurrently, in 2011 BED saved 8,239 MWh, reducing emissions by 54,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide. Rewards:
Aside from efficiency improvements themselves, all participants will be publicly recognized for their participation, at events and in the news-media. Those who achieve the best results- the largest energy usage reductions- will receive special recognition & publicity, through a variety of media. Additionally, throughout the challenge, BEA will regularly highlight a participant business in a spotlight email. The first step towards participating is filling out a short enrollment survey, which gives us information about your businesses' baseline energy usage. Find the survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2DXPG82
For technical information go to
Efficiency Vermont:
http://www.efficiencyvermont.com/BusinessEnergyAction.aspx
Vermont Gas Systems:
http://www.vermontgas.com/efficiency_programs/comm_programs.html
Burlington Electric Department:
www.burlingtonelectric.com/page.php?pid=6&name=energy_efficiency
Vermont Fuel Dealer's Association:
http://vermontfuel.com/efficiency.html
