VPT Online: Public Square: Green Up Your Business

PUBLIC SQUARE is a VPT initiative addressing issues of concern to Vermonters. Mixing documentary footage, thoughtful insight, in-depth panel discussions and more, we’ll keep you informed about local events and issues that affect your lives.

Green Up Your Business

Thursday, August 30th at 8:00 pm

Host Kristin Carlson This live program takes a look at how greening up Vermont business is not only good for the environment, but also for a company's bottom line. A live panel will discuss energy savings, recycling, and turning waste products into profit. Will include portions of a new video, "The Green Makeover," produced by the Vermont Environmental Consortium.

Joining host Kristin Carlson:

Daniel Hecht
Eexecutive Director
Vermont Environmental Consortium
Ray Keller
Energy Services Engineer
Vermont Gas
Logan Brown
Project Manager
Efficiency Vermont

Viewers are encouraged to call in with questions. A toll-free number will be announced during the program.

Community Resources

Efficiency Vermont
255 S. Champlain Street, Suite 7
Burlington, VT 05401
1-888-921-5990
info@efficiencyvermont.com

Efficiency Vermont provides technical advice, financial assistance and design guidance to help make Vermont homes, farms and businesses energy efficient. Efficiency Vermont’s website offers various resources, including helpful links to local and national organizations. Also, you can submit a question to Ask Rachael, a column published in local weekly newspapers that answers questions about energy use in your home or business.

Vermont Environmental Consortium
Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663
(802) 485-2455

Vermont Environmental Consortium is Vermont’s green enterprise clearinghouse resource. VEC helps environmental businesses and organizations achieve their goals and works to preserve Vermont’s natural environment. VEC provides other businesses, communities, and state agencies with a one-stop point of contact for all of Vermont’s green products and services providers.

To receive a DVD copy of the full 37-minute Green Makeover video, contact Vermont Environmental Consortium, (802) 485-2455 or vec@norwich.edu.

Vermont Gas Systems
P.O. Box 467
Burlington, VT 05402-0467
802-863-4511

Vermont Gas Systems strong belief in energy efficiency is a key component of the company’s operating principles. Vermont Gas Systems website also provides links to other utility and energy efficiency websites.

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