December 2013 Articles Online Green Energy Times Posted on December 26, 2013 by George HarveyMarch 26, 2023 Page Section Article 1 Front cover Astonishing SOLAR GROWTH in 2013 1 Front cover Cut YOUR Heating Bill in Half! 2 Page 2 Ideas for a Greener Holiday Season 3 Page 3 David Blittersdorf’s View from the Top 3 Page 3 Local Renewable Energy Growing in Vermont 4 Transportation Flying with the Sun 4 Transportation NO IDLING NEWS & UPDATES 4 Transportation Air Quality Inside Your Car 5 Transportation King Arthur Flour Charging Station 6 Transportation Is This the End of Peak Oil? 7 Community Fracking IS Fracking 7 Community The 2014 Legislative Landscape on Energy Issues 8 Solar Granite State Solar Explains How Affordable Solar Is in NH! 9 Solar US Solar Testing Center In Vermont 9 Solar Solar Return on Investment in New England 10 Solar SOLARIZING the UPPER VALLEY 11 Solar MAKING YOUR DECISION TO ‘GO SOLAR’ 12 Solar Solar Q&A 12 Solar Vermont to Work with Four Other New England States and Clean Energy States Alliance to Reduce Solar Costs 12 Solar Solar is a Great Business Investment in VT! 13 Solar 2013 COMMUNITY SOLAR UPDATES 14 Financial Virtualize for a Greener Business 14 Financial Time for Corporate Change 14 Wind Samsø Island is 100% Renewable 15 Wind Wind is NOT The Problem 17 Wind Burlington Electric Department, First Wind Reach Agreement to Sell Power Generated by Hancock Wind Project 18 Heating Solar Powered Heat Pumps = Peace of Mind 18 Heating How Heat Pumps Work 19 Heating VECS – Built Upon Imaginations 20 Building What do PV, SHW, Building Efficiency and Beer have in common? The Woodstock Inn Station & Brewery 21 Building Are Low VOC Coatings Really All That Green? 22 Building Green Builders in our Midst – Featuring: R.H. Irving Homebuilders 22 Building Beyond Efficiency – from Passive House to the Living Building Challenge 24 Building Make Your Commercial Project Go Green 25 Sustainable Winter Sports Collective of the Most Sustainable X-C Ski Resorts in North America Stands Against Climate Change 26 Energy Efficiency The High Cost of Doing Nothing 26 Energy Efficiency Cooling Your Food with Energy Efficiency 28 Passive House Passive House: Capturing Energy and Imagination, Part 2 28 Passive House Interior Window Storms, Panels and Quilts 29 Sustainable Art Laughing in the face of fear … A Day in Vermont is Born 29 Sust. Agriculture Emerging Frontiers in Bioenergy 30 Sust. Agriculture Why Local and Certified Organic? 30 Sust. Agriculture Turning Urine into Liquid Gold 31 Sust. Agriculture New Consortium Will Make VT a Global Center of Food Systems Education 31 Sust. Education Thetford Elementary School Excels at Waste Reduction 32 Sust. Education Raising of the Sun Shack 32 Sust. Education Whole School Energy Challenge 33 Sust. Education Farm to School: Having Fun in Woodstock, Vermont 35 Ingredient of the Month Bacteria, Slime Mold and Love 35 Ingredient of the Month Getting Back to Your Roots 36 Green Life Green Tips: A Burning Tip for Home Products 36 Green Life Food Co-ops: Building Food Security Since 1844 37 Green Life Spirits for a Sustainable Future in Vermont – The Silo Brewery 38 Green Holidays Green Shots: Holiday Gift Giving 39 Green Holidays Keep Your Holiday Celebrations out of the Landfill All Year Long