Bruce Whitney

Conservation, efficiency, and renewables: the three-legged stool

Congratulations to Winstanley and Integrated Solar of Brattleboro on their successful development. I wish those involved with Windham Solid Waste Management District much luck as they go down their development path. Having their potential solar array available to community net-metering customers will be very beneficial.

The article ends with an assertion - “Increasing energy efficiency in homes, however, remains important” - and a quote from Kim Smith, assistant planner, Windham Regional Commission: “And that's one our greatest opportunities.”

I am a home energy-efficiency guy, so I stayed with the article until the end. I hope most readers did.

To reduce the cost of living or cost of doing business and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, persons or businesses have three opportunities - conservation, efficiency, renewables - that my friend and colleague, Dave Bonta, Sunnyside Solar proprietor, calls the “three-legged stool.”...

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I like the bus

Give public transportation a try, writes a loyal rider

I live in Putney. I work in Brattleboro. I like commuting on the Current's Bellows Falls–Brattleboro bus. I like the bus because it gives me a true break, a time when I don't have to do anything. Some people say their car commute is downtime or a break. But...

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