About Button Up Vermont
Central Vermont Community Action Council (CVCAC) is partnering with Efficiency Vermont to continue the immensely popular Button Up Vermont workshop program created in 2008. Button Up Vermont is a series of educational workshops designed to help Vermont homeowners understand the steps they can take to make their homes more energy efficient and comfortable.
Find a Workshop
Communities all over the state are hosting Button Up Vermont sessions this fall. Find a Button Up Vermont workshop in your area.
Host a Workshop
It’s easy to host a workshop in your community. Hosts can be community leaders, energy committee members, business owners or others interested in helping their neighbors save money and energy. The workshop materials and a professional presenter are provided at no cost to you or your organization.
Button Up Vermont History
In 2008 and 2009 more than 180 Button Up Vermont workshops were held and attended by over 4,000 Vermonters.
In 2008 and 2009 CVCAC, partnered with the State of Vermont and the Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network (VECAN), to implement an intensive six-month public education program to mobilize Vermonters on how to save energy in their homes. Through a series of two-hour workshops around the state, Vermonters learned about the fundamentals of how buildings lose energy and do-it- yourself opportunities for saving energy, including behavioral changes and low-cost weatherization measures.
The program drew upon town energy committees and other community groups to coordinate workshops within each participating town. Workshops were conducted by a select group of trained, certified energy auditors delivering a prepared presentation/ slide show.