Central Vermont Community Action Council will provide hands-on training in fundamental techniques for improving your home’s efficiency.  Participants will learn the basics of building science, how to find and seal trouble spots and practice installing rigid foam insulation, door weather stripping, and spray foam gun sealing in the attic and basement. This will prepare you to participate in Efficiency Vermont’s Do-It-Yourself program that provides financial incentives for owner-installed weatherization improvements (see facing page).  $50 registration fee includes training and lunch. For more information, check out http://www.weatherizationskillshop.com or contact 888-514-2151 or email info@weatherizationskillshop.com.

Ten scholarships are available to the Theford residents upon request, to attend the Weatherization Skillshop. Please contact Mike Kiess at 802-785-2438 if you are interested.

Come learn how you can save energy, save money and increase your home comfort.  Meet and talk with weatherization contractors, solar and wood dealers and financing representatives. Attend workshops, see demonstrations of weatherization measures being installed and learn from the Parish Players why “Weatherization IS Sexy!”  The first 50 at the door win door prizes and there will be a drawing for Thetford residents who fill out a home energy survey, including their energy use and size of home, to win a free home energy assessment, worth $450 (see survey link posted at top of www.SERG-info.org. TA Environment Club will sell refreshments to raise funds for an energy project at the Academy.  The Home Energy Expo is free and open to all.

• 9-10am – Registration, free door prizes to the first 50 attendees, resource tables, and demonstrations
• 10-11am – Main presentations, Parish Player skits and drawing for a free home energy assessment worth $450
• 11am-2pm – Workshops, demonstrations and resource tables
• Button Up Home Energy Saving Workshop
• Blower Door and Infrared Camera Demonstrations
• Dense-packed Cellulose Demonstration
• Spray Applied Foam Demonstration
• Door and Window Weatherstripping Demonstrations
• Petal Powered Bikes that Generate Lights and Blend Smoothies
• Home Energy Makeover Tours
• And much, much more!

SERG would like to thank all of our EXPO sponsors and helpers:

5 Star Energy Tech, Rick Barrows, Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, Building Energy, Cedar Circle Farm, Central Vermont Community Action Council/EnergySmart, Clean Air – Cool Planet, Community Action Television, Crossroad Farm, Efficiency Vermont, Enfield Energy Emporium, Fogg’s Hardware and Building Supply, Granite United Way, Green Works Solar Store, Home Energy Design Services, Isabell’s Café, Matt Koehler, Mascoma Savings Bank, Merchants Bank, Parish Players, ReKnew Energy Systems, Snowdog Construction, Solsaa Building and Energy Solutions, South Face Design/Build, Talking Well Farm, Tarm Biomass, The High Meadows Fund, Thetford Academy and Bruce Hyde, Thetford Academy Environmental Club, Thetford Energy Committee, Thetford HEAT Volunteers, Kathy Grant’s 7^th Grade Thetford Academy Science Class, Tilden Electric, Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network, Vermont Energy Education Program, Vermont Foam Insulation, Watsons Automotive, Wells River Savings Bank, Window Improvement Masters

Organized by Sustainable Energy Resource Group and the Thetford Energy Committee.  For more information contact SERG@valley.net or 802-785-4126.

The homes featured on the Free Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Open Home Tour will be Toth and Biddle homes featured in case studies on their jobs developed by SERG.  Efficiency Vermont representatives will be at the Toth home to answer questions.  There will be child-care available and door prizes.  For more information contact SERG.

• Weatherization Expo, Sat. Nov. 5 from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Thetford Academy gym – Free
• Weatherization Skillshop, Saturday Nov. 12, 9am to 4pm at the Thetford Center Community Center -  $50 registration fee
• Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Open Home Tour, Sat. Nov. 19 from 10 AM to 2 PM – Free
• Thetford Home Weatherization Incentives Program – now through Nov. 28

For more details on these programs click here. If you would like to help plan and carry out this project, please fill in and submit the form at http://serg.heronhost-4.net/heat-volunteers or contact Bob Walker, SERG@valley.net or 802-785-4126 for more information.