Efficiency Vermont is proud to be among the partners involved with rehabbing a historic East Hardwick building into efficient housing! Dating back to 1851, the 64 Main Street property has been a store, a boarding house, and apartments. Vacant for the last 10 years, this project returns a historic building to use as three energy efficient and affordable apartments.
“Enabling these new East Hardwick apartments to be all-electric will provide affordable, year-round comfort for residents, and came about through a great collaboration between Efficiency Vermont, 3E Thermal (through Capstone Community Action), and the project manager, Erich Stephens," said Matt Sharpe, senior engineering consultant at Efficiency Vermont who worked closely on the project. "The units are heated and cooled with heat-pumps, are all built to Efficiency Vermont's high performance standards for insulation and air sealing, and use high efficiency appliances. We worked closely with the project team to support the selection of the equipment that will meet all of the building’s heating and cooling needs while also ensuring high indoor air quality. Of particular importance was ensuring the heat pumps were properly sized to the very efficient conditions of the building envelope. This kind of technical assistance ensures the right equipment is in place—and helps avoid issues from oversized equipment like poor performance, lack of comfort for occupants, and higher electricity bills. Helping property owners update their buildings to save energy and keep energy bills low are all part of Efficiency Vermont’s efforts to ensure everyone can share the benefits of clean technology.”
Other partners include the Office of Historic Preservation at Vermont’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development’s, VPPSA, Hardwick Electric, and Rural Edge.
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