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Vermont WAP Evaluation Released

The Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) has released a weatherization impact study titled "An Evaluation of the Impacts of Vermont's Weatherization Assistance Program." "The Vermont Weatherization program is one of the most evaluated and accountable programs operated by state government," OEO wrote. "It is a preventative program, which has for a number of years been able to provide hard data to show that the benefits far outweigh the investment."

The study covers the 1998 through 2000 program years during which time 2,467 units were served, providing an estimated annual savings to Vermont citizens of $666,090 for the two-year period, or a net present value of $9,145,169 over the life of the measures. On average, the consumption of space heating fuel for units heated with oil, natural gas, kerosene, propane or electricity was reduced by 23.8 million BTUs or 21.6 percent. The average cost of the energy efficiency measures was $2,027 per unit; for measures and all activities it was $3,227 per unit. When energy and non-energy benefits were combined, the program produced $5.26 dollars of benefits for every dollar spent.

For more information, contact Jules Junker at Vermont OEO, (802) 241-2450.

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