Sep
15
2014
by John Herrick, September 12, 2014
Betsy Hardy of Richmond owns a two-story home built more than a century ago. Over the past three years, she has insulated her attic and basement, installed a solar array on her roof and...
Sep
12
2014
A new technology that both warms your home in winter,
and cools in summer.
August 1, 2014 by Stewart Ledbetter
Until you see one, it’s a little hard to believe. Though heat pumps have been used for years in Europe and southern...
Sep
11
2014
SunCommon launches solar heat campaign with Excel Plumbing and Heating
SunCommon, Vermont’s largest residential solar company, has teamed with Excel Plumbing and Heating of Rutland to make the move toward solar heating easy and affordable for all Vermonters. Every year, Vermonters...
Sep
10
2014
Irreversible change
by Sabra Field
SunCommon is in preliminary negotiation with a neighbor in East Barnard, and we are unsure whether to remain part of the global warming problem or become part of the solution.
New technology can be upsetting. Vermont has...
Sep
04
2014
WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-
by Alex Apple, WCAX
VERMONT -Solar panels can be expensive to install, but with the increase in the sale of electrical heat pumps, some homeowners are now heating their homes by connecting their pumps...
Aug
26
2014
At 1:07 p.m. the dark clouds passed and the sun shone over an event especially appreciative of a blue sky day: the first-ever SunCommon Sun CARnival! SunCommon celebrated the pairing of solar technology and electric vehicles by inviting electric...
Aug
18
2014
COLCHESTER –Duane Peterson started up his electricity-powered Chevrolet Volt in the parking lot of St. Michael's College in Colchester on Sunday before taking the car on a test-drive around Burlington.
"There's an amusement park ride aspect to this, " Peterson...
Aug
18
2014
COLCHESTER, Vt. —"We're here showing that this isn't some far off futuristic thing this is here and now," said Duane Peterson, co-president of SunCommon. Solar connoisseurs and admirers from around Vermont checked out electric cars Sunday at SunCARnival in Colchester.
"With...
Aug
18
2014
COLCHESTER, Vt. -The phrase, 'Hit the gas,' does not quite work with this car. In some vehicles, it is more about soaking up the sun.
Adam Bentz has bought into a solar power plan by Sun Common, a power company...
Jul
30
2014
“I’m here today with local community officials, representatives of great solar companies like Northern Reliability and SunCommon, and others committed to growing our economy, creating jobs and protecting the environment through renewable energy projects,” the Governor said. “We have...