Can anything be done, short of window replacement, to improve the performance of cold and drafty single-pane windows or older double-pane windows?
Many Vermonters tape plastic on the inside or outside of their windows in the fall hoping to be a little more comfortable and save some money on their heating bills over the winter. But there is a better, affordable alternative – window inserts. Inserts are light weight, snug fitting, interior storm windows built by local volunteers for themselves and their neighbors.
WindowDressers, a Maine based nonprofit, started producing inserts in 2011 and expanded into Vermont in 2018. Glover, Craftsbury and Greensboro were among the first towns to join in and in 2022 twenty-two community builds produced 4,376 window inserts for Vermonters. Other NEK towns to participate in 2022 were Sutton, Peacham, Danville, Ryegate and Barnet.
If you live in Hardwick, Woodbury, Walden, Cabot or any other nearby town and are interested in getting involved in a practical project to benefit yourself and your neighbors, please plan to attend. We will learn about insert building experiences in Glover and Craftsbury and how to start a program in our towns.
This meeting is being organized by the Hardwick Energy Committee. We welcome other organizations to participate and help reaching out to those who can most benefit from the program. More info can be found on the website: https://windowdressers.org/.
Saturday, January 21 at 11 am at the Hardwick Memorial Building, 20 Church St., Hardwick.
Contact Hardwick Energy Coordinator Bill Chidsey at solarharvester.vt@gmail.com, 802-249-6004;
Paul Fixx in Hardwick at pfixx@pfixx.net, 802-441-4599; or
Diana Peduzzi in Woodbury at diana.peduzzi@gmail.com, 802-472-9300.