A plan for Central Vermont Community Action Council to form a new energy/housing services unit

Technical Report · Sun Aug 30 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5072104

This plan for Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc. (CVCAC) to form an Energy/Housing Services Unit (EHSU) will prepare it for the challenges that it must meet in the late 1980's and early 1990's if it is to properly serve the interests of the poor and disadvantaged in its 56 town operational area. Potential for-profit business areas for the EHSU to pursue were examined but always from the perspective of how they could benefit CVCAC and its clients and not as an end unto itself. With these criteria in mind, and taking into account current market forces, major business ventures into infra-red thermography, storm window manufacturing, and fee-for-service weatherization were found to be impractical for CVCAC to pursue at this time. It is the recommendation of this plan that fee-for-service weatherization of multi-family subsidized housing be pursued as well as a small-scale increase in storm window production with sales to private purchasers. This plan also recommends that CVCAC acquire the FHC family housing project.

• Research Organization: Woodbury Organization for Research and Development (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-86CE63471
• OSTI ID: 5072104
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE/63471-T6; ON: DE88007578
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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