In this issue
- Message from the Executive Director
- Vermont Homebuilding Coalition
- Building Science Guild Meeting
- SEON Spring Training Classes
- Our members – in action
- Interesting Links
- Resources
- Meetings & Conferences
- Job Opportunities
- Thank you, Members
From SEON’s Executive Director
It’s a New Year!
Indeed, if you’ve been keeping a close eye on the news, you’ve likely noticed our recent and impactful developments. SEON’s pivotal role in spearheading and managing the Vermont Homebuilding Coalition has garnered significant media attention and recognition:
• Vermont Biz • Brattleboro Reformer • Manchester Journal • Rutland Herald • Times Argus • Bennington Banner • Williston Observer
Gratitude to our board for their visionary leadership and unwavering support, enabling us to forge ahead with this endeavor. As well, we extend our sincere appreciation to Richard Wobby, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont and a distinguished member of our new coalition, who has graciously offered the use of their Montpelier offices for our inaugural coalition meeting this coming week on January 29, 2024.
Our primary objectives:
- To design and establish a state-recognized High-Performance Builder Certification Program
- To cultivate professionalism in the building industry
- To build an Awareness Campaign geared towards the public and policymakers
The Phases:
- Phase 1: Certification program establishment
- Phase 2: Marketing campaign to target unaffiliated builders, the public, stakeholders (policy makers, lumberyards, town energy committees, etc.)
- Phase 3: Designing infrastructure and funding
- Phase 4: Discuss a Vermont High-Performance Builder Certification Mandate
We will also discuss the Vision After Success, because, while the State Building Certification is our core responsibility, the board will have the influence to extend far beyond simply issuing licenses. We have the unique opportunity to shape the future of the building industry by setting high standards, promoting innovation, and addressing critical issues that impact all builders and homeowners.
We’ll keep you abreast of the coalition’s work via social media and the next newsletter.
For those who did not receive our Annual Report – click here!
Last, but not least, we’ve started to schedule our Spring Classes for the Basics of High Performance Building and our Crew Leadership Development. Remember, as members, you get $50 off of the cost. See below!
Onward until February!
Guy Payne
Executive Director
Vermont Homebuilding Coalition
- American Institute of Architects – VT Chapter (AIAVT)
- Building Performance Professionals of Vermont
- Efficiency Vermont
- Engelberth Construction
- Energy Futures Group
- ReSOURCE
- SEON
- Vermont Builders and Remodelers Association
- Vermont Chapter of Associated Building Contractors
- Vermont Chapter of Associated General Contractors
- Vermont Green Building Network
- Vermont Passive House
- Vermont Talent Pipeline
- Vermont Works for Women
- Yestermorrow
Building Science Guild Meeting
Fenestration – Observations from a lowly window dude
A presentation by Russell Chapman, Architectural Consultant at Sierra Pacific Windows.
Date: Wednesday, February 28th
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Location: SEON’s Conference Room, 532 Putney Rd, Suite 204, Brattleboro
Can’t make it in person? ►Join us via Zoom!
Get answers to such important questions as:
- What is window fenestration?
- What should contractors know when negotiating with a customer about the features of window selection and installation?
- What are the classic mistakes when not taking fenestration into consideration?
- What jumps out to a fenestration expert when they eyeball local construction practices?
- Why is this fenestration guy so lowly?!
Spring Training
Basics of High Performance Building Classes
- Date: March 4 & 11 / 5:00pm – 8:15pm
- Location: Springfield, VT
- Instructor: Michael Goetink
- Sign up ► here
- Date: March 6 & 13 / 5:00pm – 8:15pm
- Location: White River Junction, VT
- Instructor: Michael Goetinck
- Sign up ► here
- Date: March 12 & 19 / 3:45pm – 7:45pm
- Location: Essex Junction, VT
- Instructor: Chris West
- Sign up ► here
- Date: March 13 & 20 / 3:45pm – 7:45pm
- Location: Hyde Park, VT
- Instructor: Jim Bradley
- Sign up ► here
- Date: May 2 & 9 / 3:45pm – 7:45pm
- Location: Bennington, VT
- Instructor: Junio Anthes-Moody
- Sign up ► here
Leadership Development for Crew Leaders Classes
(Instructor: Guy Payne – Executive Director)
- Date: March 20 and 27 / 3:45pm – 7:45pm
- Location: Brattleboro, VT
- Sign up ► here
- Date: April 17 and 24 / 3:45pm – 7:45pm
- Location: Springfield, VT
- Sign up ► here
- Date: May 1 and 8 / 3:45pm – 7:45pm
- Location: White River Junction, VT
- Sign up ► here
Our Members – in Action
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Interesting Links
- ► Drunk Elves Played a Role in This Vermont DIY Home-Building Kit
►Vermont is listed as one of the 20 best states for construction jobs in the U.S.
► A Timber-Frame Company in Vermont Relies on Human Touch
► Homes made in factories were supposed to save us from the housing crisis, but why are they failing?
Resources
► Best Practices for Internal Communication & Digital Organization (HELM)
► The CARE (Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator) Tool is used for calculating and comparing the embodied, operating and avoided carbon impacts and benefits of reusing and upgrading existing buildings or replacing them with new construction.
Meetings & Conferences
Better Building by Design: April 3–4, 2024 at the DoubleTree Hotel & Conference Center in South Burlington, VT. The theme is “Blueprint for Equity: Energy Efficiency & the Future of Building”.
Job Opportunities
► 475 High-Performance Building Supply is actively seeking a Outside Sales – Vermont Product Consultant.
► HatchSpace community woodworking project is now accepting applications for the Executive Director position with a target start date of April 1st.
Thank you, Members
- All Seasons Construction, Springfield, VT
- Andrew Dey, Consutlant, Walpole, NH
- Delta Energy Works, Brattleboro, VT
- Duane Case, Bellows Falls, VT
- Efficiency Vermont, Winooski, VT
- Farnum Insulators, Dummerston, VT
- Friendly Homes, Brattleboro, VT
- GPI Construction, Inc, Brattleboro, VT
- Green Mountain Enclosure Consulting, llc (Nate Gusakov), Bristol, VT
- HELM Construction Solutions, LLC, Brattleboro, VT
- Housewright Construction, Inc, Newbury, VT
- Integrated Solar Applications Corp. Brattleboro, VT
- JA Saccoccio Workshop PLLC, Brattleboro, VT
- Junio Anthes-Moody
- Tim Lillis, Builder, Bellows Falls, VT
- Mindel & Morse Builders, Brattleboro, VT
- Owl’s Head Builders, Guilford, VT
- Shelterwood Construction
- Sierra Pacific Windows, Red Bluff, CA
- Sustainable Design, LLC, Dorset Vermont
- The Wadsworth Company LLC, Jamaica, VT
- Wright Builders, Inc, Northampton, MA