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VISEVISE

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VISE websiteVISE website

VISE (Virginia Information Source for VISE (Virginia Information Source for Energy) is a web-based clearinghouse for Energy) is a web-based clearinghouse for information on both industrial and information on both industrial and domestic energy efficiency opportunities, domestic energy efficiency opportunities, financial incentives, and renewable energy financial incentives, and renewable energy related issues and projects in Virginia.related issues and projects in Virginia.

Why VISE?Why VISE?

Energy efficiency and renewable energy Energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies are important to Virginia's technologies are important to Virginia's environmental and economic health as well as to environmental and economic health as well as to the health of Virginians.the health of Virginians.

Conventional energy produced from the burning Conventional energy produced from the burning of fossil fuels results in pollutants being emitted of fossil fuels results in pollutants being emitted to the air. These emissions can be health to the air. These emissions can be health hazards and contribute to the deposition of hazards and contribute to the deposition of pollutants on land and in water. pollutants on land and in water.

Air PollutionAir Pollution

Why VISE?Why VISE?

Improved efficiency and the use of cleaner Improved efficiency and the use of cleaner renewable energy technologies can reduce the renewable energy technologies can reduce the environmental impact of Virginia's energy needs environmental impact of Virginia's energy needs and help reduce dependence on fuels from and help reduce dependence on fuels from foreign countries.foreign countries.

For these reasons, the Department of For these reasons, the Department of Environmental Quality's Office of Pollution Environmental Quality's Office of Pollution Prevention is committed to promoting energy Prevention is committed to promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.efficiency and renewable energy technologies.

What is available on VISE?What is available on VISE?

The VISE website includes information on:The VISE website includes information on: energy efficiency techniques and programs applicable energy efficiency techniques and programs applicable

to the residential, commercial, and industrial sectorsto the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors

renewable energy topics: wind power, hydropower, renewable energy topics: wind power, hydropower, solar power, energy from biomass, waste, and solar power, energy from biomass, waste, and geothermalgeothermal

alternative fuels: biodiesel, ethanol, compressed alternative fuels: biodiesel, ethanol, compressed natural gas, hydrogennatural gas, hydrogen

What is available on VISE?What is available on VISE?

The VISE website includes information on:The VISE website includes information on: financial incentives from the Federal financial incentives from the Federal

government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and private sources to promote the use of and private sources to promote the use of alternative fuels in vehicles and transit, the alternative fuels in vehicles and transit, the use of renewable energy, and energy use of renewable energy, and energy efficiency technology by businesses and efficiency technology by businesses and homeownershomeowners

VISE, VEEP, and your EMSVISE, VEEP, and your EMS

VISE can be used as a resource for facilities in VISE can be used as a resource for facilities in the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program (VEEP) that have the reduction in energy use as (VEEP) that have the reduction in energy use as one of their objectivesone of their objectives

Facilities that have energy efficiency or Facilities that have energy efficiency or renewable energy success stories are renewable energy success stories are encouraged to share their information on the encouraged to share their information on the VISE siteVISE site

Where is VISE headed?Where is VISE headed?

““Energy success stories” to highlight Virginia Energy success stories” to highlight Virginia facilities that are leading the way in improving facilities that are leading the way in improving energy efficiency, using renewable energy, or energy efficiency, using renewable energy, or using alternative fuelsusing alternative fuels

Information on the Information on the recommendations from the recommendations from the Virginia Energy Plan and the Virginia Energy Plan and the Governor’s Commission on Governor’s Commission on Climate ChangeClimate Change

Additional AssistanceAdditional Assistance

The Office of Pollution Prevention offers free, voluntary, The Office of Pollution Prevention offers free, voluntary, non-regulatory visits intended to identify cost-effective non-regulatory visits intended to identify cost-effective opportunities for facilities to conserve energy and opportunities for facilities to conserve energy and resources. These visits are available to all Virginia resources. These visits are available to all Virginia businesses and local government.businesses and local government.

If you are interested in one of these visits or have a If you are interested in one of these visits or have a question about energy conservation, renewable energy question about energy conservation, renewable energy technologies or pollution prevention, please contact:technologies or pollution prevention, please contact:

Rachel BulleneRachel Bullene rebullene@deq.virginia.govrebullene@deq.virginia.gov

What are your energy needs?What are your energy needs?

Rachel BulleneOffice of Pollution Prevention

Department of Environmental Quality

rebullene@deq.virginia.gov

804-698-4122

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