Vermont Builds Greener (VBG)

VBG Program Elements Overview Program Components Certification Oversight Criteria Modification and Updates Download VBG Scorecard VBG in the News Contact Information

• Minimum Requirements Required approaches must be installed in order to receive the basic level of certification as a VBG home.
• Scorecard: A multi-page list of approaches, including the basic requirements with the available points that determine a building’s score. In addition to fulfilling all of the required approaches, a minimum of 100 points must be achieved in order to receive the basic level of certification. Points are awarded for house size and can been determined using the House Size Point chart found at the end of the criteria.
• VBG Handbook: An accompanying guide that details exactly what is required to obtain points for each approach, provides supplemental details and explanations, and lists information on materials and product resources. (The VBG Handbook is under construction and not available at this time.)
• Certification Documentation: Programmatic procedures and forms to document certification of buildings
• Web Site: It is envisioned that much of the VBG Program materials would be made available over the Internet.

• Changes are submitted in writing with:
  a) a specific suggestion of the modification being proposed,
  b) substantiation, research and justification for the change, and
  c) contact and affiliation information of the person proposing the change.
  
• Suggestions are reviewed and acted on by the Program Committee not less than once a year, in January. Review and action by the Committee may occur more often if deemed warranted by the Committee or BSR Board of Directors. The BSR Board of Directors approves any VBG Program changes.
• Additional points created from action taken on suggestions and changes would be available retroactively to buildings on which these approaches had been installed.