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Vermont has created a statewide library of pre-approved housing designs that builders can use without going through individual municipal design reviews, covering a range of home types for a neighborhood's worth of construction. The initiative builds on a trend among local governments nationwide of preapproving home plans to speed up permitting.
The University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine is leading a research project awarded as much as $38 million to study whether digital twins can simulate how critically ill patients respond to treatments. The initiative targets ICU decision-making, where clinicians must weigh variables such as unusual immune responses when choosing therapies.
Green Mountain Power (GMP) is using networked home batteries and software as a 'virtual power plant' to manage electricity demand instead of relying on traditional power plants. GMP says about half of the households enrolled in its battery programme also have solar panels installed.
Vermont's Mountain School enrolls high schoolers for roughly $40,000 per semester, having them cook, clean, farm and care for animals on its 418-acre campus instead of following a typical classroom schedule. About 30% of students receive financial aid, and many come from wealthy families unfamiliar with basic chores like cleaning a composting toilet or sweeping a floor.