| Did you know that if you want to,you can drive an all electric vehicle now? Revolt Custom Electric Vehicles can take an ordinary car and turn it into a clean,all electric vehicle capable of running at highway speeds and needing no dirty oil changes. [...] The annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair is coming up. Put on by the Texas Solar Energy Society,the Fair is now in it’s 11th year and coming to historic Fredericksburg,Texas September 24th through September 26th,2010. I go every year and am never there enough time. There is always so much to see,do and learn for people of all ages. Children 12 and under are FREE. Tickets are $10.00 to $12.00 and available at the gate. There are so many booths set up to learn about so much. [...] Two Tiny Home Concepts that may help in moving towards sustainability. Tiny Texas Houses to downsize your carbon footprint for about $38,000. to just under $100,000. and ZeroHouse™ which are tiny modern looking homes and run about $350,000. [...] Friday,March 12th,2010 from 4:30 to 6:30pm there will be a tour of GREEN buildings at Southwestern University in Georgetown,Texas. The Double LEED® Building Tour Higher Education Institution Facilities is being held by the Central Texas Balcones Chapter of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC-CTB). The Admissions Center building is LEED-NC Gold Certified and the Center for Lifelong Learning is LEED-NC Silver Registered. [...] What’s all the buzz on electric cars? An informative conversation regarding the reality of the electric car:hybrid cars,science,technology,the economy,government,politics,etc. will be held Tuesday,September 15th,2009 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm at Cafe Caffeine at 909 W. Mary St. #A,Austin,TX 78704. [...] I am looking for a green car. High miles per gallon is important to me. As a REATOR I put a lot of miles on my car compared to the average consumer. On my Twtter account I found a great California based green car Twitter user site Clean Car Talk for information on hybrid,electric,plug-in and clean diesel cleaner driving choices. [...] Sometimes new green jargon is a lot for the newly green to feel comfortable with. Net zero is a term with many definitions but all run in a similar vein. In a nutshell,net zero means no overall energy consumption or “net zero” and zero annual carbon emissions. In other words,even though some energy is used,the energy is from renewable energy sources and no energy is purchased from the grid or external energy producers because the home produces as much energy as it consumes. [...] A Valence Press Release announced that Valence Technologies,Inc. of Austin,Texas as well as China,Northern Ireland &Las Vegas,Nevada chose Leander,Texas as the site for their $585 million dollar facility. Valence has applied for an Electric Drive Vehicle Battery &Component Manufacturing Initiative Grant as part of the Recovery Act. [...] The new Austin Energy Audit in Austin,Texas is getting mixed reviews. I personally think that the ROI or Return on Investment can be great with energy efficiency improvements and I think an energy audit can be a great starting point for needed information on where and how your home is losing energy. [...] Forbes.com reported that the Honda FCX Clarity,was named Green car of the World at the New York Auto Show. The Clarity has Bio Fabric,no pollution. [...] | |
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