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. [...]
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How do you help those in need and help the environment at the same time? 1house at a time is a great organization that helps Austin, Texas homeowners in need avoid foreclosure on their homes by lowering their utility and food bills. High utility bills often represent a family’s second highest expense. Homes chosen for [...] Holistic Management International Texas is a great resource for managing your farm or ranch in a “greener” way. They offer many classes and workshops in various Texas towns. [...] What are VOCs and what can we do to avoid having them in our homes? VOCs are Volatile Organic Compounds, and no, this is not the type of “good” organic we want in our Texas Organic Home. VOCs are pollutants in our homes and can effect the indoor air quality of our homes. The resulting poor indoor air quality can have both short and long term ill health [...] My yard meets the criteria for Austin’s Award Winning Green Garden Program yet I am not a City of Austin water customer so I can’t share my yard in that venue. The City of Leander gets the water from the same place, Lake Travis but we buy it from Leander, not Austin. Part of being a Texas Organic Home is to have a green yard. By green I do not mean a huge, water hungry synthetic yard but a water conserving, sensible and beautiful yard that is safe for humans, pets and wildlife due to lack of synthetic [...] 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 [...] We just had another presentation at our Sky Realty Austin office about the new City of Austin Ordinance requiring energy audits. Today’s presenter was Living Green, an energy audit and home energy conservation company in Austin, Texas. Now, since June 1st, 2009, any home sold in Austin, Texas that uses Austin Energy is required to [...] I know funerals, funeral homes & death are a taboo subject for many, including my husband. So, if taboo for you too, then move on to another article. Me, I am interested in anything that professes to be “green” or “eco-friendly” even if it is a funeral home. And funeral homes and dying do not bother [...] Happy green kudos to Perdernales Electric (PEC) for their GREEN WORKS Programs. PEC is working to help the environment by using organic fertilizers on their properties, using a tree for tree program for construction, Christmas tree recycling, HVAC Rebate Program, using solar energy at the PEC Oak Hill office, providing home energy audits, etc. PEC has a public presense & provide public speakers about their GREEN WORKS [...] Saturday, March 28th, 2009 from 8am to 4pm, Lowe’s in Leander, Texas is having a Green Expo. I will be set up as a Green REALTOR, EcoBroker & citizen in helping people be green. Register for a Lifetime Storgae Shed that will be given away- no purchase necessary. Lowe’s in Leander |
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