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Water Efficient Home as a Model for Building Standards |
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Written by Brad Daniel
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Rainsavers recently completed a job in Mountain View, California whose owner built a home that uses very little municipal water and has native Santa Clara County plants, grasses and fruit trees. Rainsavers installs rain barrels, tanks and complete systems for residential, commercial and public facilities.
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Energy Harvesting ~ What is it? |
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Written by Elizabeth Guimarin
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 Energy harvesting converts ambient energy to electricity. Ambient energy might be from light, magnetic, vibration, radio frequency, or thermo electric. Energy harvesters provide very small amount of power for low-energy electronics. The range of energy generated is 10nW – 100W. The energy source for energy harvesters is present as ambient background and is free.
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Opportunities in Energy Efficiency - Existing Small Commercial Buildings |
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Written by Bill Walton
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 Liz Valdez presents an overview of Energy Efficiency in small commercial buildings. She provides a high-level overview of employment opportunities in energy efficiency.
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Field Trip to San Jose Green To Go Meetings and the Clean Energy Showcase |
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Written by Alex L. Mednick
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 Several of the EcoGreen Group members made a field trip to downtown San Jose to participate in the Green To Go meetings, to be more engaged with the community, and to become involved in education, networking, and information exchange. We also took a tour of the Clean Energy Showcase.
It was very worthwhile and it was presented to the rest of the group for discussion on how to further outreach to the community.
A description of the field trip is attached here. Read More (pdf).
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Why is it important to bring your own bag? |
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Written by Elizabeth Guimarin
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San José is the largest city in the state to ban plastic carryout bags. The ordinance went into effect on January 1, 2012.
Bring Your Own Bag
There are many answers to the question: why is it important to bring your own bag? Most people might think it’s to reduce the amount of plastic going to landfills and going into our waterways, building up in the ocean to harm animals and water quality.
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