Greening incentives for new construction and renovations in Charlottesville
Go green and save green - or something like that could be the marketing tag line for an expansion of the City of Charlottesville's current green trending. In response to this question - "What, in your opinion, is the best way for local governments in…
Take the Recycling Survey
The RWSA has put up a fairly comprehensive survey. If you live in Charlottesville/Albemarle, take three minutes. How they're looking to pay for any improvements? That's fodder for a longer-than-three-sentences post.
Best line of the day
"It's hard to believe anything can be too ugly for Pantops." - from today's C-Ville. ... Unfortunately there's more to the story.What a shame that this is one of the reasons that the Montessori School's design was denied: "...How energy efficient a building is isn't…
The greening continues
"What started as a fringe movement of environmental activists and hippie entrepreneurs three decades ago is now largely mainstream for companies, investors and consumers." So says CNBC. Realtor Magazine notes: * The market for green homes is expected to rise from $2 billion to up…
10 ways to make your home greener
From the Washington Post. Surveys show that homeowners like the idea of using less energy and resources, but they often balk at the upfront cost, Weissgerber said. "The first thing they say in focus groups we've done is, 'This is expensive.' "Not everything makes sense…
Treehugger doesn’t like Charlottesville’s water conservation efforts
The region's drought has not gotten as bad as it was in 2002. In fact, restrictions have been loosened a little bit. From a post yesterday noting our efforts in 2002: Promote bottled water and use paper plates. While we applaud anyone taking up the…
Green building in Charlottesville is about to (hopefully) take a major step forward
They are setting a lofty goal and vision that should set the standard for new developments in the Charlottesville region. Yesterday I had attended a presentation given by the developers of the new Belvedere development and the builders - Hauser Homes and Church Hill Homes.…
Blog Action Day 2007 – My 2 cents
It's Blog Action Day, a day when thousands of bloggers write about one issue in an attempt to raise awareness about the environment. The "green" movement is no longer a fringe movement, but one that has gone mainstream for practical reasons - many of the…
Friday Links – 12 October 2007
It's a bit odd to see Google chasing others ... but at least I'll get the storage boost I need. On the devaluation of traffic - There's a fairly intense conversation today about how much traffic certain web sites generate over others. To me, a…
Why print advertising doesn’t make sense
Following up on this week's earlier post regarding print advertising's demise ... The only print ad I have done this year was in The HooK, for their Green issue. Blogging has a better ROI. Print is useful when it transcends advertising, when it's not advertising.…