I saw a segment on ABC’s Good Morning America yesterday talking about solar powered golf carts. Solar powered carts have a battery life that can last 30-35% longer than a standard electric charge. The panels are produced by a company called Solar Drive and their website is www.SolarDrive.com. Sebonack Golf Club in Southhampton, N.Y is [...]
Archive for the ‘Energy Efficiency’ Category
21 Jul
A Visit to Greenhaven, Atlanta’s Premiere Eco-Decorators Showhouse
Today Carol and I finally made it out to Greenhaven, a subdivision of Green homes in Marietta that are tracking LEED for Homes, EarthCraft House & NAHB Green Certifications. The house we went into is an Eco-Decorators showhouse where each room is decorated by a different company. Personally I am more into the house and [...]
29 Jun
Georgia to Receive $50 million for Weatherization of Low-Income Homes
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that the State of Georgia will receive $50 million to expand it’s weatherization program for low income families, and could potentially receive as much as $125 million total if the state’s plan is effective and does what it is supposed to do. This is part of Obama’s $787 billion Recovery [...]
5 Jun
The Green Life Speaker Series
Carol and I are happy to present our first “Green Life” Speaker Series which will take place this coming Wednesday, June 10th at 7pm. It will be held at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve on Roswell Road just across the street from Pike’s Nursery. Our featured speaker will be Matt Hoots of the Hoots [...]
23 Apr
Atlanta Green Homes Committee Formation Meeting
Last night Carol and I attended Atlanta’s first Green Homes Committee Formation Meeting. Before the meeting we toured a home in Decatur that is tracking LEED Platinum. It was built by Robert Soens of Pinnacle Custom Builders and designed by architect Robert Cain. It is a pretty amazing home to stand inside and visualize all of [...]
25 Mar
Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030 – from GreenPrints
I went to GreenPrints today at the Hyatt in downtown Atlanta. Greenprints is a conference and trade show put on by the Southface Energy Institute which is located in Atlanta. The keynote speaker today was Edward Mazria, and he fathered the organization “Architecture 2030”. Architecture 2030 strives to have all buildings “carbon neutral” or “zero-net [...]
21 Feb
Owl Wireless Electricity Monitor
Today Rod MacKenzie came over to my house and installed an Owl Wireless Electricity Monitor. Rod is president of Green Building Resources providing “Products for Greener Homes”. First he installed the monitor in my electric panel which took about 4 minutes. Within 10 seconds the wireless monitor was showing my energy consumption, my green house [...]
