Comments on: Help us make our new building “green” http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html Gardening tips and advice. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: NY Times article on buying a green lifestyle http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html/comment-page-1#comment-7512 NY Times article on buying a green lifestyle Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:13:30 +0000 http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html#comment-7512 [...] We have gone carbon neutral as a company, we carpool to work and ride our bikes, we chose an electricity provider that uses 100 renewable energy sources, and we are renovating our building to make it as environmentally friendly as possible. We have collected and matched donations to plant more than 17,000 trees through the Arbor Day Foundation and Trees for the Future. [...] [...] We have gone carbon neutral as a company, we carpool to work and ride our bikes, we chose an electricity provider that uses 100 renewable energy sources, and we are renovating our building to make it as environmentally friendly as possible. We have collected and matched donations to plant more than 17,000 trees through the Arbor Day Foundation and Trees for the Future. [...]

]]> By: Clean Air Gardening blog » Blog Archive » Green Buildings: Why aren’t we doing it more in the US? http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html/comment-page-1#comment-7511 Clean Air Gardening blog » Blog Archive » Green Buildings: Why aren’t we doing it more in the US? Sun, 20 May 2007 21:39:36 +0000 http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html#comment-7511 [...] As you might have seen in our previous posts, or at the Practical Environmentalist site, Clean Air Gardening is in the process of renovating an existing building right now to make it LEED certified or Energy Star certified or both. [...] [...] As you might have seen in our previous posts, or at the Practical Environmentalist site, Clean Air Gardening is in the process of renovating an existing building right now to make it LEED certified or Energy Star certified or both. [...]

]]> By: TimS http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html/comment-page-1#comment-7510 TimS Wed, 16 May 2007 05:37:23 +0000 http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/help-us-make-our-new-building-green.html#comment-7510 awnings and/or window shades, attic fan a good idea.(mind fire codes). reflective paint on existing roof ? ventilate awhile at night or early am with cool outside air and shut down fan/or convective vent after sun rise till pm warm-up ? intake air from shaded north side of building, >??, or swamp cooler ?? You might try only oscilating desktop fans as needed and casual dress to start out and find that you are comfortable without added improvements. task lighting, if needed, with compact flourescents bulbs in articulated lamps. laptops vs. desktops ? company discount transit passes; showers, lockers for bicycle commuters. 13,000 sq.ft. wow! good luck awnings and/or window shades, attic fan a good idea.(mind fire codes). reflective paint on existing roof ?

ventilate awhile at night or early am with cool outside air and shut down fan/or convective vent after sun rise till pm warm-up ? intake air from shaded north side of building, >??, or swamp cooler ??
You might try only oscilating desktop fans as needed and casual dress to start out and find that you are comfortable without added improvements.

task lighting, if needed, with compact flourescents bulbs in articulated lamps.

laptops vs. desktops ? company discount transit passes; showers, lockers for bicycle commuters.

13,000 sq.ft. wow! good luck

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