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By: Urban Trekker
13Apr2010Image via Wikipedia Arlington is leading the way to progressive change in community energy plan. This is probably the first community energy plan in Virginia aimed to get everyone from the community to participate in setting the direction for the fut...
By: Urban Trekker
10Apr2010Image by Getty Images via Daylife Looking to fix up your house? Here are the 10 tax breaks for going green, via Forbes. If you fix up your house. $1,500 off your tax bill - a 30% credit for the first $5,000 you spend in 2009 or 2010 for improvements...
By: Urban Trekker
17Mar2010I attended Great Energy Efficiency Day 2010, hosted by Alliance to Save Energy, last week. There's no question that energy efficiency is the low hanging fruit, and it's going to be the next big thing (trust me..) - especially with cash-for-caulkers p...
By: Urban Trekker
2Mar2010There's a non profit organization in DC, DC Project doing Weatherize DC, making its stride into homes energy efficiencies through weatherization. Weatherize DC is working towards its goal to weatherize 200 homes by March 2010. This is the story of on...
By: Urban Trekker
1Mar2010I had the opportunity to talk to Andrea McGimsey, Supervisor for Potomac District in Loudoun County about the county energy strategy to reduce its energy consumption to remain competitive economically, over the weekend at a Sierra Club workshop. Coun...
By: Urban Trekker
1Mar2010In the past Obama has also tried to bring some star quality to the prosaic subject of home weatherization. Last December, he actually went so far as to call insulation “sexy": "I know the idea may not be glamorous,'' the president said, a...
By: Urban Trekker
14Feb2010If you are in the market for new'energy efficient' appliances, check this out. The Department of Energy recently allocated $300 million for cash for its Energy Star rated appliances. The funding is part of the Recovery package. The states that alread...
