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Atlanta, GA
News
Atlanta's City Council has a Sustainable Building Ordinance in front of it. Citizens are mounting a loud voice as opposition quotes SustainLane as an anti-green building ordinance website source. Here's are side would love to know what you think.
www.southeastgreen.com/index.php?option=com_cont...
Atlanta, GA
Challenge
Reduce heating and cooling bills and decrease your carbon footprint. Do one or more of these things: set back your thermostat at night, add weather stripping around doors and windows, replace your furnace filter, install an attic fan, or add insulation to attic spaces or walls and crawl space.
Atlanta, GA
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Track consumption of water, heating fuel, electricity, and gasoline to calculate the size of your carbon footprint and the savings realized from year to year.
Atlanta, GA
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Recycle paper, plastics, cardboard, magazines, metal household waste. (Snap a pic of yourself taking a load out to the curb).
Atlanta, GA
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Reduce your fuel bills and carbon emissions: Walk to destinations within the neighborhood, or use public transportation, ride a bike, or carpool. (Snap a photo of yourself with your carpool buddy, or on your bike commute to work…)
Atlanta, GA
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Do one or more of the following: turn off the faucet when you brush your teeth; plant drought-tolerant plants; get a rain barrel and use stored water or grey water to irrigate and/or flush toilets; repair a faucet leak, get 0.5 gallon/minute aerators on bathroom faucets and 1.8 gpm shower heads.
Atlanta, GA
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Reflect the sun’s rays and keep your home cool. Do one of these things: plant a shade tree, replace roofing using reflective shingles to reduce home cooling costs, or use reflective pavers on outside patios.
Atlanta, GA
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Do one or more of the following: turn off lights when you leave a room; install zero cut off light fixtures; use motion detector off switches; exchange incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent ones or LED lights.
Atlanta, GA
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Do one or more of the following: grow your own food; purchase materials and products that are manufactured, mined, grown, or assembled locally; purchase wood products that are certified and have the Forest Stewardship Council’s “seal of approval;” for renovations, use rapidly renewable materials such as bamboo, linoleum, wool carpets, or cork flooring.
Atlanta, GA
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Do one or more of the following: replace air conditioner and furnace air filters; use low VOC-emitting paints, adhesives, and use materials marked with the Green Seal Standard seal; install a walk-off mat at all doors; install a carbon monoxide detector.
