Here’s information on the MOST COMMON question I’m getting this spring… Now is a GREAT time for home updates if you live in Austin (I recommend Corias Homes, Inc. if you need help, Debi 512-848-3127/deborah@coriashomes.com). There are check-in-the-mail rebates available for qualifying homes in Austin and additional rebates were just rolled out: NEW: Texas Powerful [...]
Want to turn unwanted toilets into cash? The City of Austin’s free toilet program is suspended until further review in October, but you can still cash in with the City’s rebate program. Approved toilets, those carrying the “EPA Watersense” label, can earn you a rebate with the City of Austin of $50-200. What’s the catch? [...]
Stage 2 Water Use Restrictions The last time we wend to Stage 2 Water Restrictions was the summer of 2000 The City Manager has determined that Stage 2 Water Restrictions will go into effect on Monday, August 24, 2009. These restrictions will be in effect until further notice. And just a quick note, if you [...]
From the Austin Business Journal, see the full story here: http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/07/13/daily14.html Environmental news and information group The Mother Nature Network has named Austin as one of the nation’s 10 greenest cities. The network praised the city of Austin’s Climate Protection Program, a plan to go carbon-neutral by 2020; and the city’s electric utility Austin Energy, [...]
Ideas from Forbe’s… Wind Turbines Cost: $5-25,000; Tax Credit: $4,000 Not allowed in all neighborhoods and you have to have enough room, but these can significantly help take you off the power grid entirely, and excess power can be sold back to the power company in man cities, including Austin Geothermal Heating Systems Cost: $3-10,000; [...]
Our MLS system has some new fields for Green Homes! You can now search basic information that will help lead you to green homes by weeding out the riff-raff. This is only available for new listings and listings that have been recently edited, and here are a just a few of those that have shown [...]
Weekly Green Tip Diaper Conscience Babies fly through 5,000 to 8,000 diapers before using the “big kid underpants”. That’s 3.5 million TONS of waste in American landfills. Can you imagine that kind of mass? It’s nearly 2.5 million cars worth of baby waste and diapers! There are environmentally friendly versions of diapers as well as [...]
Weekly Green Tip Recycle Glass Glass takes 1 million years to decompose. If you’re not going to wait around to see those benefits, recycle glass containers as well as broken glass (like mirrors and picture frames) to reduce glass related air pollution by 20% and water related pollution by 50%. That was easy!
Weekly Green Tip Use the light, not the door! When you’re checking on your goods baking in the oven, use the light not the door. Make an exception if and when you need to do a tooth-pick check on treats like cakes and brownies, but just keep the glass clean and use the light to [...]
In January, I reported that Austin’s recycling program was getting a make-over. For those of is in central Austin, this program is in sight. The new recycling cards will look much like our garbage carts only with a blue lid and are scheduled to arrive in October 2008. The following items can be placed in [...]
