Chestnut St. Garage to open (video)
&playerWEST CHESTER — The borough will hold a ceremony at noon on Tuesday to mark the opening of the Chestnut Street Garage, a seven-story, 689-space parking facility at the corner of East Chestnut and North Walnut streets.
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School crossings go solar
The importance of saving electricity, the environment and taxpayer money can be found atop some school crossing zone poles in Independence.
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A new wind blows at Eco-Justice Center
CALEDONIA – Another piece of the Racine Dominicans’environmental education mission fell into place Thursday.
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Energy ventures still committed to creating jobs at Wixom plant
A year ago this week, Ford cut a big tentative deal to sell its abandoned Wixom assembly plant to two renewable-energy companies, in a $725-million industrial conversion that promised to create 4,300 new jobs. Problem is, it’s still a tentative deal.
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Wake Forest University Opens Green Dorm — North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
And the toilets are efficient too. Diaz points out wording in a nearby stall that tells students they have two different options for flushing. When students wash their hands, solar hot water panels on the roof of the building ensure the temperature is just right.
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New wind energy generator installed
A larger, more powerful wind energy generator, which was raised into place Monday, will be supplying energy for the 13 residences in the self-sustaining Abundance Ecovillage community north of Fairfield.
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