It's a pleasure to see that you've come across my blog. Now even if you don't read anything, feel free to leave a comment and say hello. In fact, I'd absolutely love it.
With love!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Howdy, ya'll.
It's a pleasure to see that you've come across my blog. Now even if you don't read anything, feel free to leave a comment and say hello. In fact, I'd absolutely love it.
With love!
"Rainforests" Are More Literal Than First Anticipated?
So, I checked out the Wildlife Conservation Society website today, for grins and giggles, and they had a little article regarding rainforests, titled "Putting the 'Rain' in Rainforest". Studies are beginning to show that large rainforests, such as the Amazon and the Congo River basin, are not only "collecting" water vapor due to their location on the globe, per say, but they're essentialy creating their own rainfall.
Click here for the whole story.
In other words, there's a beach clean-up day in the works, and e-invitations have been sent out to my friends and colleagues in the area. Hopefully, if it's a success, we'll have more people come in the future. But in the meantime, it's little baby steps!
Click here for the whole story.
In other words, there's a beach clean-up day in the works, and e-invitations have been sent out to my friends and colleagues in the area. Hopefully, if it's a success, we'll have more people come in the future. But in the meantime, it's little baby steps!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Toronto City Hall Gets a Makeover!
We never hear much about Canada here in the United States. But I'm going to say that I'm proud of Toronto for taking the initiative for this. Maybe it will cause a chain reaction?
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/04/21/toronto-city-hall-gets-21-m-in-green-upgrades.aspx
And for those of you who didn't read, I'll give you a quick recap.
Toronto City Hall needed to replace their roof anyway, so why not go green? So the entire building got a green makeover to go along with the building's roof. Their power is 100% renewable energy that comes from the wind or a low-impact water source. They also signed a contract with Bullfrog Power where they can buy sustainable energy.
See, when it comes to rebuilding things to be greener and more energy efficient, the pros far, far outweigh the cons.
The major cons in this particular situation is the money and the time that it will cost to change everything about the building. Going green is definitely expensive, initially at first, anyway. The roof price was projected to be $2.3 million, and they received funds of $6.8 million for the rest of the building.
Here's a quick list of all of the good things that would happen if the entire city of Toronto went green.
He also said,
“All of the initiatives that we’re putting in place by bylaws, requirements for green roofs, providing reductions in development charges if people meet LEED and other criteria. So you have to start incorporating these things into the design of public buildings,” he said.“You can’t just say to others ‘Well we want you to do this but we’re not prepared to do it ourselves.’ City Hall can be a showcase. Any new city building can certainly use those technologies. A lot of this stuff 10 years from now, is not going to be innovative. Ten years from now it’s going to be the new normal. It’s going to be incorporated into the building codes. But you have to show some leadership and this is a good start.”
Sounds like they've got a good start.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/04/21/toronto-city-hall-gets-21-m-in-green-upgrades.aspx
And for those of you who didn't read, I'll give you a quick recap.
Toronto City Hall needed to replace their roof anyway, so why not go green? So the entire building got a green makeover to go along with the building's roof. Their power is 100% renewable energy that comes from the wind or a low-impact water source. They also signed a contract with Bullfrog Power where they can buy sustainable energy.
See, when it comes to rebuilding things to be greener and more energy efficient, the pros far, far outweigh the cons.
The major cons in this particular situation is the money and the time that it will cost to change everything about the building. Going green is definitely expensive, initially at first, anyway. The roof price was projected to be $2.3 million, and they received funds of $6.8 million for the rest of the building.
Here's a quick list of all of the good things that would happen if the entire city of Toronto went green.
- They will be saving money, as well as saving on energy consumption. by a considerable margin.
- If all of the roofs had green roofs like City Hall, the summer temperature in the city would actually drop by 2%.
- City Hall's energy use will drop 75% from their air conditioning. Imagine the entire city's energy use dropping by 75% by the air conditioning alone, just by the use of green energy!
He also said,
“All of the initiatives that we’re putting in place by bylaws, requirements for green roofs, providing reductions in development charges if people meet LEED and other criteria. So you have to start incorporating these things into the design of public buildings,” he said.“You can’t just say to others ‘Well we want you to do this but we’re not prepared to do it ourselves.’ City Hall can be a showcase. Any new city building can certainly use those technologies. A lot of this stuff 10 years from now, is not going to be innovative. Ten years from now it’s going to be the new normal. It’s going to be incorporated into the building codes. But you have to show some leadership and this is a good start.”
Sounds like they've got a good start.
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