Posted by katesamp on March 27, 2012 · 2 Comments
When Wheaton announced its newest alternative energy supplier as part of their commitment to an Energy Savings Program, the City failed to mention that the Caucus donates four compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to a Chicago area food pantry. Last month, Wheaton introduced their partnership with the Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus’ Clean Air Counts Energy Savings Program … Read more
Category Feature · Tagged with altenergy, cfls, cleanaircounts, coal, electricity, electricityservice, electricitysupply, energysupply, ilinois, incandescent, integrys, katesamp, metropolitanmayorscaucus, recs, wheaton
Posted by katesamp on March 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In your mind, picture a gallon of water-like one you would buy from a grocery store. That’s how much water we have on Earth. Now, take a teacup and scoop out some of that water and you get the amount of freshwater. And, out of that teacup, take out a teaspoon and that is how … Read more
Category Building Efficiency, Feature · Tagged with DPWC, environment, katesamp, LEED, rainbarrel, research, runoff, SCARCE, science, water, waterconservation