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Changing a Light Bulb at BCH
Written by Steve Heising   
Sep 05, 2007 at 11:17 PM
Boulder Community Hospital's Foothills Campus is the first LEED certified hospital in the nation. Kai Ablekis, Environmental Manager, takes us on a tour. This segment demonstrates several convenient answers related to changing a light bulb at the BCH hospital(s).  Change a light, change a hospital, change a town, change the world.  

Or see it on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFW4l0XV5bE.  Read more of the Story at Change Agents dot com.  http://www.changents.com/change-agents/sunwavelighting/story 
Last Updated ( Jul 07, 2008 at 01:19 PM )
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Welcome to SunWave Lighting!
Written by Steve Heising   
Nov 19, 2005 at 07:52 AM
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Welcome to Sunwave Lighting. Your Source for High Performance Energy Effective Lighting
Thank you for visiting SunWaveLighting. Included in this site you will find a variety of articles, links, and best practices recommendations for implementing Energy Effective Lighting including:

  • A definition and overview of Energy Effective Lighting
  • An introduction to current thinking in Lighting, both Daylighting and Simulated Daylighting.
  • Links to Lighting and Energy Authorities,
  • Information about the products now available for both residential and commercial applications, and
  • Information about energy efficiency programs, rebates, tax incentives and other incentives as they apply to lighting for both residential and commercial applications.
Last Updated ( May 24, 2006 at 12:13 PM )
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Investing in Energy Effectiveness
Written by Steve Heising   
Nov 19, 2005 at 07:34 AM

Investments in energy effectiveness pay dividends in three important ways:

Cash flow from reduced monthly energy costs.

Rebates from Utilities reduce capital investment costs.

State and Federal Tax Incentives deductions and credits further reduces costs.

Productivity benefits can be substantial and would be a fourth dividend.

Simple investments can yeild attractive returns. Operating cost savings goes straight to the bottom line in business, and cash flow freed up from noticing and "harvesting" the low hanging fruit can be reinvested incrementally in additional energy saving measures.

Last Updated ( May 18, 2006 at 10:22 AM )
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What is Catalog Choice?

Catalog Choice is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter, while helping save natural resources.

Who we are

Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center. It is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and funded by the Overbrook Foundation, the Merck Family Fund, and the Kendeda Fund.

Our mission

The mission of Catalog Choice is to reduce the number of repeat and unsolicited catalog mailings, and to promote the adoption of sustainable industry best practices. We aim to accomplish this by freely providing the Catalog Choice services to both consumers and businesses. Consumers can indicate which catalogs they no longer wish to receive, and businesses can receive a list of consumers no longer wanting to receive their catalogs.

Did you know?

  • Over eight million tons of trees are consumed each year in the production of paper catalogs.
  • Nearly half of the planet’s original forest cover is gone today. Forests have effectively disappeared in 25 countries, and another 29 have lost more than 90% of their forest cover.
  • Deforestation contributes between 20% and 25% of all carbon pollution, causing global climate change.
  • More than one billion people living in extreme poverty around the world depend on forests for their livelihoods.
  • There are other significant environmental impacts from the catalog cycle. The production and disposal of direct mail alone consumes more energy than three million cars.
  • The manufacturing, distribution, collection and disposal of catalogs generates global warming gases as well as air and water pollution. Reducing the number of unwanted catalogs that are mailed will help the environment.


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