GLRPPR Sector Resources Recent Documents

Tips for Watering Wisely

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:37:36 GMT

Tired of dragging out the hose every day or letting your sprinkler cool off the sidewalk? These tips can help you water much less -- and more wisely.

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WEBINAR RECORDING: How to Start a Seed Library

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:07 GMT

At a seed library, patrons can check out seeds for free. They then grow the fruits and vegetables, harvest the new seeds, and "return" those seeds so the library can lend them out to others. In April 2013, New Dream hosted a webinar about how to start a seed lending program at your public library. Topics include funding models, obtaining starter seeds, patron orientation, and more. The webinar features speakers from seed libraries around the country. Includes links to additional resources.

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CALEEP Workbook

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:22:49 GMT

The CALeep Workbook lays out a process for instituting local energy efficiency programs. It is intended to serve as a tool to be used by local officials and community activists to initiate, plan, organize, implement, and assess energy efficiency activities at the local and regional level. The Workbook is addressed to the energy efficiency "champion" but is expected to be useful to anyone who is interested in increasing the level of energy efficiency in their community.

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Best Practices Manual

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:12:32 GMT

This a best practices manual is designed to help schools, districts and practitioners to achieve high performance design, construction and operation.

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Water Score Card Toolkit

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:49 GMT

A Water Score Card provides a single and clear metric for quantifying the overall effectiveness of the water management program at your facilities. It can be used to: provide an overall picture of your water use by applying the Score Card at individual facilities across your portfolio; recognize the facilities where water efficiency efforts have been made; identify facilities where water efficiency opportunities are greatest; gather data about water use in cooling towers; and create a shared understanding among staff about responsible water practices. This guide walks you through the components of the Score Card and provides tips and lessons from AT&T's experience in creating one. The Score Card can be adapted to use at your company or organization -- whether it's a Fortune 500 company with thousands of offices across the U.S., or a small company with just one facility.

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Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:29 GMT

Envision provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental, and economic benefits of all types and sizes of infrastructure projects. It evaluates, grades, and gives recognition to infrastructure projects that use transformational, collaborative approaches to assess the sustainability indicators over the course of the project's life cycle.

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Better Appliances: An Analysis of Performance, Features, and Price as Efficiency Has Improved

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:37 GMT

Efficiency standards have played a major role in saving energy and water and reducing utility bills. This report analyzes how the choices available to consumers have changed over time as efficiency standards have taken effect for ten residential, commercial, and lighting products. The report compares the performance, features, and price of products available before and after each standard was implemented. As products have become more efficient, product performance generally stayed the same or improved, and manufacturers offered new features to consumers. Prices declined or stayed the same for five of the nine products for which price data were available, and for the other four products, observed price increases are outweighed by electricity bill savings.

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Community Colleges and Snap-on, Inc.

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:17 GMT

The inaugural American Association of Community Colleges' Sustainability Education and Economic Development (SEED) Center Green Genome Awards, honored exemplary community colleges nationwide that have taken a strategic leadership role in sustainability and green economic and workforce development. Each winner received $8,000 in cash, plus a set of state-of-the-art Bahco brand Snap-on tools and horticulture equipment. Five community colleges received awards. This site summarizes the projects they completed.

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Materials Analysis Tool (MAT)

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:49:51 GMT

The Materials Analysis Tool (MAT) is a free online ranking system that distills manufacturer information to assist you in the selection of building products that are more cost effective, healthy and environmentally responsible.

GLRPPR Sector Resources Recent Documents

Tips for Watering Wisely

WEBINAR RECORDING: How to Start a Seed Library

CALEEP Workbook

Best Practices Manual

Water Score Card Toolkit

Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System

Better Appliances: An Analysis of Performance, Features, and Price as Efficiency Has Improved

Community Colleges and Snap-on, Inc.

Materials Analysis Tool (MAT)

Lighting Patterns for Homes