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More and more, people are connected to their online lives all day. With smartphones we can carry computers in our pockets, it’s easy enough to listen to music while checking email on the bus. But how aware are we of the water we use everyday? Can smartphones actually keep us more connected to our water usage? They can. Continue reading 5 iPhone Apps That Will Help You Save Water July 5th, 2010 | Tags: apps, iphone, Sustainability, Water | Category: Green Living, Home Inspection, mississippi, Thinking Green, Water Savings/Efficiency |
Leave a comment | Home Star is a legislative proposal designed to create jobs by providing incentives for residential energy efficiency improvements. The program will drive new private investment into the hard hit construction and manufacturing sectors, while saving consumers money on their energy bills. By building on state programs and existing industry capacity for the retrofits themselves as well as quality assurance, the program will be fast‐acting, in addition to increasing consumer awareness of residential energy efficiency. Continue reading How Has Senate Changed HOME STAR? A SHORT SUMMARY June 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Efficient energy use, energy, energy star, Home Star, Silver Star | Category: Government, Green Living, mississippi, Stimulus, Tax Incentives, Thinking Green |
Leave a comment | After nearly two weeks of intense competition, Mississippi State University (MSU) claimed top honors on May 27 in the second year of the EcoCAR competition, a three-year automotive engineering competition sponsored by DOE and General Motors Corporation (GM). Officially dubbed “EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge,” the competition invited university engineering students from across North America to re-engineer a GM-donated sport utility vehicle to achieve improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. Continue reading Mississippi State University Wins Year Two of the EcoCAR Competition June 2nd, 2010 | Category: Government, mississippi, Sustainability, Tax Incentives, Thinking Green, Transportation |
Leave a comment | The U.S. Department of Energy and Mississippi Gasification, which has planned a $2 billion energy project in Moss Point, will hold a public meeting on the facility. Continue reading Meeting on new gas plant in Mississippi The Home Builders Association of Jackson will be offering courses for industry professionals to earn their NAHB Certified Green Professional Designation on December 7-9, 2009. The CGP designation consists of two courses, Green Building for Building Professionals and Business Management for Building Professionals. In order to receive the designation both courses must be completed. The courses will be taught at the HBAJ building in Ridgeland, MS by NAHB approved speaker Thomas Gotschall. Continue reading Certified Green Professional Designation Course- Ridgeland, MS November 11th, 2009 | Tags: Education | Category: Building Green, mississippi, Thinking Green |
Leave a comment | “This program will have an enormous impact on the 48 communities statewide that have been identified as having high foreclosure rates,” said Dianne Bolen, Executive Director of MHC. “Over the next twelve months, the Home Buyer Advantage program will help homebuyers get good value for their money while simultaneously helping their neighbors protect the value of their homes. It’s a real win-win situation for everyone involved,” she continued. Continue reading Mississippi Grants up to $40,000 Help Purchase Foreclosed Properties/Energy Efficient Upgrades |
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