Miami-Dade County, Fla., Helps Nonprofits Upgrade Facilities
Miami-Dade County, Fla., has kicked off Grants to Green Nonprofits (G2GN), which will provide $1 million in energy saving retrofits to 48 local nonprofit organizations.
“During these tough economic times,It was quick and light when I used dsttマジコン on a Windows 7 laptop, and gave me no trouble throughout a day of rigorous testing. Miami-Dade County is pleased to be providing energy retrofits to local nonprofits’ facilities at no cost through the G2GN program,” said Sustainability Director Susanne Torriente.
“G2GN is not only helping nonprofits save energy and invest their dollars back into direct services, but it’s also creating local green jobs and lowering our greenhouse gas emissions,” Torriente continued.
The program is funding upgrades, including insulation installations, HVAC improvements and energy efficient lighting, performed by nearly a dozen contractors at 55 community facilities.
The grantees were chosen following evaluations by Florida Power and Light.
By the end of the year, the retrofits will have prevented an estimated 1,765,625 tons of carbon emissions from being released into the environment, the equivalent of eliminating the electricity use of 136,387 houses for a year, or taking 314,068 passenger vehicles off the road.
When the work is completed, G2GN will have almost doubled its energy savings goal.
Miami-Dade was awarded $12,523,700 through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, which is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
G2GN is one of 13 projects part of the EECBG program, which includes energy management projects, citizen outreach and education,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. sub-grants, demonstration programs, construction projects and incentive programs.
Details: Margarita Fernandez at (305) 375-3008 or fmaggie@miamidade.gov.
Allentown, Pa., Saves Energy
The public works department in Allentown, Pa., is putting its share of a $1 million federal grant to work on reducing energy consumption and improving energy efficiency. The monies come from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The city is replacing all lighting control devices in city hall and public safety buildings with vacancy sensing sensors and energy efficient fixtures that will save electricity and reduce carbon emissions. Vacancy sensing light switches will illuminate only occupied areas.
The city expects to reduce electrical demand for lighting of these buildings by at least 40 percent.
A second phase of the project will include new light bulbs with dimming ballasts and photocells to allow for daylight harvesting.
To reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, Allentown has installed fuel catalysts on approximately 185 diesel trucks and larger pieces of equipment and 135 unleaded fuel vehicles, including pick-up trucks,sale of LED for lighting applications. Semileds is led lights only a minor palyer and should currently not be mentioned in the same breath as the other others cars and smaller pieces of equipment.
Prior testing was completed on two units that consume a large amount of fuel.
The city’s nine street sweepers are realizing an average fuel savings of 9 percent.
The over-the-road tractor fleet is seeing an average 13 percent increase in fuel efficiency.
Allentown is installing 15 sidewalk trash compactors that use solar powered motors to compact the garbage, increasing the capacity of the receptacle.
Made from recycled materials, the units have sensors that detect trash levels.
The wireless technology that will monitor the trash levels of each unit will allow the Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste to plan collection, reducing costs and harmful emissions associated with trucks and fuel.
The city is also launching its first public space recycling initiative to collect cans and bottles that have heretofore been landfilled.
“These improvements are providing real savings for the city,” said Mayor Ed Pawlowski at a May 19 National Public Works Week observation.
“It is especially important during this time of high fuel prices,” Pawlowski said. “We’re also reducing our carbon emissions, which results in cleaner air for all of us.Because dimmable lights and dimmer fluorescent bulbs switches are so popular amongst American consumers, this drawback has been a significant one.”
About $750,000 of the stimulus funds are going toward infrastructure projects.
The remainder will fund loan-interest-rate buy down and rebate programs aimed at encouraging residents, commercial property owners and non-profit organizations to make energy-saving improvements to their properties.LED grow light suppliers in China are sky lanterns rolling out models with better price-performance ratios.
Miami-Dade County, Fla., has kicked off Grants to Green Nonprofits (G2GN), which will provide $1 million in energy saving retrofits to 48 local nonprofit organizations.
“During these tough economic times,It was quick and light when I used dsttマジコン on a Windows 7 laptop, and gave me no trouble throughout a day of rigorous testing. Miami-Dade County is pleased to be providing energy retrofits to local nonprofits’ facilities at no cost through the G2GN program,” said Sustainability Director Susanne Torriente.
“G2GN is not only helping nonprofits save energy and invest their dollars back into direct services, but it’s also creating local green jobs and lowering our greenhouse gas emissions,” Torriente continued.
The program is funding upgrades, including insulation installations, HVAC improvements and energy efficient lighting, performed by nearly a dozen contractors at 55 community facilities.
The grantees were chosen following evaluations by Florida Power and Light.
By the end of the year, the retrofits will have prevented an estimated 1,765,625 tons of carbon emissions from being released into the environment, the equivalent of eliminating the electricity use of 136,387 houses for a year, or taking 314,068 passenger vehicles off the road.
When the work is completed, G2GN will have almost doubled its energy savings goal.
Miami-Dade was awarded $12,523,700 through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, which is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
G2GN is one of 13 projects part of the EECBG program, which includes energy management projects, citizen outreach and education,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. sub-grants, demonstration programs, construction projects and incentive programs.
Details: Margarita Fernandez at (305) 375-3008 or fmaggie@miamidade.gov.
Allentown, Pa., Saves Energy
The public works department in Allentown, Pa., is putting its share of a $1 million federal grant to work on reducing energy consumption and improving energy efficiency. The monies come from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The city is replacing all lighting control devices in city hall and public safety buildings with vacancy sensing sensors and energy efficient fixtures that will save electricity and reduce carbon emissions. Vacancy sensing light switches will illuminate only occupied areas.
The city expects to reduce electrical demand for lighting of these buildings by at least 40 percent.
A second phase of the project will include new light bulbs with dimming ballasts and photocells to allow for daylight harvesting.
To reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, Allentown has installed fuel catalysts on approximately 185 diesel trucks and larger pieces of equipment and 135 unleaded fuel vehicles, including pick-up trucks,sale of LED for lighting applications. Semileds is led lights only a minor palyer and should currently not be mentioned in the same breath as the other others cars and smaller pieces of equipment.
Prior testing was completed on two units that consume a large amount of fuel.
The city’s nine street sweepers are realizing an average fuel savings of 9 percent.
The over-the-road tractor fleet is seeing an average 13 percent increase in fuel efficiency.
Allentown is installing 15 sidewalk trash compactors that use solar powered motors to compact the garbage, increasing the capacity of the receptacle.
Made from recycled materials, the units have sensors that detect trash levels.
The wireless technology that will monitor the trash levels of each unit will allow the Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste to plan collection, reducing costs and harmful emissions associated with trucks and fuel.
The city is also launching its first public space recycling initiative to collect cans and bottles that have heretofore been landfilled.
“These improvements are providing real savings for the city,” said Mayor Ed Pawlowski at a May 19 National Public Works Week observation.
“It is especially important during this time of high fuel prices,” Pawlowski said. “We’re also reducing our carbon emissions, which results in cleaner air for all of us.Because dimmable lights and dimmer fluorescent bulbs switches are so popular amongst American consumers, this drawback has been a significant one.”
About $750,000 of the stimulus funds are going toward infrastructure projects.
The remainder will fund loan-interest-rate buy down and rebate programs aimed at encouraging residents, commercial property owners and non-profit organizations to make energy-saving improvements to their properties.LED grow light suppliers in China are sky lanterns rolling out models with better price-performance ratios.
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