Saturday, May 24, 2008

Cool Cities in the USA




Iowa: First municipal wind turbine.

Klamath Falls: Geothermal heating system keeps the sidewalks clear and dry.

Seattle: Reduce it is own pollution by 60% by constructing green buildings and operating alternative fuel vehicles.

Houston Texas: by 2010 all vehicle will become hybrid.

Salt Lake City: save $32000 a year on its energy cost by installing 861 light emitting diode (LED) traffic signals.

Washington D.C: Replace 414 of it is polluting diesel buses with cleaner burning, compressed natural gas buses.

Colombia Missouri: Working to produce 10% of their electricity with clean energy like wind and solar power by 2015.

Twin falls Idaho: School increased their efficiency of energy which caused to reduce the cost by $3.2 million.

ST .Paul: has built a biomass fired power plant for heating buildings.

Scottsdale: require that all new city buildings and renovation projects meet LEED GOLD standards for energy efficiency and sustainability – one of the highest LEED ratings.

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