Solar Textiles May Energize the Future

Imagine your window curtains accomplishing more than just looking pretty and providing privacy…What if they could convert the absorbed sunlight into your home’s power source?

Home Values and Green Upgrades

Low Impact Living has a good post about the return on your investment when making green home improvements.
Source: Low Impact Living

NYC’s Home to America’s First Eco-friendly and Organic Restaurant

The Big Apple has welcomed a new concept in dining out — a USDA certified, 100% organic restaurant that has incorporated many sustainable features such as solar and wind power, recycling and composting programs, water conservation, and biodegradable take-out containers.

Dual-Flush Retrofit for Existing Toilets

Looking for an easy way to significantly cut your household water usage? Well, on average, 40% of a household’s indoor water is used for the toilet. So without purchasing a new high-efficiency toilet, you can either not flush as much, or you can buy a new little gadget called the Ecoflow.

Green Building and the Zoning Code

The city of Millville, NJ is considering incorporating some green building tenets into their zoning code. Among the changes being considered are requiring the use of energy-efficient materials for those who receive funding to rehab houses and incentives to utilize solar power.
Source: The Press of Atlantic City

NJ Company Turns Garbage into Gold

Trenton-based TerraCycle’s entire product line is made from and packaged in waste products. How ingenious is that?!

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