Maybe we should re-label the head line to why can other US cities not do this. Just imagine because you offer an energy audit on your home you want to sell, you have a chance to sell the house at a better price / and faster because you did add or employ some of the things provided in this FREE e-book at turnback789.com.
This is an excerpt of the article that is posted here:
Check out this Wall Street Journal article about the city of Austin, Texas requiring home owners to conduct home energy audits prior to selling homes that are more than ten year old. This is certainly an interesting topic of conversation for home owners and Realtors. There are a lot of pros and cons for this law, and I could discuss them all day long. I am not sure yet what my stance is, but I do know that in Middle Tennessee, termite letters are required and are often paid for by the seller. So why not an energy audit?
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I found this very detailed article on WMBF News.com site for Myrtle Beach, it is quite detail on what renewables are available in this area.
Dan Mullin’s electric meter is turning backward, and it gives him immense satisfaction. On a sunny day in his Washington, D.C., neighborhood, the solar panels perched on his roof catch enough rays to power his home and sell electricity back to the utility. A solar-powered fountain burbles in his garden, near the tubes for his solar-powered hot-water heater. “There is no easier way to make money than to sit out here and enjoy the sunshine,” he says.
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Here is a group of people of the South Carolina Solar Council, that will be hosting a Solar Tour and Workshop in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Aiken and Myrtle Beach.
This year, our Solar Tour and Workshop Series is going to bigger and better than ever with the addition of two more South Carolina cities! Our 2009 Solar Tour will be October 3 in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Aiken and Myrtle Beach. We are looking for volunteers to show their homes and businesses with solar power to the public on that day. If you or someone you know is interested, see the Solar Tour Home and Business Application.
We are also looking for vendors and sponsors for our 2009 Solar Workshop Series, which will take place in the same five cities during the two weeks prior to the Solar Tour. The workshops will give the public an opportunity to learn more about solar power and businesses involved in solar power! If you are interested see the 2009 Solar Workshop Series Sponsor and Vendor Form.
Send completed materials to
South Carolina Solar Council
ATTN: Sarah Tholstrup
1200 Senate Street
408 Wade Hampton Building
Columbia, SC 29201
By The Associated Press Thursday Jun 4 - updated 6:35 am
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina utility plans to offer customers as much as $20,000 for installing solar panels on their rooftops in a program to boost green energy.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that Progress Energy’s offer is designed to help it comply with a state law requiring more use of renewable energy and conservation.
Rebates will be available in the fall and will help slash the cost of one of the more expensive forms of energy by 75 percent.
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Look what I found today in the Charlotte, NC News: Charlotte shows up on a new report listing the most energy efficient cities. Some buildings in Ballantyne is just one reason why.
Engineer Richard Fida can control lighting, heating and cooling at all 40 buildings at the Ballantyne Corporate Park with his laptop computer.
Thirteen of those buildings earned an Energy Star rating from the Environmental Protection Agency. They helped make Charlotte 18th in the nation for the number of Energy Star buildings.
Some of the buildings even have solar-powered sinks. There is no sun in the bathroom. But fluorescent lights shine down on a little solar panel. That creates the electricity that turns on the water.
The FDA says Energy Star buildings are 35 percent more efficient. And the EPA says the 45 buildings in Charlotte save emissions equal to the energy use of 5,200 homes each year.
And Fida said energy efficiency will get even better as the buildings that use most of our power find ways to waste less of it.
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My ultimate Goal for this BLOG is too learn from as many people as possible, about their current Desires, Needs, and Ideas for making a so much needed change in the way we use (waste) our precious Resources here in America, and how to relieve the US from continuing to spend more money on a Dead-End Energy Politic.
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