New Green Guidelines could put Chattanooga at vanguard

Chattanooga will be the first city in the state and second nationally behind Washington, D.C. to develop a 'development credits' banking credit system. The developer could trade the credit on an open market that's to be created to an entirely different company. These credits are tied to our new LID/Green Infrastructure and stay on volume development requirements in the City. Starting in December 2014, a new development and significant re-development, project in the city will be required to keep/manage the 1st inch of rain fall on site - without releasing it: infiltrate, reuse, store or exfiltrate. If a site can do more than required, they can apply the 'credits' to another site under development or keep that credit and bank and trade or sell it.

Green-LEED Certification Buildings Worth the Cost

"Almost without exception, the building certification process helps businesses evaluate green investments comprehensively and maximize financial returns. Certified new construction has operating costs that are 13.6 percent less than traditional buildings. Existing buildings see an 8.5 percent reduction. (This an article from a friend of mine Mike Leonard) When you can see operating costs reduced this much, LEED, green building certification, becomes money in your pocket, along with user and environmental friendly. See the Article

How Much Water the Earth has?

You'd be surprised of what little water the Earth has and the percentage of clean water!!!

Read more here http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html#.T7EjkVaD-OZ

Williamson County Household Hazardous Waste Colleciton Day

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day May 5th, 2012, 8:30 am - 2:00 pm 1320 West Main Street, Franklin, TN http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=473

City of Chattanooga's LED Lights to save 2.7 m/year

Smart streetlights got its first citywide project in Chattanooga, Tenn. That’s where city utility EPB and hometown LED maker Global Green Lighting are installing 27,000 streetlights that can be remotely lit, turned off, dimmed or flashed in patterns, all from a utility’s central command center or the laptop in a police car. Jeff St. John: April 18, 2012

Ancient Iceman

New clues have emerged in what could be described as the world's oldest murder case: that of Oetzi the "Iceman", whose 5,300-year-old body was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17191398

Chattanooga Airport Corporate Flight Center: First Leed Platium in the World

The Chattanooga Airport’s new energy-efficient 9,000-square-foot corporate flight center (FBO) terminal facility has been awarded platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifDesign (LEED) green building certification program. Officials said the FBO terminal, managed by Wilson Air Center, is the only aviation terminal in the world to receive platinum certification representing the highest possible level of energy and environmental performance.
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