St. Margaret’s New Building Project to be LEED® Certified
Spearheading an effort to convert the 3 existing building’s on St. Margaret’s Church (SMC) campus to renewable energy, the chair of the Environmental Missions Committee had a solid, and very attractive, deal from Clean Currents, a long-time provider of 100% …
As this may be my last post on the blog before Christmas, if not the new year, let me take this opportunity to wish Merry Christmas to each of you, your families and other loved ones, and a prosperous, fulfilling …
Sunday’s Adult Forum featured a conversation on Renewable Energy at St. Margaret’s. I spoke and was then followed by Mr. Rick Peters, CEO of Solar Energy Services of Millerville. Following are the PowerPoint slides I showed: So, again, think and …
This post is about thought-leaders Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Google, and Apple. It’s particularly about renewable energy employed at facilities of these organizations. It’s also intended to lead your thinking about renewable energy at St. Margaret’s Church, possibly on-site. (Read …
2 Internationally Recognized Thought-Leaders – One Local, One Global; and, SMC Read more »
First, some late breaking news– 101 houses of worship, including the Formation Building, have been registered for LEED certification. To date, 31 have been certified. 17,150 commercial or institutional projects are LEED certified in the U.S. alone. Worldwide, see this …
For the new Formation Building, the folks behind LEED (the U.S. Green Building Council and its affiliate Green Building Certification Institute – update: now called the Green Business Certification Institute) assess environmental priorities in regions across the country–called Regional Priority—for all projects seeking …
(more on Green Power…) I’ve taken to analyzing my BGE bill since early this year, comparing it to each billing period last year. (Yeah, I’m lots of fun at a dinner party.) So, in the current bill I notice a …
Under the LEED certification category of Materials & Resources is Construction Waste Management, a project credit typically worth up to 2 points. Projects pursuing LEED certification can earn one point for 50% and two for 75% construction waste—either by weight or by …
Formation Building Construction Waste Management Scenario Read more »
Today we prayerfully remember the terrorist attack on our nation which snuffed out the lives of nearly 3,000 on this date in 2001. God bless those who lost loved ones and friends. Linked here is the National September 11 Memorial & …
(full title: Bak 2 Harry Homeowner-DIY) If you’re old enough and have lived in this region for awhile, this post title might bring to mind the Hechinger hardware store chain, amply represented in the Forest Plaza store then, and occupied …