Fun Facts

Tips

Set your thermostat at 78 in the summer and 68 in the winter Each degree cooler or warmer will increase your energy use by 6 to 8%. For instance, setting your thermostat at 72 in the summer could increase energy use by up to 40%
Shade outside air conditioning units A/C units shaded by trees or other means work more efficiently and use up to 10% less electricity
For more tips visit the Austin Energy website

Facts

We are not advertising for Office Depot, but we are complimenting them. There motto is Taking Care of Business. actions, not just words. They just opened the very first LEED Certified store here Austin, at 2620 W. Anderson Lane. A store that used GREEN construction and is Environmentally Friendly. Way to go Office Depot. Thank You for choosing Austin for this pilot store and program.

Could we be looking at future gasoline?

Future biofuels will be made from a wide range of hardy and fast-growing plants, such as switchgrass--which is a perennial native to American prairies. Switchgrass requires about a quarter of the irrigation and fertilization of row crops.

Biomas Program link

On June 20, 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy named the City Of Austin as one of 13 Solar America Cities.