P-com Living Green http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green RSS Feed for P-com Living Green en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:05:49 GMT Ask the Green Energy Coach™: Green homes sell quickly http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/Ask_the_Green_Energy_Coach153_Green_homes_sell_quickly.html I'm about to put my home up for sale and I was told that houses that are considered Green sell quicker and add value to your sale price. What are the easiest ways to make my home be consider Green and are their realtors that specialize in selling Green considered homes? — Bobby S., Dallas EU: US should spell out long-term climate goal http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091124_ap_euusshouldspelloutlongtermclimategoal.html The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday. Bad economics for Valero, Sunoco makes for cleaner air http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/Bad_economics_for_Valero_Sunoco_makes_for_cleaner_air.html Both oil companies, in shutting down two refineries here in the space of six weeks, are signaling they don't expect demand to come back. Volunteers spend a day greening the city http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091122_Volunteers_spend_a_day_greening_the_city.html Over the weekend, 1,000 new residents put down roots in Philadelphia. They are the best kind of neighbor - cool and self-possessed, upstanding and good-looking. And although they will never pay taxes, dish any gossip, or lend you a cup of sugar, by merely moving in they have helped improve property values and morale throughout the city. Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091123_ap_biofuelgrowthraisesconcernsaboutforests.html Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands. Calif. requires energy-efficient TVs http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091119_Calif__requires_energy-efficient_TVs.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators yesterday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity demand. Pa. and N.J. get $2.6M in green jobs grants http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091118_Pa__and_N_J__get__2_6M_in_green_jobs_grants.html Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been awarded more than $2.6 million in federal green jobs grants for workforce training and labor-market information programs. A proposal to reward "green" city companies http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091118_A_proposal_to_reward__quot_green_quot__city_companies.html To get greener, is Philadelphia willing to give up some green? That was the central question yesterday as City Council's Finance Committee considered a proposal to give annual tax breaks of up to $4,000 to certified sustainable businesses. Those are companies determined to be not only environmentally responsible, but socially generous. Four Seasons employs the latest recyclable: Heat http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091117_Four_Seasons_employs_the_latest_recyclable__Heat.html Up on the roof at the Four Seasons Hotel, behind latticework meant to keep things pretty, three turbines are humming away, transforming the way the luxury hotel produces - and saves - energy. Law Review: Green tech likely to keep growing as profits beckon http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20091117_Law_Review__Green_tech_likely_to_keep_growing_as_profits_beckon.html With all the corporate hype surrounding sustainable growth and the energy-conservation movement, skeptics sometimes dismiss the latest wave of environmental piety as more fad than fact.