Green News

Western Region-It’s free lighting after the installation.  It’s reasonably priced and the effects of bringing the sunlight into your home or business are dramatic.  If you have an interior space with dark spots and you want to brighten it up, the solar tube may be your immediate answer.

Solatube is one innovative company in California that demonstrates the value of its product quite effectively on its website.  The before and after illustrations appear to accurately demonstrate the effects of day lighting.

Green News has experience with solar tubes.  The ones GN installed have been reliable, glowing and charming all at the same time.

And while day lighting is a key component of the Solatube business, the company provides other solar options on the roof.  One is the solar-powered attic fan.

It may take more than one fan depending on the size of the roof but the virtues of keeping your attic cooler in the summer and drier in the winter at no cost are many.

Think about all the stuff you may have up in the attic.  It’s likely to last longer and maintain its original quality longer, with a quality-controlled environment.  Your old vinyl phonograph records will appreciate it.

Clovis, CA-Some talk about green leadership others simply do.   A major school district out west has decided to go green with its next construction project.  The administrators of Buchanan High School in the prestigious Clovis Unified School District are orchestrating construction of new science building on campus.  The structure will be known as the Buchanan Energy Center.

In a major step forward in the green world, the Buchanan leadership has decided the building will be constructed to meet LEED standards.  An incredibly difficult seal of approval to secure in the world of construction, but one many strive for in an effort to save energy and planet resources. LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design.

There’s an increased cost to reach LEED standards, but a significant savings after the project is completed.   LEED strives to make its standards and practices more common than unique.   Buchanan’s decision will make it the first school in Central California to build a LEED-certified structure.

Mark Alvis, co-founder of Alviston.com, is one of those advising the Buchanan project.   Alvis gives a lot of credit to Buchanan administrator Reese Warne for taking this direction.  There are numerous advantages to the decision and Green News will be watching and reporting on the progress at Buchanan over the next year.

Alviston, CA-It’s been six months since Alviston.com appeared on the world wide web landscape.  The half-year progress report indicates Alviston.com strikes a “green” nerve with many of you.  According to mayor of Alviston.com, Mark Alvis, “The increases in October are off the chart.”

Visitors to the virtual town increased by 65%.   Thousands are turning to Alviston.com to learn more and more about the ever-changing world of “green.” One of the most popular stops is the Mayor’s Blog.  Mayor Alvis touched on a variety of earth-friendly topics in the past six months, but the information in October attracted a record number of visitors.  The mayor tells Green News, he is looking forward to more visitor comments on his blogs in the future.

Commenting for public consumption at Alviston.com requires a one-time, secure and free registration.  Then visitors can contribute to what they see or read.

Alviston.com is a firm believer in the “seeing is believing” concept; with numerous video reports.  The most-viewed report from the record-breaking month of October 2008 was the video exclusive on the “Green Home,” an energy, earth-saving home designed and built in the city of Fresno by Alvis Projects.  Another indicator, according to the mayor,  that the future is now at Alviston.com.