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A bright idea for energy efficiency [Technology]

LED lighting... a bright idea for an energy efficient Louisville? "Lighting currently represents about 17.5% of all global electricity consumption. The U.S. alone accounts for approximately 20% of this amount at an annual cost of over $40 billion. What's Louisville doing to help?

LED lighting a bright idea?  According to the Pike Research report, “Energy Efficient Lighting for Commercial Markets”, nearly half (46 percent) of the $4.4 billion commercial lighting business will be given over to LED lighting, by 2020.

My first time at the Beer Walk, and the crowning of Miss Germantown-Schnitzelburg [Germantown-Schnitzelburg]

A first-timer's perspective of the Germantown Beer Walk, and the crowning of the first Miss Germantown-Schnitzelburg

Rosie Trimmer being crowned by the Germantown-Schnitzelburg #1 citizen

Louisville Building Receives Highest Honor for Sustainability

GBBN Making it Look Easy Being Green

Local architecture firm, GBBN, wears green colored glasses in the city of roses.

Recently awarded ‘Gold’ certification for three local projects, and the highest rating for their Louisville offices, GBBN is setting the standard for sustainable practices in the Derby City, our region, and worldwide.

GBBN Louisville earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification using the Commercial Interiors Rating System from the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

Get it at the markets this week

Starring this week at Louisville farmer’s markets: radishes
Farmer’s markets are starting to swing around Louisville now. I can’t stay away, even when it’s just eggs, over-wintered greens and green tomatoes. But I was gone for a couple of weeks and voila!

Celebrate Earth Day in Louisville by picking up, going green and having fun

Here are some Earth Day activities in The Ville this week (most of which take place this weekend rather than on April 22).

I hate Earth Day.

While the first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, no one save a few stinky hippies gave a smoldering compost pile about it until the early 1990s. And by that time, April 22 had become an important day for another reason: in 1976 it became my birthday.

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