Welcome to Savannah Green Source, your official one stop resource for green living in and around the Savannah, Tybee Island, and the Chatham County area. We offer a comprehensive business directory of Green Businesses, a calendar of local green events, links to green organizations, and a guide for Local, State, and Federal tax incentives and credits.
Some of the resources you will find on this site include local venders and providers of alternative and renewable energy sources, organic and local foods, sustainable development and green building, native plants and landscaping, biofuels, socially and environmentally responsible financial services and eco-tourism. We are also a directory of businesses providing environmentally friendly "stuff" and much much more...
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A free service of SavannahGreenSource.com!
Interested in tracking your energy usage? We're pleased to announce the availability of a free online energy tracking tool. The free website, named GreenQuest, is a personal energy dashboard that enables community members to track and analyze energy use for their home or place of business.
Using this software, community residents can track their energy use and cost; compare their building with its peers; evaluate energy saving projects; track their carbon footprint; analyze energy use with AccuWeather weather data; and as an option, obtain an ENERGY STAR building rating (for commercial buildings)
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By Patrick Prokop | Broadcast Meteorologist | WTOC TV in Savannah, GA
Pat has been Broadcast Meteorologist with WTOC TV in Savannah, GA since 1980. Pat states in his article, "I feel it is my duty and responsibility to learn more about this subject and to share that information to the public, to those who wish to learn more about it and review the information through the mind of someone who is involved with it in their every day work."
Pat is an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Savannah, an avid gardener and walks the walk when it comes to renewable energy. He utilizes solar panels and solar hot water at his home in Savannah and has plans for future expansion of this system this year.
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Greener Georgia. Better Bottom Line.
Savannah Green Source is proud to be a Champion for the Partnership for a Sustainable Georgia. We have made a commitment to help the Sustainability Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources encourage participation in this voluntary Partnership, which helps companies find ways to cut costs, reduce waste streams, increase energy and water efficiency, and improve operations through environmental excellence. For more information about the Partnership for a Sustainable Georgia, visit http://www.gasustainability.org/.
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You can make it happen by signing the online petition!
All Chatham County residents are eligible to sign the
petition, including the residents of the City of Savannah, and all municipalities. Please forward this email to all your friends and family throughout Chatham County and ask them to help preserve and protect our beautiful and natural coastal county by signing the petition for comprehensive recycling.
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A few suggestions to green your life.
by Libby Bacon It's easy to jump on the green bandwagon, but this is not something new and trendy that will make us cool today. Being green is a way of life that many of our parents and grandparents embraced while we thought they were being cheap. Remember how they always turned out the lights and reused those paper bags until they were falling apart? If you don't then your Mom and Grandma were of the consumer...
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Savannah is clearly making up for lost time!
Savannah is going green in more than just the literal sense of live oak canopies shading the Historic District or the beer on St. Patty's Day. Relatively new to this ecological trend, Savannah is adopting a rapidly pro-active approach to protect the environment and local communities...
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