Saturday, December 6, 2008

Green can be Boring

Today I went through 36 hotel rooms and 9 2-bedroom cottages to count the number of different lightbulbs in lighting fixtures.  

Not sexy.  But necessary.

We can learn so much more than not by going through and visually inspecting what it is that we're doing for energy conservation.  You'd be surprised by what you find, I think.

I found that what I thought to be a good move forward in energy-efficient bulb replacement was not going as well as I thought.  We have only 40% installation at this point.  Not good enough.

The good news is that I found a supplier for bulbs at a 70-80% discount off of wholesale pricing.  I discovered this serenditisously, then with some follow through, luck and good karma. 

We look to save thousands of kilowatt hours through this work, 4 hours of my time and $500.  

There's nothing sexy about this, but it's serious work that needs to be done to create real change.

What do you have in your home or business that needs inspection? 

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