Over recent years the Tradewinds has performed many projects that reduce our energy cost and at the same time improve the appearance and value of our property. We have been doing this for years, but now it's called "Being Green". IT MAKES SENSE! Why not save money and and at the same time, help to save the planet. Be Green is all about not being so wasteful and changing a few things in our life to help the world.
We want every resident to make a
conscious effort to save our precious resources and at the same time save all of our community the cost for wasted energy. Please encourage your family, children, friends, neighbors, tenants, and agents to save our energy cost by saving water and electricity.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE BE GREEN PROJECTS THE TRADEWIND'S HAS ACCOMPLISHED:
Performed a energy and safety inspection in every apartment (correction required)
Installed energy saving CFL lamps in every apartment
Purchased a scrubbing machine to clean the pool deck and breezeways
Reinstated a recycle program for redeemable's, newspaper and glass
New Energy-Star light fixtures in laundry rooms
New CFL copper light fixtures on breezeways and lobby's
New CFL Common area lighting ground floor
Installed CFL's in B Building Lobby
Installed CFL's in all trash rooms
New salt water pool system (no more bad chlorine)
New water saver toilets in laundry rooms
Put in six front loading washing machines
Converted our bar-b-que's to natural gas
When our water heaters expire we replace them with energy efficient ones
Now using paper products with a percentage of recycled paper
Now using cleaning chemicals that are safe to the environment
Now recycling CFL's, ballast & flourescent lamps
Most of the above projects have had a reduction in our energy cost. Some will increase our operating cost such as purchasing BE GREEN products.
HERE ARE SOME EASY STEPS TO HELP BE GREEN:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Have leaky faucets, toilets and showers repaired immediately.
Notify Resident Manager of sounds or signs that indicate water running needlessly
Make sure every light in your apartment is energy efficient (CFL and/or Energy Star)
Turn off lights and fans in unoccupied rooms
Unplug battery chargers and appliances when not in use
Install Water Saver Toilets and showers heads
Clean bathroom and kitchen vents regularly
Buy Energy Star appliances
Wash clothes in cold water when ever possible
Do laundry only when you have a full load
Take Shorter showers
Go shopping with reusable cloth shopping bags
Stop buying bottled water, reuse there containers and filter your own
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