January 2012 Posts (21)

Some information about the Solar impact in the rest of the world....looking forward

Survey for Solar 2012 MENASOL

Some information about the Solar impact in the rest of the world....looking forward

Survey for Solar 2012 MENASOL

BOONE — UHaulCarShare and Appalachian State University have teamed up to provide access to North America’s most advanced car-sharing service. Through the partnership, students, faculty and staff will have transportation options allowing them to maintain a sustainable lifestyle in one cost-effective, convenient package.

Three vehicles parked in the Legends parking lot on campus (one Ford Focus and two Toyota Prius Hybrids), are available 24…

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Marshall, NC 

January 25, 2012

Advantage West, French Broad Vignerons, and Warren Wilson College Sponsor Sustainable Viticulture Conference

With a month left before the conference several organizations have provided support in several ways. Advantage West is providing some sponsorship funding to the 2nd Annual North Carolina Conference on Sustainable…

Summary: The NC Community Development Initiative (“the Initiative”) and Green Opportunities want to share what they have learned about building strong green job training programs in low-income communities. They are co-sponsoring a multi-day training retreat for community-based development organizations and their partners in Asheville on April 17-19, 2012.*

The NC Green Jobs Training Retreat will provide participants with the opportunity to fully learn…

DURHAM, N.C., January 23, 2012 — Taking steps to improve energy efficiency and reduce its overall carbon footprint, the City of Asheville has initiated North Carolina’s first large-scale deployment of LED street lights. There are 3,643 LEDway® street lights from Durham-based manufacturer Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) being installed, with projected savings of $260,000 annually.



In the initial phase of the project, completed in June 2011, 730 street lights in Asheville’s River District…

When Gary Ball of Candler-based Balls Machine and Manufacturing Company was approached by BioWheels Responsible Transportation Solutions (RTS), a local renewable energy and alternative transportation start-up, to build the structural components for the innovative Brightfields™ solar power generating electric vehicle charging stations, he didn’t hesitate to say yes.…

From the Alleghany News:

On Nov. 18 a wind turbine system called the "Skystream 3.7 Residential Power Appliance" was installed near the athletics field at Alleghany High School. The work was funded in part through a Wind for Schools Program grant.

Full article here.

Progress has been steady on the Green Restaurant Initiative since last month's newsletter update. The final solar thermal panels have been installed by Sundance Power Systems for the French Broad Chocolate Lounge and Posana Café. These two restaurants back up to each other between Biltmore Avenue and South Lexington Avenue and occupy the same building complex, allowing the restaurants to co-locate their systems on an adjacent building. After running into challenges related to the age of the…

Waste Reduction Partners (WRP), a division of Land of Sky Regional Council, is offering a limited number of no-cost “Greening Assessments” to hospitality businesses in North Carolina.   WRP's Hospitality Greening Assessment is an on-site, technical review of a business’s utility use and…

Asheville, NC– In conjunction with the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County, American Recycling of Western North Carolina, LLC announced its plans to launch operations in the Asheville market, creating 20-30 new positions within the next three months. The firm’s anticipated $1.5 million investment in its Enka plant will strengthen the company’s significant presence in the Southeast, serving national and international markets. 

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia,…

Application Due: March 31, 2012

Eligible Entities: State and local governments, federally recognized tribes, businesses, companies, corporations, school districts, communities, non-profit organizations, and special purpose districts.

The U.S. Forest Service requests proposals for wood energy projects that require engineering services. These projects will use woody biomass, such as material removed from forest restoration activities, wildfire hazardous fuel treatments,…

Application Due: March 5, 2012

Eligible Entities: Partnerships between sustainability directors and local, place-based foundations. A sustainability director can include any person who leads a multi-department and community-wide urban sustainability initiative from within a local government or an Urban Sustainability Directors Network member from throughout North America.

In partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), the Funders' Network for…

If you are looking for cooking oil, grease and other commodities that can be converted to bio-fuels or if you have those commodities and would like to market them, check out NC BiomassTrader at www.ncbiomasstrader.org/

NC BiomassTrader and NC WasteTrader are free, online trading platforms.

Please check them out!

Mountain poultry and rabbit producers now have a place to take their animals for processing, and it’s billed as “the first community-administered, nonprofit meat processing facility in the U.S." Read more here.

Greenspiration Home kicks off its 2012 American Made Pick-of-the-Week with these intricate Mountain Laurel Handrails, which are not only beautiful, they are made from a rapidly renewable resource. Read More Here

Legacy Paddlesports Relocation to Fletcher, NC

 

Legacy Paddlesports is moving to Fletcher, NC, bringing $4.5 million in new capital investment and 72 jobs paying in excess of the average wage in Henderson County.  The move will place Legacy right in the middle of the growing outdoor industry cluster that is developing in Western NC.  More importantly it places Legacy very…

As part of a project to promote renewable energy production, the Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development is accepting applications from western North Carolina farmers interested in generating renewable energy on their farms. The NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is providing 40 percent cost-share funding…