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Ride Share and Carpooling

egov — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:51:18 GMT

Do you carpool to work? Would you be interested in carpooling? What are the pros and cons of carpooling for you?

LED Lighting can save Oakland County millions a year.

clean_light_green_light — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:28:00 GMT

I will preface this by saying I am a CEO of a Local LED lighting company. That being said I offer my expertise and hope to educate some folks on the concept. I also would like everyone to know, we are a very environmentally friendly company. Our goal working with local non profit orginizations is to help reduce Green house gases, lighting is just one of those ways. Two very quick points I think are worth mentioning up front.

1 - 48" fluorescent tube has enough mercury in it to poison 7,000 gallons of water. (DOE website)

1 lb of coal= 1 KW of electricity, thats one 75 watt bulb on for 13.33 hours. (DOE website)

LED Lighting while not well known, is fast becoming a way for municipalities to save 50-75% on their energy costs. The fact is most buildings spend 40-50 percent of their facilities operating costs in lighting and related costs like cooling. What does cooling have to do with lighting you might ask? During the spring and summer months the second biggest culprit of operating costs is cooling. Cooling even a small building costs a lot of money, anybody with an Air conditioner can attest to that. Traditional lighting puts off 95% heat and only 5% light. LED Lighting puts out 95% light and 5% heat. 1 watt of lighting saved equals 4 watts of cooling. Those big A/C units can use a rest now and again, they are very expensive to replace.

Not only can the county save money on cooling and wattage/electrical usage but also Maintenance. LED's have a life expectancy of between 50,000-80,000 hours (depending on LED type,model, use/environment). With only 8760 hours in a year, even if those lights had to run 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Thats a long time in between servicing.

With LED fixtures like Street Lights, think of all the money that goes into those 2-3 man crews and those big bucket trucks. To change one little bulb, wouldn't have to so that for 50K hours+ with an LED fixture. LED street lights use 75% less energy on average wile still producing the same amount of light.

One of our most popular items for the business/commercial realm is our LED fluorescent replacement tubes. These tubes will fit your standard T12/T8 fixtures. They come in all sizes (2-8') and wattages. They use on average 50% less energy to light a space 12-15% brighter. With a light that is pleasing to the eyes.

LED Fluorescent replacement tubes:

Have no Mercury or Lead in them.

Use no Ballast to run them, they are direct voltage wiring.

Use 50%+ less energy to run.

Produce a better quality light, mimicking the daytime sun.

Make no humming, buzzing or no noise at all for that matter.

Do not flicker.

There are many inherent advantages to using LED technology to light the things around you. Our products our designed to either retrofit into your old fixture or be a simple direct replacement for cost effective installations.

We offer a leasing option for our customers also. With no up front out of pocket cost, we can start you on the path to savings on the first day. Our leases will cover product, shipping and installation. All wrapped up into a 48 month lease to own. Tax deductible as well.

The last part of our total solution is our Green Credit Program. We can have our professional green credit team quantify your energy savings and in turn figure your carbon offset. They can serialize the metric tons of carbon you are offsetting and serialize them on the worldwide open market. Every year you employ the LED lighting you will receive the credits for the carbon offset. Bought from you by another company that wants to become carbon neutral or have a smaller carbon footprint.

If you would like some more information or would like to download our full media kit visit our website www.CleanLightGreenLight.com

Thanks,

David Mckinney

Clean Light Green Light

Mt Clemens, MI 48043

What does your workplace do to encourage recycling, energy efficiency and/or environmentally friendly actions?

egov — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:48:49 GMT

Do you: Recycle paper? Turn off the lights when you leave a room? Re-use office supplies? Share your ideas for workplace cost-savings.

Do you recycle at home?

egov — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:19:26 GMT

What ways do you find to recycle or save money at home?

4/40 Workweeks and Other Compressed Schedules

egov — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:40:50 GMT

Are you participating in, or considering, a 4/40 workweek or compressed schedule? What are the pros and cons? How is it working out for you?

More or Less

Chris 54 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:33:48 GMT

Do both. Higher fees on popular services, and elimate services that are not used.

Interacting: It's more then just a transaction

Chris 54 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:52:40 GMT

Interacting with Government should not only be about transactions....

One problem on Government Websites for visitors is lack of any evidence that their actions have made any difference or that anyone is listening.

Communicating, via a site, that their recommendations have led to a change may sway more people to get involved. Thus, their actions are rewarded and everyone benifits.

This can build trust, and could result in more feedback, and even more transactions.

Ordering marriage certificates online

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:54:40 GMT

Recently, I needed to obtain a copy of my marriage certificate to change my last name on my passport. I was very happy to find out that I could order it online, since I did not want to drive out to the County offices. Ordering online saved me time and most importantly gas money! https://www.oakgov.com/crts0005/forms/buyMarriage.jsp

Electronic Monitoring may be good...

latergator — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:32:47 GMT

The electronic monitoring program would be good, as long as they aren't releasing potential dangerous (physically) people back into the community -- then it's not worth the risk. http://www.oakgov.com/commcorr/program_service/electronic_monitor.html Information on this link is useful understanding what's involved...Here is also an interesting press release about it in Oakland County: http://www.oakgov.com/boc/assets/docs/news_releases/tether_program_news_release.pdf. I'll be interested to continue to see what the results are like and if it works, how much money may be saved, etc.

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egov — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:59:34 GMT

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