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Protective treatment, Tekon , is applied to new or installed glass. This chemical process links oxygen with carbon in the porous surface, blocking hydrolysis, making it super hydrophobic and repellant. Water beads up and runs off like quicksilver. (more…)

I apologize for the long wait on the Greensburg episodes. My DVR went belly up, and the replacement was a dud. So, get yourself a cup of coffee or tea, ’cause it’s a long one and here we go….

March, 2009

Steve Hewitt (Greensburg City Administrator), is a little frustrated, with all the construction projects like the hospital and schools in full swing, the Business Incubator should have been completed six months ago. The outside is finishing up construction, but the good thing is the interior is completed and hopefully in the next couple of weeks will come the ok to start moving business’ in..

Main Street is all torn up for building the Street Scape which will make it difficult to get to the Business Incubator even if it was completed. Not to mention the street construction is bad for all retail business’. Steve says you got to go through the bad to get to the good but it seems it is getting worse and worse with the Streetscape construction, like tearing up water lines and trying to pour concrete. But the good thing is they’ll only be in construction mode a couple of months.

The Kids, (Taylor Schmidt, Alexsis Fleener, & Levi Smith), are taking pictures around town. The Historical folks had found some pictures which survived the tornado, pictures of Greensburg from the late 19th century. So the kids thought it would be “kinda neat” to retake those pictures – one century later. Mustering their courage they go to the top of the grain elevator to recapture an old 1917 aerial shot of the town. They can see the whole town and marvel at how much the town has changed since the tornado two years before. (more…)

Vu1 Technology introduces Electron Stimulated Luminescence™ Lighting Technology

Let me start out by saying that if you think you have all the energy efficient
lighting figured out…..   OH, No Grasshopper!

It is neither incandescent, fluorescent nor LED. Vu1 has been quietly developing
an alternative technology, and the lighting industry might be on the verge of a
genuine shakeup. Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL™) Lighting Technology is an
entirely new, energy efficient lighting technology.

ESL Lighting Technology uses accelerated electrons to stimulate phosphor to create
light, making the surface of the bulb “glow”.  ESL Technology creates the same light
quality as an incandescent but is more energy conserving. There is no use of the
neurotoxin Mercury (Hg) in the lighting process. (more…)

Starbucks addresses water wastage following tabloid indictment

Following the revelation in British rag-mag The Sun that constantly running
dipper wells waste a humongous amount of water, a Starbucks spokesperson confirms, “Stores will be instructed to switch off the dipper well tap and will wash
spoons after use.” And the plot thickens: According to PRWeek.com, a senior-
level source at an unnamed PR agency claims, “We warned [Starbucks] several
years ago that their usage of water was not good for their environmental
credentials and could be a potential problem for them. They listened, but
they didn’t do anything about it.” Starbucks has tried to polish its green
image, saying that by 2010 it wants to source 50 percent of its energy from
renewables, use green-building practices in all new stores, and “reestablish” (more…)

April 29, 2008
One year after the tornado

Farrell Allison’s house is being invaded by CBS news.  Greensburg is getting
ready for the 1 year anniversary.  They are going to break ground on the business
incubator, a memorial service for those that died due to the tornado, and
re-dedicate the new water tower.   The seniors will be graduating, and the
President will be in town.

Dealing with the news media gives them exposure to hopefully extra monies to (more…)

Do you think Energy Star appliances are too expensive?  Well, think again.
Energy Star estimates that the average cost of a standard refridgerator is
$1070 and an Energy Star fridge is $1100 … just $30 more.

Dishwashers have no differences at all.  You will pay approximately $540.
You can always find dishwashers on sale and may be able to get one cheaper.
You will realise a savings on either appliance from 1 to 4 years, so going
green with Energy Star is a no brainer.

One myth that has lingered for years in regard to low-flow fixtures and (more…)

March 2008

What’s left of Greensburg State Bank built in 1989 is getting demolished.
Dee Corns, employee and wife of the Bank President tells of rebuilding the
bank in the same location.  They will build green using eco-block (icf).
There was a lot of material reclaimed from the bank before the demo
started.

Robert Mitchum, city council member, discusses who might be mayor. (more…)