The vigilant residents and staff at The Admiral uncovered not one, but two programs that will allow them to zip ahead in their sustainability efforts, for free! Learn about their LED light and Nest thermostat replacement programs. Perhaps there are similar programs offered from your utility provider!
🎞️ Video: SSAFE Chapter community, Wake Robin, located in Shelburne, VT has been honored for their outstanding waste program by Casella Waste Systems.
Residents wanted noisy and polluting gasoline-powered lawn care equipment replaced by battery-powered models.
📑 Available for download: Lawn Care Equipment Case Study [PDF]
A major SSAFE achievement from the Greening Our Campuses project team! You are invited to download and utilize this highly effective Request for Proposal (RFP) template to use at your senior living community. This template has been effectively utilized for the first Kendal at Hanover deep energy retrofit audit.
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📑 Available for download: Energy Audit at Hanover Case Study [PDF]
Kendal at Hanover is wrapping up their first deep energy retrofit audit. Learn how residents and SSAFE members lobbied fellow residents and administration to conduct this important step in achieving net neutrality.
📑 Available for download: Recycling Plastic Film for TREX® Benches [PDF]
Learn how to recycle plastic film that would otherwise end up in the landfill. TREX® corporation offers a 48” “Yacht Club” bench in exchange for the recycling of targeted plastic film within a six-month period.
📑 Available for download: Determine the Feasibility of Installing a Solar Panel Field at Kendal [PDF]
SSAFE members explore the feasibility of Kendal at Oberlin building a large solar field in the vacant field to help supply the energy needs first of our low-income neighbors and then of our Kendal campus. (Oberlin, Ohio)
📑 Available for download: Updating Plastic Recycling at Kendal at Oberlin [PDF]
Kendal at Oberlin’s Recycling Group adjusted their plastic collection policies to be in sync with the reality of the current recycling industry’s practices.
📑 Available for download: Kendal at Hanover LED Bulb Initiative [PDF]
Kendal at Hanover SSAFE members set out to support climate change compliance targets by encouraging fellow residents to switch to LED light bulbs. Learn how they did it!
📑 Available for download: Low-Mow Grass Case Study [PDF]
Read about the successful trial of replacing a small area of lawn with Low-Mow grass at Kendal at Oberlin, in Oberlin, Ohio.
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