Tech works to improve energy use - LubbockOnline.com
18.04.09
His quotes were plastered on a poster board at the Green Campus Action Plan Symposium at Tech, which ended Thursday afternoon with a pledge from Tech officials to make the university more environmentally friendly.
"We will be discussing these ideas with key leaders on the campus, including key student leaders ..., and we're looking forward to working together as we move forward and help make the Texas Tech campus even more sustainable," said Mike Ellicott, Tech's vice chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction.
Being green is an area where the university has received bad marks in the past.
In a fall 2008 issue of The Sierra Club's "Sierra" magazine, Tech was named one of five schools in the nation failing to implement green policies.
Tech had no campuswide sustainable policies or unified water-conservation plans, according to the magazine. The university also scored a D average for two consecutive years from the Sustainable Endowments Institute, which ranks about 200 well-financed universities on their commitment to environmentally friendly practices. Ellicott partly attributed the low marks to a lack of publicity of sustainable actions already taking place, even between departments.
Source: LubbockOnline.com, TX
When should I shut off my irrigation system for the winter?
Oct 10, 2006 by daveinma12 | Posted in Garden & Landscape
I live in Massachusetts, and am wondering when I should shut off the lawn irrigation system before the winter.
You should shut off you irrigation system well before you expect it to get cold enough to freeze. If you put it off too long you'll be out in your yard freezing your fingers trying to drain it!!
Don't forget to drain and blow out the system with compressed air. Water left in the system will freeze and could break the pipes.
ffatl_781 | Oct 10, 2006
954 #Startups Formed In Massachusetts In 03/2009
New Massachusetts companies.
Entrepreneurs in Massachusetts formed 954 new companies in March, 2009. That's down 5 percent from the same month in 2008:
period
current
year ago
change
2008-10
826
959
-14%
2008-11
651
777
-16%
2008-12
839
921
-9%
2009-01
945
1200
-21%
2009-02
831
951
-13%
2009-03
954
1001
-5%
TOTAL
5046
5809
-13%
This data is taken from Massachusetts public records and was correct at the time of publishing. (And please do not ask to be "removed" from this database unless you have the ability to travel back in time and undo your filing.)
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