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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Being “green” and recycling has been to many a beneficial trend nationwide in recent years.
Logically, there is little push-back when the facts are presented. The U.S. is
the number one trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person
per year—which translates to five percent of the world’s people generating 40 percent of the world’s waste. For example, it is estimated that Americans use 2,500,000 plastic
bottles every hour, with the majority of them thrown away.
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Help with Going Green
The 14th Street Townhomes, a 36-unit Pompano Beach condominium built in 1991,
doesn’t have a vast expanse of grass. It occupies less than five acres of land, yet in
2008 it began saving 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of drinking water a year by
irrigating its modest lawn with reclaimed water.
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Eco-Friendly Pest Control
Jena Ball couldn't sleep—the noise was deafening and keeping her awake night after night. The racket
wasn't coming from the next door neighbors, but instead was emanating from
inside her condo wall. "It was bizarre," says Ball.
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Green Pioneers
Going green doesn’t have anything to do with choosing a natural paint color for your kitchen, or
planting a new bed of romaine lettuce in your community garden. But the phrase
can have many different meanings and can be done across a broad spectrum.
Turning off lights in rooms you’re not occupying is a small green move; installing a gigantic wind turbine in
your backyard is a bigger one. Different communities throughout Florida place
green practices and programming at different positions on their lists of
priorities—and the steps they take depend on funding, community interest, feasibility and
other factors.
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Sick Building Syndrome
The term Sick Building Syndrome was first used in the late 1970’s after a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending an
American Legion convention in a well known Philadelphia hotel. Thirty four
deaths were reported and 221 people required medical treatment.
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Garbage In, Garbage Out
We as a culture produce a lot of trash—and not just in the form of reality television shows, late night infomercials,
and bad romance novels. We put the debris from our meals, our projects, our
newly acquired goods and wares, and just about everything else down the chute,
in the can, or out on the sidewalk, and then we forget about it. But where does it go from there? Put another way: how does South Florida take out its trash?
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Saving Energy
When you live in South Florida, you quickly understand the value of
energy-efficient air conditioners; especially after you receive your first
utility bill. But lowering those bills doesn’t have to come from simply shutting off the air and being hot.
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Ten Hot ( and Cool ) Tips
Energy efficiency has become a “buzz word” over the past couple years in South Florida and more and more gadgets and
devices have come on the market that are specifically designed to use less
energy. Saving energy does a lot more than just reduce a building’s carbon footprint and toxic emissions, however—going green can save a building some green too. The steps condos and HOAs can
take to reduce energy consumption and save money range from the very simple to
the very complex.
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Caulk it Up
With the possible exception of fire, nothing is more damaging to residential
buildings and the property of their occupants as leaks. Whether it’s a torrential deluge from the upstairs neighbor’s overflowing bathtub or a slow, seeping leak around the window frames, water
causes huge amounts of physical damage, and can contribute to the proliferation
of mold—and all the potential health hazards that represents.
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Valued Volunteers
Living in a condominium community means working together. Cooperation and a
spirit of volunteerism are visible every day in community gatherings, board
meetings, even in the scheduling of time on the tennis courts. The men and
women who volunteer their time to work as part of board committees play a large
role in ensuring that the community functions smoothly and as a whole.
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