Articles about conservation (0-50 of 5481)

  • Wildlife Conservation Projects - Protecting The Animal Species
    By: Shomik Gupta | - Mother Nature has bestowed upon us lush landscape, endless water bodies and a magnificent variety of flora and fauna. It is impossible to imagine a world without such wonderful endowments. To keep the natural cycle going, it is extremely essential to conserve the priceless elements of Planet Earth. However, it is disheartening and disappointing to see the beautiful animal species being endangered and threatened to life. We are losing the most beautiful creation of God only because of human carel ...
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  • Science Without Borders® Finds Marine Science Conservation Clue
    By: Science Without Borders | - FROM TRAGEDY TO DISCOVERY


    More than 99 percent of Cay Sal Bank lies under shallow water 5-12 meters in depth. Light filters down from the surface making the bank prime habitat for coral reefs. These reefs were first stop on the Living Oceans Foundations multi-year Global Reef Expedition. The Foundation is dedicated to marine science conservation, coral reef research, coral reef conservation around the world thru Science Without Borders. A core part of this mission is ...

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  • African Wildlife Conservation Projects - Saving The World's Richest Wildlife
    By: Wildize Foundation | - The most boastful thing about Africa is its rich wildlife. But the saddening thing is that this unique trait of the African continent is vanishing at an alarming rate. According to the surveys, thirty-one percent of the pasture lands and nineteen percent of the forests and grasslands have been classified as degraded. This has widely affected the wildlife of the land. Studies reveal that in the last two decades, the number of lions has drastically gone down. The International Union for Conservati ...
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  • Wildlife Conservation - Protecting The Animal Specie
    By: Shomik Gupta | - Mother Nature has bestowed upon us lush landscape, endless water bodies and a magnificent variety of flora and fauna. It is impossible to imagine a world without such wonderful endowments. To keep the natural cycle going, it is extremely essential to conserve the priceless elements of Planet Earth. However, it is disheartening and disappointing to see the beautiful animal species being endangered and threatened to life. We are losing the most beautiful creation of God only because of human carel ...
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  • Wildlife Conservation Society Presents "state Of The Maya Biosphere Reserve" To President Of Guatema
    By: OHubPR2011 | - In a recent ceremony in the National Palace in Guatemala City, staff of the Wildlife Conservation Society presented lvaro Colom Caballeros, President of Guatemala, and other high-level officials with the "State of the Maya Biosphere Reserve," a report detailing the successes of, and current threats to, the country's largest protected area.
    With the assistance of WCS, the government of Guatemala created the Maya Biosphere Reserve in 1990 to protect the largest swath of tropical forest in ...

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  • Water Conservation Tips: Lower Water Usage In Your Home
    By: Rick James | - Clean water is something that too many of us take for granted. For most of us, we've always had access to running water: from childhood, through our teenage years and into adulthood - water was just always there. However, while we've enjoyed a seemingly unlimited supply of water, this may not always be the case for our grandchildren or their grandchildren. Regardless of how you feel about it, we have an obligation to do our part to help ensure that we conserve today's resources.


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  • Energy Conservation Kits: How To Be Energy Efficient At Home
    By: Margot Eiran | - Our Mission
    Our mission is to help you save money and energy in your home. (See above, brand name Home Energy Saver.) Yeah, we thought that dollar sign asgfndndmkblp[l,pkl;k;,l;btysoff m the S was pretty clever too.
    Youre Mission
    You really want to save money. Youd like to go green. You dont have all day to figure out how to do both. Well sure, you could spend your day off reading up on compact fluorescent light bulbs, kitchen sink aerators, or tankles ...

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  • Are Document Conservation Services Washington Dc Useful For A Company?
    By: maekwilson01 | - If you are running a marketing business, then document conservation services can be a lot useful for you. Communication and conversation is such a process that cannot be neglected no matter what type of business you are running. Document conversion involves using software for the conversion of documents. Apart from the main software, some applications are also used for the conversion of documents in to soft form.
    Document conversion services is a boarder term as it includes managing doc ...

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  • Science Without Borders®
    By: Science Without Borders | - Science Without Borders is a critical component of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundations Global Reef Expedition. The founder, His Royal Highness Prince Khaled bin Sultan of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was inspired by the well-known organization, Doctors Without Borders, to develop an initiative that could provide support for international coral reef research, marine science conservation, coral reef conservation, scientific research expeditions, public outreach and scientific ...
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  • Energy Conservation Depends On Combined Effort Of Technology And Human Initiatives
    By: PeterRodriguez | - Energy conservation has attained a global significance, especially in a situation when conventional energy generating sources are being dried up rapidly. Moreover, rising cost has also become a major concern for domestic electricity users. In such condition energy controlling initiatives at homes can prove to be quite effective for saving both money and Nature. The following tips may prove to be useful enough in your quest for energy conservation.

    Tips:
    1. Properly regulate yo ...

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  • Water Conservation- A Necessary Step Against Water Scarcity
    By: Manish Kumar | - Water conservation is always having been the topic of discussion considering the problem of water scarcity in mind. Water is the most precious resource which is considered to be under stain in countries like Africa, India, Australia, etc. Experts have predicted that with the growing usage and wastage of water there will be acute shortage of water in the coming future. One of the options is saving water for the betterment of entire human life. People use water a lot for various purposes like cook ...
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  • Water Conservation One Drop At A Time
    By: Jay Rakestraw | - We hear the term "water conservation" all the time, but what does it actually mean and what can we do to help in the effort? Water conservation simply means that you need to use water wisely. Unfortunately, while we hear it all the time and know we should be careful in how we use water, we all start to take it for granted.

    As times passes by, more and more people are abusing their usage of water. Sure, some may never have actually understood the importance of conservation but most o ...

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  • How Does Art Glass Conservation Differ From Other Forms Of Glass Repair?
    By: Michael Bokrosh | - Glass conservation involves restoring as well as preventing future damage to your glass art sculpture. Instead of waiting until a crack or chip in a glass sculpture becomes a bigger issue, glass conservation focuses on preserving and preventing damage to your art glass sculpture. Unlike other forms of glass repair, glass conservation starts when the owner notices the first stages of damage.

    Glass conservation provides you with a unique service by allowing the art studio to protect ...

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  • Why You Should Care About Costa Rica Wildlife
    By: Art Gib | - The world is going green! Or at least it seems that way. This latest craze has swept nations and made headlines on frequent occasions. Businesses have started becoming more environmentally friendly and people care more about our environment in general. There are wildlife conservation efforts everywhere you turn. Environmentalists are having a field day and the public has responded favorably to the "go green" campaigns.

    The real question is "why?" Why is the environment suddenly s ...

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  • Conservation Of Water Is The Need Of The Century
    By: Kathrin Palme Dietrich | - What do you think is the most essential requirement for human survival? It is not any materialistic pleasure, but it is a natural body that makes 75 % constituent of human anatomy. Man can survive without eating for a month but cannot live if he does not satisfy his thirst for more than 5 to 7 days. Moreover, more than 65% of the earth is water, but only 2 percent is in drinkable form.

    Because of the irregular, quite generous, and careless use of water by human activities, the t ...

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  • Energy Is Conserved By Home Domotics For Saving On Lighting And Thermal Energy Conservation
    By: James Post | - Home Automation Systems is not really new. During the nineties, I was CEO of a electronics high tech corporation and to impress our clientele we decided to develop a PLC (programmable logic controller) based system, which switched the air conditioning actuators and lights off and on in function of people's presence in every individual office. In the night the very same system acted as an advanced burglar alarm system that would activate a siren, alert an alarm service, call phones or any combi ...
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  • Wildlife Conservation In India
    By: Manisha Chopra | - India is a prosperous land of several species of mammals, reptiles, animals, birds and insects. Still there are many species that are on the verge of extinction. It is not a one day cause, it has been a gradual disaster done by us only.

    To fulfill our several dreams and projects we have totally neglected the pros and cons side of our deeds, which resulted as number of endangered species. Increasing urbanization has ruined the habitats of these innocent creatures. Many other causes ...

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  • Ge Ecomagination Contest Shows Refreshing Ideas For Energy Conservation, Including Solar Ac
    By: James Post | - Solar air conditioning

    Space heating and space cooling, combined with hot tap water are the most energy consuming users. Best efficiency will be offered by solar water heating systems for space cooling and heating. The energy usage of "pure solar" AC systems is very low as they just require small pumps and fans. As a cheaper option for geothermal storage there is seasonal storage, that will further increase the efficiency of Solar A/C systems.

    During the summer, all ...

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  • Water Conservation In Texas: "it"s Everyone"s Job!"
    By: Gene Hall. | - I bought a new home here in Waco in May of 2008. One of the things that caused me to fall in love with the place was a lush lawn of St. Augustine grass. Im something of a lawn junkie. I enjoy working outside and tending to it. Now, two and a half years later, I fully understand the ramifications for Texas water conservation of having that lawn. If I had built that house instead of buying it, I would not have chosen St. Augustine.

    Now dont get me wrong. There are few things mor ...

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  • Home Improvement Project That Saves The Environment And Your Pocketbook-water Conservation
    By: Betty McKenzie. | - Water conservation is a very worthwhile home improvement project as it not only saves on the planet's natural resource, water, it cuts your water bill. You will have more money for remodeling if you can save on your water bill. The following are suggestions for conserving water.

    Necessary items for these simple projects:

    Depending on the number of toilets that are in your home you will need one or possible two jugs that are made of think plastic and a gallon size. For each ...

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  • The Galapagos Islands - 6 Conservation Precautions For Your Galapagos Vacation Package
    By: Gary Sargent | - Its time to go to the Galapagos Islands! Your tour operator has got your flights booked from Quito or Guayaquil and the yachts and cruise ships are waiting ready to take you between the Islands for the trip of a lifetime. You'll be seeing some of the most incredible flora and fauna in a setting that has been hidden beyond the knowledge of humanity for thousands of years.

    However, many understand that the Galapagos are under threat from the presence of humans in the last few hundred ...

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  • Prime Ideas For Power Conservation At Home
    By: Rutchell | - One of the hottest topics in the mean time regards our influence on the environment. As such, we're all looking at ways to chop back on the amount of energy we use. As with many issues, this power conservation begins at home. Here's a selection of prime ideas that can help you cut down accordingly.

    Two of the most important wastes of power in the residence are inefficient use of heating and cooling programs so, as a primary step, ensure these are nicely maintained. Secondly, strive ...

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  • Energy Conservation With Energy Monitoring
    By: Edward Herniak | - A Technological Objective

    To develop intelligent software and hardware for companies that want to do energy conservation. This system is called Energy Surveillance System in commercial and industrial applications.

    The Energy Monitoring System provides the ability to monitor electric equipment kWh usage, Peak Demand, Current, Active Power, Reactive Power, Voltage and Total Harmonic Distortion at remote locations. By taking advantage of store benchmark reporting and en ...

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  • What Is The Function Of The Grand Canyon Conservation Fund?
    By: Stephen Daniels | - One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon draws upward of five million visitors a year, a fact which is both a blessing and a curse to one of our most valuable national treasures. Every one of those five million humans impact a natural phenomenon that began at least 17 million years ago, transforming a quiet wilderness to an often noisy, crowded recreational area.

    Because of the depredations caused by the invasion of humanity, a group of river outfitters esta ...

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  • Energy Conservation At Work.
    By: Irsh B | - Conserving energy is one of the many ways to reduce our carbon footprint and go green, and is encouraged in all walks of life at homes, communities and work places. The main concept of energy conservation stemmed from concerns to preserve resources for the future and reduce environmental pollution. It is also synonymous with reducing energy costs, increasing efficiency and maximising profits something that industrial and commercial users are keen on doing. Whichever reason, energy ...
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  • Rainforest Conservation: Proposals And Predicaments
    By: Art Gib | - In spite of increasing global concern, tropical rainforests are being destroyed at a staggering rate. More than 80,000 acres are cut down every day. Much of the original biodiversity of the rainforest has been lost, as have important ecosystems, renewable resources, and many species of plants and animals. This devastation can be halted, but the process is complex and involves a number of economic and political factors. Everyone should become informed about rainforest deforestation and conservati ...
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  • Easy Steps In Our Lifestyle For Conserving Electricity
    By: Allen Jesson | - Our lifestyle in the present age is such that we are so much reliant on use of different forms of energy particularly the electrical power. It is a genuine concern for all of us in the present situation to work for electricity conservation and stop traditional power reserves from depleting at a rapid rate. We use so many types of gadgets, which demand electrical power to run them. Electrical power is the basic requirement for every home. You get a real shock when you get your electric bill a ...
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  • Electricity Conservation Should Be On Everyone's Mind
    By: Allen Jesson | - The modern age is dependent on electrical power and electricity conservation is the real factor at the stage, when the traditional energy resources are diminishing drastically. Every piece of gadget requires electrical power, which is common to every home. One feels the pinch when he receives the electricity bill and finds it really worth to take steps for conservation of electricity. People learn from mistakes and rectify it by doing the needful. Here we must understand the importance of electr ...
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  • Wildlife Conservation Ambassador Programme At Jurong Bird Park
    By: Joel Li Yang | - The Conservation Ambassador initiative is an interactive community outreach programme that provides foreign and local students with opportunities to serve the community, protect nature, gain social skills as well as a life-changing experience of working at an internationally-acclaimed bird park with more than 8,000 birds representing 600 species.

    The Conservation Ambassadors programme at Jurong Bird Park reconnects urban youths with wildlife and teaches them to appreciate the divers ...

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  • What Exactly Is Conservation Architecture?
    By: Johny | - Architecture plays a wide role in enhancing the beauty of city and it also marks their lifestyle of the people living in that city and most important their development too. Historical Buildings are immortal but still they play as strongest evidence that provide us a lot of information about the life style and culture of different cities. Architecture plays a wide role in a citys infrastructure development and one among them is the conservation architecture. Conservation architecture is one am ...
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  • The Role Of Conservation Architecture
    By: Johny | - Architecture of the city plays a vital role in setting the citys image in front of the entire world. It not only represents the city but it also represents the kind of people staying in these cities. The way the city is described is not always by the people who live there but it is majorly because of the architecture of the city too. Each and every building in a city has its own story in the past, the hard work put in the problems faced and also the events occurred in this particular monument ...
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  • Edinburgh"s Conservation Architects: Working For The Generations To Come
    By: Johny | - It is not practically or aesthetically possible to always prevent changing the structure or appearance of a building. The change that must be made must be implemented appropriately; otherwise the buildings character and tradition will be destroyed. This is where the conservation architect comes to the fore. The architects Edinburgh employs are well skilled in the art of conservation of the buildings in the city. Steeped in a rich historical tradition, Edinburghs architecture is a visual te ...
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  • Conservation Architects Of Edinburgh:
    By: Johny | - No building is the same as any other building. Of course, you would say that every building is built in a different style, and so the statement is a very obvious statement. This is not so. Even if two buildings, which are exactly the same, are built in two different places, after a little time has passed, they will no longer be similar to each other. This is because a building grows with the city around it, with the people that inhabit it, with the climate, the weather, the economic conditio ...
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  • Conservation- The Aim The Of Edinburgh Architects
    By: Johny | - Architects have been trying to preserve and restore the ancient monuments and buildings, and they are known as conservation architects. The conservation architecture is a challenge for the whole world. Lots of great problems have been occurring throughout the world regarding the architecture; the wonderful masterpieces of all times have been failing, as there are inbuilt design problems, additional to that are the political and economic changes which are now existing. Regardless of the tremendou ...
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  • Conservation Architecture In Edinburgh
    By: Johny | - Over the last couple of centuries, the style of architecture in general has pointed towards modernization and progress dernization. In many countries, architecture has been working itself in the direction of the future, because it is the future that presents opportunities for plenty of progress. So, it cannot be denied that we have slightly changed our views on progress. In the field of architecture, the importance has always been placed on finding progressive skill sets and techniques, while ...
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  • The Conservation Architects Of Edinburgh
    By: Johny | - Pivotal to the philosophy and practice of being a conservation architect are the roles of saving, preserving and lengthening the longevity of a building by enhancing its structure and its framework by paying attention to detail, and altering the building as little as possible in the process. Closely related is the process of restoration, which involves uplifting the faade of the building and recreating its original aesthetic appeal. Every conservation architect Edinburgh produces will use bot ...
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  • Conservation Architect- Architectural Marvels!
    By: Johny | - Architecture is the design of the building built, in the process of building architecture one plans, designs, and then constructs the building. A harmonious blend of elegant material, technology, light and air space, etc compromises to an architectural wonder. Architecture is not only the building of building but it also comprises the interior arrangement like furniture and the niches provided within the architecture. Architecture is not just found nowadays or even during the time, the fir ...
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  • Is A Good Knowledge Of Materials/techniques All That A Conservation Architect Needs?
    By: Johny | - The practice of Conservation of buildings centers around the preserving, keeping up and extending the longevity of life of a structure that is built, with regard to its fabric and detail with the most minor interventions. Though it may seem similar, building conservation is in some ways at odds with the Restoration process, which calls for action to re-establish the structure, the fabric and detail, as that of the previous or original times.
    Building conservation is done by a conservation ...

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  • The Importance Of Conservation Architecture
    By: Johny | - They say that the life of a city exists beyond its inhabitants because of its architecture. The buildings that stand in a city consist in them an incredible amount of history. They are the ones which would have stood through countless celebrations, wars and revolutions that the city would have faced in its time. They are the mute testament to the soul of the city. The buildings are the one part of the city that represent its people better and more aptly than any other part does, because they ...
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  • The Present Day Monuments Of Edinburgh Are The Efforts Of Conservation Architects
    By: Johny | - A culturally rich and historic city like Edinburgh has many amazing historical monuments and buildings and if you have visited and amazingly scenic city lately you will vouch for the well maintained and well preserved monuments which leave you in awe. Any culturally rich city has to take all efforts possible to maintain and preserve its ancients, historic monuments and this is where a conservation architect comes into the picture. An architect who specializes in the preservation and restoration ...
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  • "conservation Architect"
    By: Johny | - The world has both the different lands of ancient cultures as well as the society of modern world. The world have issues to face like poverty, population etc., but we have barred certain parts of achievement one of them is the works of architects. Little has been done or thought about the design activity in the developing world. India ranks amongst the largest construction market in the world.
    So where do architect comes into this? And what is conservation? Conservation means protecting s ...

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  • How Energy Conservation Works For Your Business
    By: Daniel Stouffer | - US legislation from the federal government is now compelling enterprises to prioritize energy conservation initiatives. Once the ACES Act will pass as a law, companies will have no other choice but to comply with energy conservation through programs like increasing asset efficiencies and lowering emissions

    Whether it is passed or not, and despite clashing interests, general public's opinion implies that every company should take responsibility on its carbon emissions. Companies wh ...

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  • Water Conservation Tips For The Yard And Garden
    By: Larry Truett | - One of the biggest water wasters in the average yard is the grass lawn. If you live in a drought prone area consider eliminating or reducing the size of your lawn. Grassy areas can be replaced with water conserving plants, gravel, or even artificial turf. Areas that are kept as grass lawns may be made more water efficient by simply letting the grass grow a bit longer. Grass cut short is very water intensive, while longer grass is generally much healthier. Grass in shadier areas will usually ...
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  • Techniques That Work For Energy Conservation
    By: Daniel Stouffer | - Some Energy Conservation Techniques for All Business Types

    Companies may now find many ways to reduce energy consumption. Many energy conservation techniques nowadays are applicable to many areas like energy generation, energy distribution, energy consumption, and energy transmission.

    Some of the available energy conservation techniques from various types of operations and business include high-efficiency motors, lighting retrofit, building control systems, mechanical ...

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  • Will Water Conservation And Water Saving Green Technologies Spur The Future Of American Prosperity?
    By: Eric Nelson | - In June of this year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asked President Obama to declare Fresno County a federal disaster area. The White House has not yet responded to Governor Schwarzenegger's request. Requests for presidential disaster declarations are much rarer for droughts than for other natural disasters. Previous requests like this one were declined by the Bush administration. Nevertheless, the compounding effects of three straight years of drought have had a devastating effect o ...
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  • Recycle Grey Water And Create An Eco-friendly Bathroom
    By: AlterSage | - The need for eco-friendly bathrooms is on the rise. Water conservation products are becoming increasingly popular as trends point consumers into the direction of responsible water use. However, fashion aside, the planet has a dire need for water conservation efforts. Every person can help to save water by making some changes in the place which uses the most water in every household: the bathroom. Harsh chemicals used in cleaning and body products also lead to polluted water, causing a lot of env ...
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  • Water Conservation: 10 Things You Can Do At Home
    By: Ellen Bell | - Water conservation is an important topic for all of us. Even if you don't live in an area subject to freshwater shortages, billions of other people around the world do. Freshwater is one of our most precious and also our most wasted resources. Approximately 1.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water. Can you imagine if you came home at the end of the day and had no water to prepare dinner, take a shower, brush your teeth, or prepare a bottle for the baby? This i ...
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  • Apartment Property Managers Focus On Water Conservation Through Sub-metering
    By: Helen Christa | - Water conservation is a growing trend among municipalities, townships and through-out the multi-family apartment industry. In a three year study by the National Multiple Family Submetering and Allocation Billing Program, the potential savings in the apartment sector from requiring residents to pay for their water consumption separately from their rent, found that billing residents for their water usage by direct metering could reduce annual water consumption by an average of 15 percent. This l ...
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  • Apartment Property Managers Focus On Water Conversation Through Sub-metering
    By: Helen Christa | - Water conservation is a growing trend among municipalities, townships and through-out the multi-family apartment industry. In a three year study by the National Multiple Family Submetering and Allocation Billing Program, the potential savings in the apartment sector from requiring residents to pay for their water consumption separately from their rent, found that billing residents for their water usage by direct metering could reduce annual water consumption by an average of 15 percent. This l ...
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  • Don't Ignore The Need For Energy Conservation
    By: Julee Mitchelsin | - Unless you don't have a television, the internet or access to a newspaper, then it is likely that you have heard a lot about the need for energy conservation in the past months and years. I have heard so much about the energy crisis in our land and I am convinced that every citizen of the West cannot ignore the fact that there is a need for energy conservation on the individual level and on the corporate and national level.

    One of the first things you can do to better understand y ...

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