Green Las Vegas
The dramatic changes involved with VegasPBS Going Green are covered in an article (PDF format) about the local PBS station and the Clark County School
GREEN Las Vegas means LEED-certified buildings, renewable energy installations, and innovative water conservation strategies.
Given Las Vegas' public image as Sin City with a tendency toward excess in everything, this idea may be hard to accept.
But over the last few years, local businesses, residents and southern Nevada government agencies have been focusing on becoming model citizens in this new Green Age. And they've made a lot of progress in spite of the current economic crisis that's forced some well-intentioned projects to scale themselves back for the time being.
Here's a brief overview of that story to date.
Photo courtesy of LV News Bureau / LVCVA
GREEN Las Vegas means LEED-certified buildings, renewable energy installations, and innovative water conservation strategies.
Given Las Vegas' public image as Sin City with a tendency toward excess in everything, this idea may be hard to accept.
But over the last few years, local businesses, residents and southern Nevada government agencies have been focusing on becoming model citizens in this new Green Age. And they've made a lot of progress in spite of the current economic crisis that's forced some well-intentioned projects to scale themselves back for the time being.
Here's a brief overview of that story to date.
Photo courtesy of LV News Bureau / LVCVA
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