Urban farm center introduces sustainability systems
Growing Power Inc. will host a celebration, dedication and media conference April 22, 2010 to demonstrate two new sustainability systems at its urban farm headquarters at 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive.
To save energy on heating its greenhouses, Growing Power has installed a 10.7- kilowatt array of solar-electric panels stretching 80 feet along the front of its building.
To save treated city water and reduce stormwater runoff from its greenhouses, Growing Power has also installed an 18,000-gallon rainwater catchment system. Rain that once poured off the greenhouses …

Among first public housing complexes in the state to go solar
With leaders from Wisconsin and around the world gathering in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, the Housing Ministries of the American Baptists of Wisconsin Plymouth Apartments this week, became one of the first public housing complexes in the state to go solar as part of their Energy Independence and Jobs Plan. This plan includes upgrading Housing Ministry properties to save taxpayers and residents money, create jobs, and reduce global warming and other pollutants.
“This solar hot water project was supported by …