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Smart Growth Trends | EYA Foundation | Shopping | Company News | Green Building
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EYA Homes
August 22nd, 2012
Did you know EYA homeowners enjoy a complimentary one-year membership to the area's leading green living discount program, Live Green?
By:
Jenny Thornhill
February 9th, 2012
Today's garbage disposals are designed to devour all types of food waste and, according to a recent study, they offer an environmentally friendly alternative to throwing food in the garbage can. Yet many of us are reluctant to use them.
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Smart Growth Trends | Recreation | Green Building | Old Town Alexandria | Transportation
By:
EYA Homes
October 12th, 2011
Alexandria's bike friendly streets will soon welcome six new Capital Bikeshare stations, the Washington Post reported today.
Smart Growth Trends | Green Building
By:
EYA
September 28th, 2011
Have you committed to using a reusable water bottle? What happens when you are on-the-go and need to refill?
By:
EYA Pugrant
July 25th, 2011
A few weeks ago, we wrote about using our Belkin Energy-Use Monitor to test the difference in energy savings between CFL bulbs and incandescent bulbs and we were able to see firsthand how much better CFL bulbs were for your energy bill. The current product of our energy-use interest? Laptops. Many of us plug our laptops in to charge and leave them plugged in for hours after their battery is full. We're curious to find out what the energy-use implications of this behavior is and whether we should pay more attention to unplugging our computer chargers when they are not actively in use.
By:
EYA Pugrant
July 5th, 2011
Our first official test of the Belkin Conserve Insight Energy-Use Monitor is complete! Last Tuesday, we posted about the monetary gains of using compact florescent light bulbs (CFL) and we decided to use our energy-use monitor to see the gains for ourselves.