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Sustaining Sustainability
Educating and inspiring House staff
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GEIT Award
Your computer has a bigger carbon footprint than you might think. Green the Capitol is doing something about it.
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HFC-Free Vending Machines Lower Carbon Emissions at the House
The next time a member of the House of Representatives reaches for a Coke, it will be from a greener vending machine.
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Earth Day at the Capitol
4/22/2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently marked the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day with a nod to Green the Capitol.
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Green Expo 2010
4/16/2010
Dozens of vendors and Capitol Hill organizations show stafers how to go green.
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The Road to a Greener Capitol
2/26/2010
The House will soon remove nearly 1,700 cars from roads. Not literal cars, but the carbon equivalent.
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Green Pastor
1/29/2010
As part of their Member office greening program, Green the Capitol staff recently paid a visit to the office of Rep. Ed Pastor of Arizona.
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Seeing the Capitol Dome in a New Light
1/29/2010
A new lighting system will bathe the Capitol dome's exterior in a decidedly green light.
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Slashing Energy Consumption With a Blade
1/29/2010
It is about the size of an NFL lineman, has the memory of thousands of elephants and survives on a low-energy diet.
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CAO Goes Zero Landfill
1/07/2010
A few months ago, just about anyone with a lawn was busy making needless waste. They were raking leaves - potential tree and plant fertilizer - and most likely bagging them in non-recyclable bags for the garbage man.
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A Clean $100K
12/11/2009
Make $100,000 with little effort! It sounds like the subject line for a spam email, but it's essentially what happened recently at the House's furnishings department.
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Faxing Trees
10/29/2009
Stop putting trees in your fax machine.
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Unplugging the Data Center's Mainframe
10/13/2009
Staff marked the passing of an era when they disconnected the last of the House data center's energy inefficient mainframe computers. The move will save about $730,000 a year in electricity and maintenance costs.
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Bamboo is the New Black
9/25/2009
What do Pandas have in common some House employees?
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Counting the Savings
9/18/2009
The numbers detailing the use of energy in the House office buildings are starting to roll in, and the House is starting to count the savings.
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Green the Capitol Supports Members Beyond the Beltway
8/28/2009
Green the Capitol is taking its message on the road. The goal of the nationwide District Office Greening Pilot Program is ambitious: to make 900 District Offices energy efficient.
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Driving into the Future with a Fleet of Hybrid Vehicles
8/07/2009
In an effort to reduce its environmental footprint, the House has begun transitioning to a low-emissions vehicle fleet.
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Workshops Give Employees Tools to Go Green
7/07/2009
Every day, House staff are taking simple steps to contribute to the goal of saving nearly $1 million annually.
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Recycling House Furnishings
5/13/2009
The House's furnishings team has single-handedly saved hundreds of chairs, refrigerators, old leather and foam from being tossed into landfills.
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New Zero-Emission Electric Vehicle
3/17/2008
Dan Beard, actor Ed Begley Jr. and Rep. Earl Pomeroy unveil House's new zero-emission electric vehicle.
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Special Order of Congress Regarding Green the Capitol
11/15/2007
A special order session of Congress recognizes the Green the Capitol program.
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