HOMEOWNERS: How to Make Your Home “Greener”

Region / Community-specific:

• Hayward: http://www.builditgreen.org/guidelines--checklists/
• San Leandro: http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/bldg/eecbg/default.asp
• Union City: http://www.ci.union-city.ca.us/going_green.html
• Newark: http://www.newark.org/residents/going-green/
• Fremont: http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3888
• Pleasanton: http://www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/pdf/plan-greenbuilding.pdf
• Dublin: http://www.ci.dublin.ca.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=833
• Livermore: http://bit.ly/fcKmsT

Green Home Checklist: The U.S. Green Building Council created a checklist, http://greenhomeguide.com/know-how/article/green-home-checklist, that will help you identify a truly green home that's better for your family's health, costs less to operate, and has fewer environmental impacts

Energy Upgrade California has an exciting new statewide program that helps property owners improve the energy efficiency of their homes. In Alameda County, the program promotes water efficiency, waste reduction/resource conservation and green building improvements in addition to energy efficiency. Homeowners can use this website: http://bit.ly/fuOI4e that qualify for rebates and other incentives.

Energy saving tips:

• U.S. EPA Household Emissions Calculator: http://bit.ly/hbb96N
• Energy Savers Booklet: http://wwiz.ipcmailwell.com/energysavers
• PG&E , What you can Do: http://www.pge.com/myhome/environment/whatyoucando/

• Green Living: http://www.greenlivingtips.com/
• Seattle Pi: http://www.seattlepi.com/athome/358510_green12.html
• Earth Share: http://www.earthshare.org/green-tips.html