Hey Sean, hows the Hollywood looking? I'm pleased that you're keeping up on the other cities doing the innovative stuff that is ready for prime time here in Minneapolis. We do have a few green roof projects starting and being planned. The Green Institute just finshed a solar installation. Wasn't the new Library itself going to have a "Green Roof".
I'm a big advocate of uni-solar shingled roofs. There is federal level assistance in the "Million Solar Roofs" project, so there our city can upgrade it's building stock and lessen our use of coal and gas for electricity. I agree it would be a fine thing for Minneapolis to provide some incentive for residentail solar roofing. I have been educating my cousin, whom owns an expanding roofing company, about the installation of solar shingles. Maybe he will be one of the first providers of this service. (Affordable Home Solutions) I totaly lay awake at night dreaming of block by block energy cooperatives which allow us to shut down the NSP (exel) riverside coal burner in northeast. That thing has spewed out more mercury and dioxen then I can live with. Solar roofs and hydrogen/electric cars for all! This is the type of stuff people would have loved to spend all that LRT money on. (side endorsement, please vote for Harry Braun people) Ray Rolfe Minneapolis Sean Ryan wrote: "Sean Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Mpls] Green City This is a great project- >Solar Power Goes Urban at S.F.'s Moscone Center >Over the last few months, the concrete-colored roof of the Moscone >Convention >Center in downtown San Francisco has turned completely black, blanketed by >30,000 square feet of photovoltaic panels. The building--which is owned by >the >City and County of San Francisco--is the first project to come out of >Propositions B and H, two voter-backed initiatives to finance >renewable-energy >efforts in the city's commercial, residential, and government-owned >buildings. > >more @ >http://www.metropolismag.com/html/sustainable/case/MosconeCenterSolar.html How about such a project here in Minneapolis. We've got lots of city owned roofs and I bet most of them are covered in gravel. How about the high schools, park board HQ, or even our own convention center? Mayor Rybak could freshen up his 'green side' and win a few votes in the process. My vote might be swayed by some sustainable 'green' initiatives in our fair city. It only saves money in the long run. SF is on the green map, as is Chicago with its city hall roof garden, where's Minnespolis? Sean Ryan Audubon __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
