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Green Speaker Series

Green Ideas

Palo Alto Freecycle
Rentalic - share tools, etc.
Zoompool - share rides

 Ideas For Home Energy Inspections

Do-It-Yourself

Professional Audit/Rating Systems

Volunteer Based

Youth/High School Students

Elementary/Middle School Students

Recycle Your Batteries and CFLs

Put your batteries and Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs in a clear plastic bag :
  1. Put them on top of your recycling bin  - not in the bin - for garbage collectors Green Waste (see their recycling guide) or
  2. Take them to the Portola Valley Hardware Store (located at the corner of Alpine and Portola Roads)
If you go further afield, you can take your light bulbs to IKEA. 
Whole Foods will also take items such as batteries for recycling (depends on the store). 
Energy Watcher Tip Of The Day
 
 

Save Energy

Calculate your own carbon footprint.


Calculate your home's energy use. Get a free report with suggestions for saving energy. 
Enter your ZIP code (94028) and click on Go to start your own home energy analysis.

Note: When using the calculator, after entering the basic information, use the pull down menus (starting with General Info, Heating & Cooling) to enter more details and get a more accurate report.

If you click on Ideas you get some book suggestions.

If you click on "EERE News" you get news from the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency News.

 
Thanks to Portola Valley resident Iris Harrell of Harrell Remodeling for opening her remodeled home to show town residents its green features.