Attend Wednesday's free Green Matters Workshop and learn about what it learns to go green.   This month's workshop  "Passive/Active Solar and Other Alternative Energy Sources"  will be held on Wednesday October 8 at the Habitat Store at 1221 Harris St., Charlottesville.  This will be the first part of a two part discussion of alternative energy options.  Engineering, design, homeowner goals, technological trends and installation will be discussed.

A social hour will be from 5-6 pm.
The workshop will take place from 6-7:30
Networking from 7:30-8

Learn more about the Green Matters workshops.

Interest in "green built" homes is increasing.  In the Charlottesville area real estate market we are seeing an increasing number of Energy Star and Green Homes on the market.  I would love to show you the homes that are available for the buyer who is concerned with their home's impact on the environment.

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, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161, pam@JumpintoGreenerPastures.com, to list your property for sale or to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

To view all of the Charlottesville, Virginia and Central Virginia Homes for Sale click here and click on the mls search button.

Visit my website Jump into Greener Pastures or read my blogs Charlottesville Real Estate Talk and Charlottesville Horse Farms and Country Homes.

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                                                                                                                                                                 Albemarle County could allow private wind turbines on private property within the next six months.  At this time zoning in the county prohibits the installation of wind turbines.  However the Albemarle Planning Commission is studying whether to permit small personal turbines at private county residences.  These turbines may not be a cost effective way to generate power, but they could help with the reduction of greenhouse gases, which is a long term goal for the county.  Whatever the commission decides regarding personal turbines, there will definately not be commercial wind farms in the counties future.

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Charlottesville, Virginia and Albemarle County have increasing numbers of green built and energy efficient homes for sale.  If you are considering buying or selling a "green" home in the Central Virginia real estate market, contact me and I would love to discuss how I can help you with your real estate needs.

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Its August in Central Virginia and once again we need rain.  In Albemarle County we have not had a significant rainfall for about a month and we are behind for the year.  We are not at the point yet where the county has had to mandate water restriction measures, but it is still important that we all work to conserve this important natural resource.

Are you aware of how much water you use?  How many times do you leave water running?  If you would like to calculate how much water you use go to http://www.csgnetwork.com/waterusagecalc.html and get an estimate of how much water your household uses.

One easy way that we can all save water every day is to turn off the water when we brush our teeth.  Depending on how long you run the water while you brush you can save approximately 1/2 to 1 gallon of water each time you brush.  This could add up to 1,460 gallons of water saved in a year.  If each of us would do this, think of how much water we could save.

Lets all do our part to keep Charlottesville and Albemarle County green.

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Everyday in the course of our normal lives each of us is adding to the emission of greenhouse gases.  One of the main factors changing the earth's climate is greenhouse gases.  The choices that each of us makes in how we live our lives has a direct impact on how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are created each year.  Choices in home construction, the foods we eat, energy consumption, what we buy and what we throw away have a direct impact on the environment.

The Nature Conservancy has an online carbon footprint calculator designed to measure how your personal lifestyle contributes to the global climate.  Click here to use the calculator.

We are seeing an increase in awareness of how our home choices affect the environment.  As a result we are seeing the construction of more "green" homes.  If you would like information on energy efficient or "green" homes on the Charlottesville, Virginia real estate market, contact me.  I would love to help you in your search for the perfect green home.

Click here to search all of the homes on the market in the Charlottesville area.

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