One of the Town Board of Trustee’s Goals is Expand Environmental Initiatives – “Pursue open space and trail acquisitions, including community and regional trail connections; begin implementation of energy self-sufficiency initiatives; adopt residential and commercial green building codes; expand recycling efforts; and identify opportunities to assist to achieve conservation improvements.”
The Town of Superior has numerous projects, programs, events, and committees working to improve the environment. The Town offers energy and irrigation audits to residents; recycling events for residents, green capital improvement projects to become self-sufficient, and green building codes. The Recycling Conservation Advisory Committee for the Town of Superior oversees many of these projects and continues to look for new ideas to improve conservation efforts. Below are links to these various Environmental Initiatives
Town Green Projects:
Click here to see how much renewable energy is being generated by the Town's solar panels
Energy Smart Program - Boulder County
Current Town Environmental Programs, Events, and Workshops:
Single-Stream Recycling Coming to Local Drop-off Centers (pdf)
Energy and Irrigation Audit Programs:
Best Practices for Outdoor Water Use
Recycling:
Xeriscape Information
Other Green Organization/Program Links:
Cost Savings
Here are some stats from the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program, which adds its stamp to light fixtures and bulbs that are at least 75 percent more efficient than traditional lighting.
By replacing your home's five most frequently used bulbs, you can save $70 each year.
The average U.S. home has about 30 light fixtures; a switch to Energy Star lighting can save more than $400 a year on your electric bill.
If every American household replaced its five most frequently used light fixtures or the bulbs in them, the national savings would be $8 billion each year in energy costs, and that action would prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions from 10 million cars.
You can save energy in 3-way and dimmable fixtures, too. Look for CFL and LED bulbs in packages marked "dimmable" or "3-way" to make sure you're getting a bulb that will work.