Free Green Denim Insulation

Grant Applications for Free Denim Insulation Being Accepted

Last year, Cotton Incorporated and Bonded Logic Inc. teamed up to launch the Cotton. From Blue to Green.® UltraTouch Denim Insulation Grant Program. Grants are still available and the grant application was recently revised to make it easier for projects to apply.

The grant program helps community projects go green by providing grants of R-13, R-19, R-21and R-30 UltraTouch Denim Insulation. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 30, 2011.

Requests for insulation can be made by filling out the grant application on the www.cottonfrombluetogreen.org website. The request must be made directly by an architect, builder or licensed contractor working on the project or a company with one on staff, and meet the eligibility requirements as outlined on the website.

In 2006, Cotton Incorporated and Bonded Logic partnered for the launch of the Cotton. From Blue to Green.® denim drive program. Donated denim is given new life by converting it to UltraTouch Denim Insulation and provided free to communities in need to assist with building efforts, including Habitat for Humanity and Hurricane Katrina rebuild efforts.

Since the program launched, requests are received daily from groups looking to obtain the insulation for their community building project. The grant program is meant to address the needs of these groups and to help build green communities across America.

Low cost steps to improving urban image | Sustainable Cities Collective

Low cost steps to improving urban image | Sustainable Cities Collective Job Creation thru Beautification for one City While perceptions take a long time to change, steps to start improving Croydon’s image need not cost much. Improvements could be implemented through the Work Program, at the same time easing out-of-work residents back into the labor market.

City Discovers Good Use for UN-Used City Property

solar panel installation that will put once unusable property to work for the city-Construction began this week 574 Solar panels will provide 215,565 kilowatt hours to the city per year unusable land at its wastewater treatment plant, saving more than $36,000 annually  $673,999 project was funded entirely through grants City turns to solar
	Mar 24, 2011	Redlands Daily Facts
	Chantal M. Lovell Mar. 24, 2011 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- REDLANDS -- Construction began this week on a solar panel installation that will put once unusable property to work for the city. The city will install solar panels atop unusable land at its wastewater treatment plant, saving more than $36,000 annually, said project specialist Danielle Garcia. The 574 panels will be spread across an area of contaminated soil that is covered in asphalt and can never be developed and would otherwise go unused. "The piece of property can never be developed, it has to be held in perpetuity, so we're putting panels on this land to generate energy for the city," Garcia said. "This to my knowledge will be the first (solar plant) on city property." The panels will provide 215,565 kilowatt hours to the city per year, Garcia said. In dollars, that translates to an estimated savings of $36,646.05 annually. "Ten years from now, it could be saving us more. As energy prices rise, the savings are going to be more and more. This number is bound to go up," Garcia said. Additionally, the use of the renewable energy will make the city eligible to receive up to $250,000 over five years in rebates, Garcia said. Each month, the city will receive a payment from Southern California Edison (AMEX:SCE.PR.E) (AMEX:SCE.PR.D) (AMEX:SCE.PR.C) (AMEX:SCE.PR.B) (OOTC:SCEDL) based on the amount of energy the panels produce. The money will likely be put back into future solar projects. City spokesman Carl Baker said the project is in line with the recently-adopted Community Sustainability Plan. "If we have the opportunity and the funding to (install more panels), we absolutely will," Baker said. The $673,999 project was funded entirely through grants, Garcia said. Funding sources include the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding source, and the California Solar Incentive Program. Because solar panels have gone down in cost, the city was able to afford about 30 more kilowatts worth than expected, Garcia said. Construction is expected to be completed in early May. E-mail Staff Writer Chantal M. Lovell at clovell@redlandsdailyfacts.com

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New! Building America Website Updates

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Dear Building America Stakeholders: In case you haven't noticed, the Building America website has a new look! View the new home page: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/ In addition to its fresh new face, we wanted to point out some new content updates and resources that have been added to the site: The "About" section now sports several new pages that outline the program's goals, research approach, organization, research teams, and contacts: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/about.html A number of new resources have been added that may be helpful to building energy analysts, including information about: Building energy optimization Efficiency measures and costs House simulation guidelines. You can also find the most up-to-date information about improving energy efficiency of residential buildings in our publications library, as well as climate-specific case studies and Best Practices guides. We invite your feedback about these latest updates, as well as suggestions for other tools and resources that would helpful to you. Please send comments to Building America Webmaster.

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BREAKING NEWS: 100-Mile Long Oil Slick Spotted Off Louisiana Coast

Another D___ Oil Spill BREAKING NEWS: 100-Mile Long Oil Slick Spotted Off Louisiana Coast

Cosign Projects Presents: Leeza Meksin, House Coat (Preview)

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House Coat

NEW YORK ARTIST DRESSES BENTON PARK HOUSE IN SPANDEX OUTFIT



COSIGN PROJECTS of ST. LOUIS PRESENTS
HOUSE COAT BY LEEZA MEKSIN
March 18, 2011 – April 18, 2011

This monumental installation opens at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2011,
and will continue into the evening as a house party, free and open to the public.

New York artist Leeza Meksin presents HOUSE COAT a site-specific installation for a two-story row house in Benton Park West. At the invitation of Cosign Projects, this interdisciplinary artist brings to St. Louis her unique combination of sculpture, performance, and public art with an opening on March 18. HOUSE COAT is a massive fabric outfit constructed from hundreds of yards of white spandex custom-printed with large gold chains. Set amidst the red brick of South City Saint Louis, Meksin’s installation seeks to invite conversations about differences and similarities between our buildings and our bodies. Not coincidentally, the artist’s personal background as a Jewish exile from Russia relates the pattern of gold chains to freedom and slavery, while evoking pop-cultural motifs of bling and fabulousness.

Working within the tradition of such installation artists as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, this project is part of the artist's ongoing exploration of the visual potential of stretch fabrics. The costumed house explores the gendered terrain between textiles and architecture, evoking the hyper-fitted garments worn by entertainers, drag queens, and super heroes.

Leeza Meksin has been working closely with other artists, friends and family members to realize this project. The creative team includes: Lauren Adams & Jake Peterson, Cosign Projects; Andrea Betai & Ceci Davis, Graphic Design; Laura Divergilio & Andrea Fama, Planning and Development; Victoria Lewis, Pattern Pulse; Kathryn Lofton, Fabrication; Meesha Meksin, Installation; Scotty of Scott’s Contracting, Safety and Common Sense; and Anya Meksin who will be documenting the project via photo and video.

This exhibition is made possible by generous support from over one hundred financial backers via the online funding platform Kickstarter. Once the installation is complete, Meksin will be making a variety of spandex items for all the supporters who made House Coat possible.

‘HOUSE COAT’ will be on display through April 18, and possibly longer, depending upon the weather.

Elizaveta (Leeza) Meksin is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist who makes installations, paintings, sculptures, films and multiples. Meksin was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, and educated in the United States. She received a Joint BA/MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago before continuing on to a BFA from SAIC and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art. She is the recipient of the Robert Schoelkopf Fellowship and the Yale Collaborative Project Grant, and has exhibited her work throughout the US. Recent venues include the Abington Arts Center, Regina Rex, and Columbia College. She has worked as a Production Designer on independent films in New York and has been awarded a grant from the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation to co-direct a documentary film about women struggling with drugs in Ukraine (BALKA). In 2010 she was chosen to participate in the Chashama Artist Studio Program in Brooklyn. Currently Meksin teaches at Tyler School of Art, Temple University and The New York Art Studio in Manhattan.

Initiated in 2009, Cosign Projects of St. Louis supports projects by emerging artists. Cosign has invited nine installations from a variety of artists residing in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Colorado, and Missouri. The gallery’s model includes presenting artworks that differ from typical gallery or museum projects, such as signs, banners, and other work visible from the street. HOUSE COAT is Cosign’s largest project to date, and will be a capstone project that culminates the gallery’s mission to present socially relevant contemporary work that engages political history and local communities. Cosign is curated by Lauren F. Adams, artist and assistant professor of painting at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

To learn more about the project, please visit our website:
http://www.cosignprojects.net

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