March 14 First Annual Green Builder Expo Tampa Bay

Here is a great opportunity for you to learn about green building and how you can make a difference with how you live. Check this event out at the new Wiregrass mall in Pasco county.
http://www.tbba.net/events/calendar.html?event_id=2641#bf_calFrame_906

There are many easy things you can do to make your house more 'Green'. Have you considered:

*Solar Tubes?
*Rain Barrels?
*Tankless water heaters?
*low water Florida native plants and drought resistent grass?

P.S. Little things may even qualify you for easy tax rebates and credits!

Economic Stimulus and Solar

As we get close to having a completed economic stimulus package, it looks like Solar is going to have a key part of that. In the current un approved form is the following according to Solar Energy Magazine:

"Primary among these provisions is a new renewable energy grant program intended to serve as an alternative to tax credits. Through the program, the U.S. Department of Energy will offer grants equal to 30% of a solar project's cost, if the system is placed in service during 2009 or 2010.Other provisions include an allowance for the federal government to enter into 30-year power purchase agreements (instead of the now-standard 10 years), the elimination of the penalty for subsidized financing for solar projects, the creation of a new loan guarantee program and a 30% investment tax credit for companies that manufacture renewable energy property or equipment."

This is on top of the existing tax incentives.