Showing posts with label Green It Up To Clean It Up- The PLANET. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green It Up To Clean It Up- The PLANET. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2010

"Green Homes and Green Savings": Jan 16, 2010

Join us for a candid conversation and educaitonal experience with Ron Huges!

Ron Hughes, owner and president of HERS, Inc. ( http://www.hersinc.com ), resides in Little Rock. He is a certified HERS Energy Rater, RESNET certified Green Rater, NAHB Model Green Home Verifier, member of the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET). He was first certified as an energy auditor in 1981 by the State of Missouri. He has been a residential energy efficiency consultant since 1983 when on contract to the Arkansas Energy Office.

He is a member of the Home Builders Association of Greater Little Rock, the US Green Building Council, the Arkansas Disability Coalition, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and the Rural Rental Housing Association. Ron has held a Class B HVACR license in Arkansas.

HERS is an acronym for home energy rating systems. Much like miles-per-gallon stickers on cars, HERS programs are designed to rate the relative energy efficiency of houses and provide information on the performance and operating costs of homes based on analysis and testing. In addition, such programs can provide improvement recommendations along with their potential savings.

Ron has been involved in developing, implementing and managing HERS programs since 1987 as Director of Energy Rated Homes of Arkansas, a nonprofit organization funded by the Arkansas Energy Office to promote energy efficiency. He was later president of Energy Rated Homes of America (ERHA) and was instrumental in establishing HERS programs in numerous states and helping ERHA grow to be the most widely used rating system for both new and existing homes in the country. The goal was a national, uniform rating system for homes.

Over time ERHA evolved into the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), a 501(c)3 organization who’s mission is “to ensure the success of the building energy performance certification industry, set the standards of quality, and increase the opportunity for ownership of high performance buildings.”


“It’s OK to look back, but don’’t stare.”

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

"The Planet Will Not Wait On Us!

Join Terence L. Bolden on 88.3 KABF F.M. "The Voice Of The People- Heard Around The World" at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p each Saturday by visiting us on the web at www.kabf.org and clicking on Listen Live!

On Saturday May 9, 2009 we will kick off our first extended hour of Climate Change and Green Economic Initiatives and Energy Conservation discussions. This week we will be talking with Sam O'Bryant who is the Brownfields Program Adminstrator for Pulaski County Goverment in Little Rock, Arkansas along with Tim Scott, the Brownfield Marketing Guru. We will also have Mr. Odies Wilson who is the Intergovermental Relations Specialist for the City of Little Rock and works close with the Brownfields Program. These three gentlemen are going to explain why the inner city blighted areas that have contaminated waste or other chemicals on them are valuable property and also health and environmental liabilities at thes same time. So tune in and let's "Clean It Up to Green It Up- The Planet that is :-)!