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  • Tired of Old Paint?

    Dried paint can be set out for regular garbage collection. The Dallas County Home Chemical Collection Center also will accept household hazardous waste.
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    Treat Your Trees

    The winter months are an excellent time to train an eye on our arboriculture — to check for cracking or peeling bark, identify broken branches and address damage from ice and snow storms.
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    Advanced Metering System Will Help Consumers Keep Up With Electric Bills

    By Bill Sullivan

    A sudden cold snap added to consumption. Christmas lights were fun at the time, but they, too, kept that meter running. Kids leave electronics on, even when they’re not in the room.

    Sure, you try to do all those little things that, in a perfect world, can help keep cost and environmental impact down. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world, and a big number on that electric bill each month can come as a shock to both the system and the budget.

    But what if your world was just a little more perfect? What if could log on to your computer and check consumption down to, say, a 15-minute period? What if you could figure out that your teenager is running the TV, stereo, a game player (or two) and every light in his room — all despite the fact that he’s spending the night at a friend’s house?

    That’s the future of the Advanced Metering System (AMS), and that future is closer than you may think.

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    U.S. Southwest May Get Even Drier

    By Bill Sullivan

    Photo: Bill Sullivan

    Photo: Bill Sullivan

    A pair of research teams operating independently has come to the same conclusion: The Southwest portion of the United States, which has experienced rapid population growth, may become even more arid as global temperatures continue to rise.

    That prediction is based on a study of seasonal rainfall variations between 56,000 and 11,000 years ago as recorded in cave stalagmites. Geoscientist Stephen Burns of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and colleagues at the University of New Mexico published their findings in Nature Geoscience, which also featured a second study that offered similar results.

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    Addison Residents Get Update on Plans for New Elementary School

    By Bill Sullivan

    Addison residents got an update on plans for the Town’s new elementary school at a Jan. 21 meeting at the Addison Athletic Club. Jeff Miller of WRA Architects, designer of the facility, gave an overview of the George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School, with a special emphasis on its cutting-edge sustainability features.

    The school, being built in cooperation with the Dallas Independent School District, will be home to students from pre-K to Grade 5. It is scheduled to open in time for the 2011-12 school year.

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    Current Conditions in Addison, TX
    Water Restrictions: None in Effect

    Welcome to Addison Green

    The Town of Addison City Council, City Manager and Town staff are committed to taking action to make Addison a leader in sustainable development and operations that protect and enhance the Town’s quality of life.

    >> Read more about our sustainability commitment

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    Upcoming Events

    Feb. 9
    Texas Green Building Summit -- Fairmont Hotel, 1717 North Akard St., Dallas. Building upon last year's inaugural Summit, the U.S. Green Building Council-North Texas Chapter and the HBA of Greater Dallas have expanded this event to include a full day of in-depth building science education. Sessions will focus on all facets of new and existing residential and commercial construction. 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Details at texasgreenbuildingsummit.com.

    April 17 & 18
    Wellness Expo -- Addison Conference Centre. Start living healthier at the Metroplex's best loved source of alternative health information. Featuring two dozen wellness lectures and more than 100 exhibit booths. Admission $7, ages 12-65; kids and seniors, free.