Realtor groups in Needham have enthusiastically responded to Green Needham\u2019s challenge to reduce their home energy use. A total of 66 individuals from Condon Realty, Coldwell Banker, Century 21 and Prudential Advantage have completed Green Needham\u2019s 10% Energy Challenge. <\/p>\n
One realtor offered the following testimonial: For years I’ve always made it a point to recycle and not be wasteful and I thought I was doing my part. However, the 10% Challenge really opened my eyes to new ways I could conserve. Who would have thought that turning down your thermostat in the winter could have such a huge impact on your carbon footprint? I never would have guessed that even eating a few vegetarian meals a week could do so much to help the environment. The 10% Challenge has really helped me to realize new ways in which I can do my part to keep our town and our planet a great place to live. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n So far, 625 households have taken the 10% Energy Challenge, pledging to implement energy-saving actions that would keep over 5 million pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere each year.<\/p>\n Green Needham\u2019s ambitious goal is to get 1000 households to take the 10% Energy Challenge in honor of Needham\u2019s Tercentennial Celebration. Michael Greis<\/strong>, chair of Green Needham, noted that, \u201c<\/em>Reducing energy use is a great way to honor our tercentennial because it makes a tangible contribution to ensuring that we’ll thrive for the next hundred years.\u201d<\/em> If you have not yet taken the 10% Energy Challenge, click here http:\/\/challenge.greenneedham.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the end of the year, a brass plaque will be commissioned to honor the groups which have gotten more than 30% of their members or employees to take the Energy Challenge. In addition, businesses can be listed on the plaque if they reduce their energy use by at least 10%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Realtor groups in Needham have enthusiastically responded to Green Needham\u2019s challenge to reduce their home energy use. A total of 66 individuals from Condon Realty, Coldwell Banker, Century 21 and Prudential Advantage have completed Green Needham\u2019s 10% Energy Challenge. One<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10percent","category-business","category-energy-at-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}