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Who Pays When Tech and Infrastructure Tank?

March 15, 2011 – 7:15 am

There has been an on-going controversy between liberals and conservatives over who should pay for renewing failing infrastructure in this country. Atlanta, Georgia’s water and sewer systems, however, represent the worst and the best of our emerging water and sewer crises. Those who live there pay about 108% more for water and sewer than they do in New York. Who’s paying for what?

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Business, Water | Also tagged Atlanta, Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Utility Committee, bad antenna installation, Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong, decaying infrastructure, diagnosing a water leak, escalating water bills, Faulty water meters, generational burdens for infrastructure in cities, green managers, Green Property Managers, green renters, Jim Beard, John Mangham CPA, Mayor Bill Campbell, Mayor Kasim Reed, Mayor Shirley Franklin, Meter readers, new high tech water meters, poor municipal workmanship, private contractors versus municipal employees, problem billing systems for water and sewer, problem water bills, reading your own water meter, rising sewer and water rates, rogue city mayors and poor policies, sewer problems, sewers and water quality, the ramifications of a no-new-taxes-policy, touchy new tech, water conservation, water meter antennas | Comments (0)

Princeton Discovers Solar

July 1, 2010 – 6:30 am

Sarah Greenough, VP of Corporate Sales & Media for Princeton Properties, elaborates on the when, why and how Princeton Properties installed photovoltaic panels on 358 of its apartments in Salem, Massachusetts. How did producing power change their attitudes about solar energy and their balance sheet? Read our exclusive interview.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Business | Also tagged Andrew M. Chaban, Bulk Energy Buying, Commonwealth Solar, Gaelan Brown, green building, green property management, green retrofits, groSolar.com, incentives for solar installations, Kurt Schillington, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, payback period for solar installations, Princeton Crossing, Princeton Properties, RECs, renewable energy, Renewable Energy Credits, Sarah Greenough, solar in multifamily buildings, solar installation breakeven, Solar photovoltaic panels, state incentives for solar installation, The Perfect Storm | Comments (2)