Ironic: SL County Mayor gives order for county to go “green”

Posted on April 3, 2006 | Leave a comment

I found out after posting my piece on Park City this morning that yesterday’s Salt Lake Tribune published an article on SL Mayor Peter Caroon’s executive order to have Salt Lake County to develop more environmentally repsonsible practices.

Caroon’s order states that each department must “incorporate environmentally sustainable practices in their day-to-day operations.”

Here are “green” things that SL County already has done:

  • Incorporation of a central command center for watering county-run facilities, so on rainy days or during cooler weather, sprinklers can be shut off countywide.
  • Phasing hybrid gas-electric automobiles into its fleet
  • Motion Sensor lights are being installed in county buildings
  • County-owned traffic lights were replaced by energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs over the past three years.
  • Participation in the Blue Sky Wind Power Program

    About the Wind Power program, Mayor Carroon says, “….while wind power costs more, Corroon said, “the payback is what we do to help our environment.”

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