Building Industry Association
of San Diego

How do you NOT drive a car 8.4 million miles? The new High Tech Elementary and High Tech Middle Chula Vista students know.

They recently helped do just that by adding a San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)-owned solar system to their school’s rooftop — as well as adding solar to their curriculum.

This work marks the 25th project like this for SDG&E’s “Sustainable Communities Program,” which now totals three megawatts of clean energy. This energy goes back onto the grid which benefits each of the project’s surrounding community. The three megawatts of clean energy is equal to: NOT driving a car 8.4 million miles, powering 2,000 homes, saving 6.4 million pounds of greenhouse gases each year, planting 98,000 trees or removing 722 cars from the road. (more…)

As a result of the significant improvements in this year’s weather and water storage the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors  voted on April 28, 2011 to end mandatory urban and agricultural water supply cutbacks and to lift the agency’s regionwide call for mandatory water use restrictions.

“While our latest drought is over, our state’s water supply system is still in crisis,” said Water Authority Board Chair Michael T. Hogan.  “Thanks to a very wet year and outstanding water-saving efforts by our region’s residents, businesses and agricultural community, we can put our drought response tools back in the toolbox – for now. (more…)