23. October 2007 by Ana Connell.

Congratulations to City of Burbank for winning a clean air award from the South Coast Air Quality Management District(AQMD).

Thanks to Burbank’s environmentally friendly policies they joined with other Southern California cities to form the Five Cities Hydrogen Program in 2006. The other cities that participate in the program are Ontario, Riverside, Santa Ana and Santa Monica. The AQMD has promoted this demonstration program in order promote public awareness of both the efficiency of hydrogen fuel technology and to show how safe the technology is for transportation use.

Given the population growth that will be coming to Southern California over the next 10-20 years it is imperative that we develop and utilize energy efficient, zero emission technologies. Part of the problem is that while these technologies have been around for some time, they are not getting the support they need to go mainstream. It starts with individuals and small cities that want to make a difference. Please contact your government representatives and let them know that you want these types of viable technologies to get the support and funding they deserve!

The City has a “green” fleet that includes 14 buses, 35 heavy-duty trucks and 40 passenger cars for city use. The hydrogen fleet includes 5 toyota priuses that were converted for hydrogen gas and the cars can go for 80 miles per fill of hydrogen!

For more information, please visit the links provided in this article!

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5. October 2007 by Ana Connell.

In an effort to promote water conservation and bring back Burbank’s native landscape, there will be a workshop where you can learn how to cultivate native and California friendly plants!

This event features Lili Singer, a recognized garden plant writer and plant expert!

Where:Buena Vista Library

When: Tuesday, October 23, 7-8:30pm

Monday, November 5th 7-8:30pm

Free drought tolerant seeds and refreshments at the event!

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4. October 2007 by Ana Connell.

In order to promote awareness about our limited landfill capacity City of Burbank is promoting a “Second Chance Weekend” on October 13 & 14, 2007!

This is a statewide recycling event and it is our chance to keep household items out of our landfills! On this weekend you will not need a garage sale permit and it won’t count against the annual number of permitted garage sales!

For any further questions about this event, please call City of Burbank License and Code Services Division, 818-238-5280, or check them out at www.burbankca.org/license.

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7. August 2007 by Ana Connell.

If you are like me and try to recycle as much as possible you will want to read on!

If you have any batteries, old eyeglasses, cartridges from your printers, CD’s and DVD’s you can take them to your local Burbank library! Just bring them to any Burbank library location and they will take care of recycling these items.

While I’m talking about recycling, please don’t forget to call City of Burbank to take away your bulky items! This free service is available by calling the Bulky Hotline at 818-238-3805. Just give them two days notice and they will come by on your regular collection day to pick up your items.

Construction and demolition materials are not included!

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3. August 2007 by Ana Connell.

City of Burbank Water and Power has a really great tool, the Home Energy Analyzer, that can help you analyze your home’s annual energy consumption and give you suggestions as to how you can improve your home’s efficiency.

I would recommend that you have at least a few months of your previous gas and power bills handy as part of the process includes entering what you paid for these items for the last year. If you don’t have this information, don’t despair! It’s worth taking the assessment anyway.

It will take you approximately 5-10 minutes or so to answer all the questions, but once you do you will end up with great information about your energy usage and how it compares to the average home.

The best part of this is that it is FREE, helps our planet and will probably help you save money in the long run!

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