Green Businesses in the New River Valley of Virginia

Compiled by L. David Roper
06-Apr-2016

Go Green New River Valley
Our mission is to promote a Green Business Program for businesses in the New River Valley, including modified programs addressing industry specific green initiatives for the various businesses in the Valley.

Renewable Energy Electric Vehicle Association
The Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicle Association (REEVA) is a Do-It-Yourself club to help members do solar/wind installations and build electric vehicles at project homes, thus cutting the cost by removing labor costs.

Greening Your Home or Business

  1. If you want to make your home or business more energy efficient, the first thing you should do is an energy audit. (See first item below.)
  2. If weatherproofing and/or insulation improvement is indicated by the energy audit, you should install the recommended items.
  3. If you do not already have a high-efficiency heat pump (SEER>15), you should consider installing an earth-source heat pump.
  4. If you have a high-efficiency heat pump or an earth-source heat pump and an old hot-water heater, you should consider installing a tankless water heater or a solar-hot-water system.
  5. If you already have all the items above, you should consider installing a photovoltaic system.
  6. If you live in a place where the wind speed at <100 feet above the ground is often >15 mph, consider installing a small wind turbine to generate electricity.
  7. Whereever you live in whatever structure, buy local organic food or grow organic food as much as possible.
  8. If you are building a new house or business building, make it as energy efficient as possible.
  9. When you invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy, you are paying not only for durable reliable materials and equipment but also for future energy, which will be much more expensive than now.
  10. If you have funds that you want to invest in companies that make green infrastructure for homes or businesses, invest it in the green infrastructure for your home or business, rather than in the stock market for those companies, where it will may go to increasing the income of the executives. For other green investments, see below.

(Businesses are listed in alphabetical order)

Contents: Energy Audit | Energy Education | Federal Tax Credits | Energy-Star Appliances | Toilets | Green Lighting | Green Builders | Green Architects | Spray-Foam Insulation | Windows Radiant-Energy Barriers | Ground-Source Heat Pump | Tankless Water Heaters | Solar Hot Water | Solar Electricity | Small Wind Energy | Local Food | Organic Gardening | Green Landscaping | Composting | Reuse | Green Pest Control | Green Purchasing | Green Building Standards | Green Investment | References

Energy Audit

Energy Education

Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency

Energy-Star Appliances

High-Efficiency Toilets

Green Lighting

Green-Homes Builders

Green Architects

Spray-Foam Insulation (Open & Closed Cell)

Windows Radiant-Energy Barriers

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Ground-Source Heat Pump (Geothermal Heat Pump)

Tankless Water Heaters (On-Demand Water Heaters)

Solar Hot Water

When you invest in renewable energy, you are paying not only for durable reliable materials and equipment but also for future energy, which will be much more expensive than now.

Solar Electricity (Photovoltaic, PV) (Net Metering)

When you invest in renewable energy, you are paying not only for durable reliable materials and equipment but also for future energy, which will be much more expensive than now.

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Small Wind Energy (Net Metering)

When you invest in renewable energy, you are paying not only for durable reliable materials and equipment but also for future energy, which will be much more expensive than now.

Local Food

Organic Gardening

Green Landscaping

Composting

Reuse

Green Pest Control

Green Purchasing

Green-Homes Building Standards

Green Investment

References

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