Green Door Recycling and Central Energy Savers are now The Green Door!

We are excited to announce a change in management: Green Door Recycling and Central Energy Savers have joined forces with Interdependent Web to provide you a wider variety of green-living services with the same hometown, personal touch you have come to expect.

We are keeping the same distinctive white pickup truck and green trailer, the same cheerful green plastic bins, the same friendly employees, and the same great curbside service; we are just adding on additional services. We are more "conveniently green" than ever!

To learn more about the change, click "Read More" below -- to learn about all our services, click "Services" above!

At Four Seasons, Recycling Part of Larger Plan

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managers Erin Woods and Alisha Hammond at Four Seasons Apartments' recycling centerEmporia Gazette, Wednesday, June 12, 2013

In June of 2009, Four Seasons Apartments hired The Green Door to service a recycling station for their 198 households.  Since then, this partnership has kept approximately 17 tons of material out of the landfill and saved over 45 megawatt hours of energy, but the managers say that is only part of the picture.

Design firm recycled more than 4 tons

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IM Design principals Shawn Honea, Tracy Holroyd, and Scott Bolley with a full recycling bin

Emporia Gazette, Tuesday, May 21, 2013

When Green Door Recycling started its curbside collection service in January of 2008, IM Design Group was the very first business to sign up. Since then they have recycled about 10 pounds of paper, bottles, and cans every two weeks, keeping more than 8,000 pounds of material out of the landfill.

“We tell clients that we recycle our paper and they always seem to appreciate that,” said co-owner Shawn Honea. “More businesses in Emporia should consider this service. It feels good knowing that we are keeping unnecessary items out of the landfills.”

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Notes on King Solar presentation

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Update!  King Solar has offered us the following group purchasing offer: if we order kits containing 8 or more solar panel modules in one shipment, we will get them for just $695 per panel module, a discount of more than 6% from the regular price.  (Each module includes the panel, a micro-inverter, mounting hardware, and cable.)  Please let me know if you are interested in going in together on this deal.  Read on for details.

1977 bi-level, Emporia

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We found high levels of carbon monoxide from both the water heater and furnace, plus the water heater was spilling its exhaust into the laundry room.  This was an immediate safety hazard.

The house was also found to be too airtight for two people, let alone the number who could live in its 6 bedrooms.  We recommended a ventilation system.

Average Electric bill:
$66.00
Average Gas bill:
$37.33
Predicted savings:
$65.00 per year

Improvements recommended

install programmable thermostat
replace water heater
replace air conditioner
add ventilation

1970 split-level, Derby

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This house suffered from inadequate ventilation in some rooms, which was so noticeable during the winter months that the air conditioner was often used to reduce humidity and the sense of "stuffiness."  A whole-house heat-recovery ventilation system was added, with a priority on ventilating these stuffy rooms, to very good effect.

Conditioned Area:
2,190 square feet
Predicted savings:
$1,127.00 per year

Improvements recommended

insulate rim joist
seal air leaks
insulate foundation wall
insulate above-ground wall
insulate ceiling
replace furnace
replace air conditioner
add ventilation
add solar panels

$500 tax credit for upgrading HVAC appliances in 2012 and 2013

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Did you have to replace your furnace, water heater, air conditioner, or heat pump in 2012?  You may have been disappointed to see that there were no tax credits as there had been in past years.  But wait -- Congress has just put a tax credit in place retroactively for 2012!  So even though you didn't think you were getting one, now you can!  (Assuming you haven't already filed your taxes.  It pays to procrastinate!)

Status of City-Wide Curbside Recycling

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On January 16, the Emporia City Commission gave its preliminary approval to a proposal to implement city-wide curbside recycling.  The next step in the process will be a public hearing sometime in March or April; if the proposal is approved again at that meeting, the city could begin curbside recycling city-wide as soon as October of 2014.

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