This past Tuesday, South Carolina received 59 of the 160 million Federal stimulus dollars slated for green improvements in the Palmetto State. (8 billion dollars is South Carolina’s total stimulus amount; see the breakdown here.)

The money is allocated for building more energy efficient schools and state facilities, weatherizing low-income homes, and training people for “green collar” jobs. You can read more about this in The Post and Courier’s article, SC to weatherize, boost green energy.

If our government is doing it, what else can we do to go more ‘green’? SCIway’s SC Green Building Guide can help you create a smaller ecological footprint for yourself as well as save you money in the long-term.

Some of our guide highlights are:

● Green buildings like The Circular Congregational Church, Charleston’s oldest church, has added a vegetative roof to a new section.

● A SC State and Federal Financial Incentives for Green Buildings section which features links to government sites like the US Department of Energy’s Consumer Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

● Resources like SC for Green, a compendium of everything green in South Carolina. They link businesses, cities, individuals, and organizations that are green minded.

● Interactive tools like the Household Environmental Calculator, to rate your current footprint and evaluate plans for you to reduce your environmental impact.

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with our SCIway’s SC Green Building Guide and its resources.

If you see something missing from our guide, please contact us at service@sciway.net.