Albemarle County’s new Green Resource Map, available on the County website, is intended to make “green living” more convenient for residents by:

• Providing a resource for residents to find out where they can reuse, recycle and/or properly dispose of common household items (e.g. electronics, motor oil, inks/toner, compact fluorescent bulbs, etc.)
• Highlighting Park & Ride sites to make carpooling easier
• Featuring farmers market locations so that residents can choose to “eat local”
• And including green demonstration projects for residents to tour/visit/see, such as LEED certified buildings, rain gardens, solar energy sites, green roofs, etc.

"The Green Resource Map is a very visual and engaging guide to a wide variety of local options that support the kind of sustainable lifestyle habits that many of our residents are very interested in," said Albemarle's Environmental Compliance Manager Sarah Temple.

The Green Resource Map will be updated periodically as new features become available, and can be found electronically on the County website by CLICKING HERE. 

The Green Resource Map is the newest of the County’s continuing efforts in promoting innovative environmental stewardship and climate protection.  Other recent accomplishments include earning the prestigious ENERGY STAR rating for the County Office Building McIntire, reducing municipal energy conservation by 12% and achieving a savings of $113,000 in 2008 and installing solar energy panels on the County Office Building at 5th Street.