Miscellaneous Schmidt

15.44. Percent, that is. The ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything (pertaining to garbage) is 15.44%.

As promised, I have finished my task of toiling through the records to find the rate of change for garbage prices at SRELP’s buildings! I have written these values into a handy xcel spreadsheet, and can now look through to find the rate at which our waste management prices have increased! The big number is: 15.44%. After sifting through old and rusty SRELP profit and loss ledgers, I have found the necessary data to find the percent change over the course of SRELP’s existence. I cataloged the data with columns ordered by location and rows ordered by year– and then took the percent change for each location, and logged it at the bottom of each column. I then averaged these percentages to come to the final percent change of 15.44%. The price of garbage management for SRELP has increased 15.44% since 2000. This number may not seem extremely large, but in reality, a 15.44% increase on many thousands of dollars is actually quite sizable. Hopefully, by the end of summer, I will be able to set up the garbage system at SRELP so that the 11 year increase will be tempered over the next 11 years.

Enough math jargon, lets get to some exciting news. First of all, it’s friday! Enjoy your weekend, turn off your energy sucking light bulbs and soak up the sun. Secondly, you no longer have to read my ramblings about accounting! And last but not least, I have called Golden Gate Disposal and Recycling Company, and set up a delivery date for a compost bin at our Bush street building! I will be meeting Steven from the Department of the Environment, and going to our building to distribute apartment-sized compost pails to the tenants, and to raise awareness about composting.

Until next time,

Malachi

(AKA Nikos)

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I have been dormant for the past several weeks and I apologize greatly.  Between school, teachers, projects, tests, essays, standardized testing, sleep, finals, friends, family, and non-existent girlfriends, I have been quite busy and have not had the opportunity to sit down and write one of my grand pieces.  Those of you who actually read this may now rest assured because with the dawn of summer comes much free time in which I will have to dedicate myself to informing you, the beloved reader, about what is happening in the world of green.  Now let us begin.

In a recent survey 34% of consumers believe that their houses could be more environmentally friendly.

How does one make their home more environmentally friendly?  I believe it is my job to answer this question (I think, not quite sure) but lucky enough for me (and for you) the New York Times has a list of their favorite eco-friendly laundry products.

Furthermore, for all those who think that green is your passion and you want to find work in the area, the San Francisco Chronicle recently released an article stating that are over 10,000 green jobs out there.

The World Cup in Qatar is still eleven years away ; however, Qatar promises that their stadiums will be eco-friendly.

Now, the beginning of summer (I’m really excited, can’t you tell?) brings with it warm weather (if you’re not stuck in San Francisco) and that usually means lots of cold refreshments being served, like Pepsi.  Speaking of Pepsi, they have recently announced that their Frito-Lay factory in Russia has received LEED certification.  So if you want to kick back and relax this summer while still being environmentally friendly, put down the Coke and find yourself some Pepsi.

And to wrap this week up I bring you another ugly or not ugly.

Click here for more information of this house.

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Hello all,

This week I continue my task of waste management, though through an entirely different light– your friendly neighborhood garbage inspector now moonlights as an accountant. For this week, Helmut has given me the task of searching through the past 11 years of P&L files and creating a spreadsheet to detail the cost of garbage for each building, each month, for the past 11 years. Unfortunately for yours truly, not only are the files woefully lacking in info, they can be pretty disorganized. However, I shall not be deterred by this (as Helmut informs me) temporary roadblock, but will finish the spreadsheet before the week is out.

In other news, I have finally reached someone at the San Francisco Department of the Environment, and will be able to implement a compost bin at our building on Bush Street!! I will be in touch with our contact there and will keep you– our faithful readers– updated on my progress.

Until next time,

Malach

AKA Nikos

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