Easy tips to save!
Learn helpful strategies for saving energy and money at home, in the office, or even on the road by watching these Green Tips videos.
D-rop reminds you: Every Drop Counts!
Check out D-rop's YouTube channel to hear some great messages about conservation
Energy Tracking Tool
Free personal energy dashboard for residents and businesses to track and analyze energy use.
Carbon Footprints
How much carbon emissions are you producing in your home, on the road and when you travel? Find out by using FPL's Carbon Footprint Calculator, and measure your sustainability skills against friends and family.
Welcome to Miami-Dade Green
Miami-Dade County invites you to become stewards of the environment.
Nestled between the Everglades and the sea, Miami-Dade County is blessed with a wealth of unique natural resources. Beautiful sandy beaches line the coast while Biscayne Bay is a playground for tourists and outdoor enthusiasts. To the west, Everglades National Park supports a wide variety of plant and animal life. These natural resources, coupled with our tropical climate, make Miami-Dade County a great place to live and visit.
Since we live in one of America’s most vulnerable communities, the County’s focus is to achieve aggressive water conservation, energy, climate change, and greenhouse gas reduction goals to sustain ourselves, our community and our natural resources. This effort includes the County’s implementation of GreenPrint – Our Design for a Sustainable Future. GreenPrint lays out a vision and action plan for a greener, more sustainable future in which we turn the pressing challenges of our day into opportunities for economic growth and a better quality of life.
- In most Florida homes, air conditioning accounts for 40% or more of the annual electric bill. Setting the temperature at 78 degrees combines comfort and energy efficiency.
- The water heater is a large user of energy in most homes, and other wasteful water behaviors also waste energy.
- The water heater is a large user of energy in most homes, and other wasteful water behaviors also waste energy.
Green News
Adopt-a-Tree is back!
Attend one of the three upcoming events - May 19th, July 27th or Sept. 14th! Miami-Dade County single-family or duplex homeowners are eligible to receive 2 FREE trees per year, even if they have adopted trees in past years. Tree quantities are limited and will be given away on a first come, first served basis. Learn more about Adopt-a-Tree.
Miami-Dade County achieves "Gold" Green Government Certification
After demonstrating sustainability through our policies and programs, Miami-Dade County has achieved the Florida Green Building Coalitions (FGBC) Green Local Government Designation. With an outstanding score of 57 percent, Miami-Dade earned a GOLD rating and achieved the highest score of any local government in the State of Florida to date.
Climate Compact Hosts 4th Annual Leadership Summit
Hosted by Palm Beach County together with Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact partners, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, the 4th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit was held on December 6-7, 2012 at the Jupiter Beach Resort. The agenda included national and regional speakers, panels involving key federal and regional agency partners, and release of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP).
"Power It Down" Challenge winners celebrate!
Miami-Dade County Office of Sustainability (OOS), along with Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin, acknowledged the efforts of the Clerks and the Courts to reduce energy consumption at the Richard E. Gerstein (REG) Courthouse during the six-week “Power It Down” Challenge at an event held in the REG on November 2, 2012. Funded by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG), “Power It Down” was a behavioral campaign for employees at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center (SPCC) and REG Courthouse.
Grant awarded to support GreenPrint initiatives
Miami-Dade County was awarded $65,000 by the Local Sustainability Matching Fund (LSMF) 
, with a dollar-to-dollar match of $75,000 from the Health Foundation of South Florida, to jumpstart community-led, community-funded initiatives with an urban agriculture and health focus that supports GreenPrint, our community’s sustainability plan.
Track and analyze your energy and water use
Miami-Dade County is pleased to announce the availability of a FREE online energy and utility tracking tool. The free personal energy dashboard, powered by GreenQuest, enables community members to track and analyze the energy and water use for their home or place of business.
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