A nonprofit organization started last year by Arizona State University students will promote energy-saving and cost-effective construction methods and materials to low-income communities during an event on Saturday.GreenAssist focuses on providing materials such as low energy light bulbs and water-saving fixtures to low-income neighborhoods plagued by dense consumption of electricity and water, said executive director Andrew Krause.“We have issues that affect us globally, yet there is not a lot of incentive to act locally,” said Krause, an ASU junior majoring in housing and community development and construction management.

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