Follow the LEEDer: Home Depot and USGBC partner for product database – Miami Herald

Of course, achieving LEED for Houses-dom – 45 points for basic certification, 60 points for Silver, 75 points for Gold, and 90 points for the green house developing holy grail, LEED Platinum certification – involves a entire lot more than filling a …

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BEML’s efforts at rainwater harvesting – Deccan Herald

A pay a visit to to H and P division of BEML Nagar in the city effortlessly provides 1 an concept how an oasis might look. Due to the fact, although nowhere near a geographical, sand-filled desert, the region is appropriate in the middle of a region where water is a valuable commodity.

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BWSSB sinks Rs 25 lakh for launch of rainwater harvesting park – Deccan Herald

It’s a classic example of taxpayers’ money going down the drain. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has spent a whopping Rs 24.96 lakh on the inaugural function of the half-constructed theme park on rainwater harvesting. According to the reply …

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Solar panels OK at uranium waste site – Durango Herald

A U.S. Department of Energy study finds there would be no significant environmental impact from installing photovoltaic collectors where 2.5 million cubic yards of radioactive mill tailings are buried in Bodo Canyon. The department issued its decision– a …

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