It is part of the West Coast Green Highway initiative. According to the Washington State DOT site called West Coast Green Highway: “The Electric Highways Project will encourage more people and businesses in Washington to buy and use plug-in …
Greenbuild Expo 2012 comes to Manchester in Might with speakers and exhibitors so far signed up like Plumb Center, Scottish Passivhaus Centre, Mitsubishi, National Federation of Roofing Contractors and UK Green Developing Council. The sustainable …
These are remade and distributed to in-need populations. Hyatt Key West is the first “green certified” resort on Key West. To receive this designation, the resort completed 32 sustainability projects, including converting 85 percent of the resort’s decking …
For detailed instructions on this topic, contact Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service for copy of Making a Rain Barrel L-5518 or retrieve a copy from the internet. A rainwater collection system could be the perfect gift.
The Greenbuild Awards 2012, in partnership with the Green Gauge Trust, are now open to applicants with sustainable new-build and retrofit projects. The UK buildings industry is undergoing major changes as sustainability standards are becoming more …
The Germans have installed over 10,000 megawatts of solar panels in the past two years, enough to power 2 million American homes (or most of Los Angeles, CA). If Americans installed local solar at the same torrid pace, we could already power …
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Building a Better Buildings Department
Gotham Gazette The Department of Buildings had issued 13 violations for this Manhattan site where a 2008 crane collapse killed seven people. The tragic deaths this month of two veteran ironworkers at a West 83rd Street construction site were a … |
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Coverage of Green Issues Becomes More Specialized
New York Times China's progress on clean energy, of course, is always a big topic in the West, which fears that the country's low-cost manufacturing will corner the market for making solar panels and wind turbines and also worries about China's rapidly growing fleet … |
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Calif. push for renewables could blow across West
The Associated Press The California Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted a new standard mandating that utilities in that state get 33 percent of their power from wind, solar, … CA's push for renewables could ripple across WestSan Francisco Chronicle |
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CA's push for renewables could ripple across West
San Francisco Chronicle The state's Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted a new standard mandating that utilities get 33 percent of their power from wind, solar, … |