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Students Use Dog Waste to Light Park
Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Leisure , Organic Waste , Parks & Recreation , Waste Management Every day, about 200 dogs and their owners visit the Cosmo dog park in Gilbert, Ariz. When they go home, they leave behind about eight cubic yards of dog waste, plastic bottles, bags and other trash. Read more
Save Big on Heating, Cooling Costs with Efficiency Controls
Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air conditioning, also known as HVAC Read more
460 Million Pounds of Consumer Electronics Products Responsibly Recycled
Posted on April, 2012 Categories: Business , Consumer , E-Waste , Featured , Waste Management The Consumer Electronics Association recently reported that the consumer electronics industry dramatically increased its recycling in 2011, advancing the goals set by the eCycling Leadership Initiative. Read more
First-Ever Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program in Florida
Posted on April, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Infrastructure The Town of Lantana recently approved the first-ever commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in the state of Florida. A first-of-its-kind, the Florida Green Energy Works Program provides property owners. Read more
Roadway with Recycled Toilets is World's First Official 'Greenroad'
Posted on April, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Featured , Infrastructure , Recycling , Transportation , Waste Management Greenroads, a rating system developed at the University of Washington to promote sustainable roadway construction, awarded its first official certification to a Bellingham project that incorporates porcelain from recycled toilets. Read more
Survey of Over 100 Solar Manufacturers Reveal Best Industry Practices
Posted on April, 2012 Categories: Business , Energy , Featured , Solar A new report highlights the best practices of photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers to protect workers and the environment during the production of solar panels. It also analyzes investor considerations regarding environmental, Read more
Green Jail to Demonstrate Power of Microgrids
Posted on March, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Infrastructure When the next “big one” hits northern California, chances are good that the power will be knocked out across large swaths of the Bay Area. But one place that is likely to stand unaffected is Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California Read more
Study: Nation’s Urban Forests Losing Ground
Posted on March, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Land Use National results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is declining at a rate of about 4 million trees per year, according to a U.S. Forest Service study published recently in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Read more