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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

As an outcome of this act, a first-generation building code, the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), came into effect in 2007. Pollution reduction, waste minimisation and energy conservation can be furthered through environmentally friendly architectural design and construction.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

As an outcome of this act, a first-generation building code, the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), came into effect in 2007. Pollution reduction, waste minimisation and energy conservation can be furthered through environmentally friendly architectural design and construction.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. Similarly, Ontario reduced its coal-fired power generation from 25 per cent in 2007 to zero seven years later and saw a pollution cut equal to taking seven million cars off the road. million cars off the road.

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New York Sustainability: Tax Credits, Grants and Green Funding

Green Business Bureau

This figure increased by ~2% in recent years, which can be attributed to the one million tree planting program launched in 2007. The NYS Pollution Prevention Institute promotes cost-effective methods to conserve energy, reduce waste, and improve business performance. E.g. ~22% of the city is covered by tree canopy.

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It's high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

Business Green

He participated in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. The company's homepage states that it produces "Sustainable Cannabis Powered by Solar," but the story inside reveals that the company "burns natural gas and captures heat to circulate into the HVAC system."