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Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

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homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs.

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BREEAM Excellent office building keeps London’s carbon reduction targets in sight

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The energy-efficient building was a 2013 NLAwards winner and was shortlisted in the 2014 RIBA London Awards. Located on the corner of Blackfriars Road and Valentine Place, 1 Valentine Place provides grade-A office accommodation across 3,000 square meters within close proximity to the Southwark station.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

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If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. Today, a peculiar sign still greets those who enter the town: residential homes are pictured next to an oil tank, surrounded by refinery towers, all basking together underneath the sun and blue sky.

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Smart living: Inside Panasonic's drive to transform old factories into hi-tech, low carbon communities

Business Green

In a northern suburb of Osaka, a brand new community development is aiming to be the first in Japan to derive all its electricity from renewable sources. Panasonic's first town, Fujisawa, is some 50 kilometres south of Tokyo and has been fully operational since 2014.

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California and China Strengthen Cleantech Ties as Trade War Smolders

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Chengdu is already home to several large international corporations, including Dell and IBM. Chengdu’s Tianfu New Area was approved in 2014 to serve as a model for sustainable urban development and a hub for strategic new industries. CEC Chair David Hochschild joins Chinese leaders at the Energy Internet Summit.

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Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics

GreenBiz

It had ready access to two key commodities vital to Kodak: wood fiber to make cellulose, the key material in photographic film; and coal, which powered its boilers to make steam and electricity, and later would be used to produce synthetic gas — syngas — to create the acetyl chemicals needed to make films, plastics and textiles.

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The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down

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The botnet Akamai analyzed makes use of the computing assets and electrical energy supply of contaminated machines to mine the Monero cryptocurrency. The system is secure as long as sincere nodes collectively control more CPU energy than any cooperating group of attacker nodes. authorities on 1 July 2014.