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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Electrification of harbour crane moves Port of Tyne closer to carbon neutral goal

Business Green

Port selected to be maintenance base for massive Dogger Bank offshore wind farm cut 700 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2020 after electrifying its harbour crane and other key assets.

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How Pandora hopes to reach 100% recycled silver and gold

GreenBiz

Tue, 06/30/2020 - 08:55. And the company sells a lot of jewelry: Fast Company noted that last year, it sold 96 million pieces of jewelry, or roughly 750,000 pounds of silver, which is more than any other company in the industry. How Pandora hopes to reach 100% recycled silver and gold. Deonna Anderson.

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The largest and most spectacular wind farms in the world

The Environmental Blog

The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. Collectively, these turbines generate an astounding amount of clean electricity. Technical Specifications The scale of the Gansu Wind Complex is truly awe-inspiring.

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'Carbon neutral computing': Intel plots path to zero waste, zero carbon computers

Business Green

Computer chip giant's sustainability report outlines a raft of new green goals, including a pledge to send zero waste to landfill and achieve "net positive" water use. Chief executive Bob Swan said a collective response was required across the IT industry to tackle the climate crisis. We can solve them, but only by working together.".

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Comment: Carbon net zero – we’re halfway there

Envirotec Magazine

By Faye Bowser, Head of Energy Solutions, Siemens plc. Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. We have already exceeded our interim global business goal of cutting CO2 emissions by half by 2020.

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Decarbonising 5G and the green mobile network

Smart Energy International

Energy efficiency is becoming a core purchasing priority for mobile telecom operators in the design and operation of their networks. Sustainability is now fundamental in how operators design and implement mobile networks. Among site simplification actions is the shutdown of the legacy 2G and 3G higher power consumption networks.