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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. RECYCLED STEEL.

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Clean Energy Trust’s Investment in Varuna’s Vision

Clean Energy Trust

Here’s why Clean Energy Trust is excited to invest in Varuna Tech , a Chicago-based startup providing distribution system monitoring for water utilities. In any case, the monitoring and diagnostic process is inefficient at best and dangerously negligent at worst. Think about it. Do I take that for granted? Of course, I do.

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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal. A recent analysis found the emissions saved from electric cars have been more than cancelled out by the increase in gas-guzzling Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Reducing car use in cities.

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. More and more businesses are disclosing their carbon footprint due to increased stakeholder pressure and as a response to climate change. . 18 ways business leaders can lower their carbon footprint .

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. More and more businesses are disclosing their carbon footprint due to increased stakeholder pressure and as a response to climate change. . 18 ways business leaders can lower their carbon footprint .

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Environment Agency chief Sir James Bevan: 'The water crisis is a ticking time bomb for the UK'

Business Green

Meanwhile new threats are seeping into our waters, including microplastics and so-called forever chemicals. Now it is home to sharks, seals and seahorses. But our ability to protect our waters depends on us having the powers and resources to do that, and that hasn't always been the case.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. We explain our current waste crisis in detail, before defining an effective business waste management strategy to reduce packaging waste.