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San Diego Airport Achieves Highest Rating by Airport Carbon Accreditation Program

CleanTech San Diego

San Diego International Airport (SAN) has achieved the highest level of certification under the Airports Council International’s Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) program – Level 4+ ‘Transition.’ . Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only institutionally endorsed, global carbon management certification program for airports.

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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

An increasingly number of stormwater professionals recognize that Green Roofs are an excellent, the least expensive and most natural stormwater management tool with many added values for the environment we live in. Today’s trend moves away from insulating purposes (because that was wrong in the first place) to stormwater management.

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Water-to-Air Ratio GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

An increasingly number of stormwater professionals recognize that Green Roofs are an excellent, the least expensive and most natural stormwater management tool with many added values for the environment we live in. Today’s trend moves away from insulating purposes (because that was wrong in the first place) to stormwater management.

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Somerville Climate Forward Celebration Recap

Greentown Labs

Groups such as the Somerville Bicycle Committee and Mass Save hosted tables to inform and engage community members on how they could reduce their carbon footprint and make a healthier Somerville. Equitable low-carbon mobility. Stormwater management. State advocacy: working towards carbon neutrality.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. As we're moving from what was traditionally an avoidance of carbon emissions to avoid climate change, we're now moving much more into adaptation," she said. Risk and adaptation.

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Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement

Green Business Bureau

To date, Replate has been able to save 819 million gallons of water, avoid 6 million pounds of harmful carbon dioxide and rescue nearly 3 million pounds of food. These green structures also attenuate stormwater runoff, saving nearby water bodies from erosion and leaching fertilizer, chemicals, waste and other components.

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Environmental Services Director

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Fort Collins directly provides a full slate of municipal services, including operating its own electric, water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. The City has set some of the most aspirational climate goals in the country, including carbon neutrality by 2050 and achieving 100% renewable electricity in 2030.