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How to Build an Eco-Friendly Home

The Environmental Blog

When constructed properly, it can help lessen pollution and allow you to enjoy savings on water and energy usage, and it can increase the value of your home. Formaldehyde is another chemical often found in most construction materials. Since they use less electricity, they can reduce emissions and reduce wasted energy.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

A local demolition site, construction dumpster or farm – Be sure to contact the property owner to get permission before hauling away any materials. In fact, creating products from recycled steel utilizes 40% less water and reduces mining wastes by 97%. Cascade Steel Rolling Mills , acquired by Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.,

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10 European firms every sustainability professional should know

Business Green

Half is wasted; much of it through devices plugged in and powered on during non-working hours. The British hardware startup has designed an internet-of-things-connected smart socket that can "automatically identify and eliminate wasted energy" in buildings, through machine learning.

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4 Climate Stories that Will Define 2024

The City Fix

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.