Green Technology
MARCH 20, 2023
Forum Floorplan Advisory Board Register to Attend How County Agencies Partnered to Develop a Regional Model for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Schools that Can be Taken to Scale Across California This session answers the question: How can regional agencies partner with TK-12 schools and to catalyze environmental and climate action?
Grist
AUGUST 10, 2023
Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. This already happens with materials that don’t have plastics in them.)
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Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2022
Mark Nelson’s address will reflect on his experiences in the early 1990s Biosphere 2 project in the Arizona desert, in which he was responsible for managing a constructed wetland marsh recycling system. Biosphere 2 contained a rainforest, fog desert, freshwater and mangrove marsh and mini ocean with a coral reef.
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2021
West Des Moines is home to three Microsoft data centers and two more are slated for construction starting in 2021. Urban trees don’t just store carbon, they reduce stormwater, they improve air, they provide energy savings in terms of heating and cooling. There’s no asset value to the trees; only an expense item."
Grist
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
To better understand exactly how mangroves can grow in the ocean yet pump freshwater up to their leaves, engineers constructed what they’re dubbing “synthetic mangroves ”, pressure-driven devices that can draw freshwater out of the saltiest seas — and have the potential to help manage stormwater in cities.
Greenability Magazine
MAY 10, 2021
Both a rain garden and bioswale retain or slow the movement of water from the property, decreasing stormwater runoff. When properly constructed, rain gardens should drain and not have standing water within 24 to 48 hours of the rain event. Rain gardens and bioswales have similar results, but vary in how they are designed and work.
AGreenLiving
OCTOBER 12, 2021
With construction earning the unwanted title of a top-ranking dirty industry, architecture focused on energy efficiency, natural materials and durability even in the face of natural disasters is a win for the environment and the home or business owner.
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