The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 17, 2023

An eco-friendly house is designed with recycled materials, renewable energy sources, and sustainable landscapes. 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. Buy Energy-Saving Appliances. Washing machines.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 29, 2021

When the Baboolals looked around their North Carolina community, they saw what many people see in their local areas: cookie-cutter houses that consume excess energy. First, the net-zero home needed to be well-insulated, air-tight and energy-efficient. The windows are also triple-glazed and protected with deep roof overhangs.

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Grist

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But as we’ve discussed in this newsletter, promising adaptations to extreme heat abound, and many cities and towns are already planning for a hotter future and implementing life-saving measures like cool roofs, green corridors, and tree-equity plans. could generate 7.6 gigawatts of power, enough juice for millions of homes.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Recycling metal rather than using virgin ore helps preserve natural resources and saves energy. In fact, creating products from recycled steel utilizes 40% less water and reduces mining wastes by 97%. Cascade Steel’s electric arc furnace (EAF) is more energy efficient and environmentally-friendly than traditional blast furnaces.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

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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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

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.

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