AGreenLiving

APRIL 14, 2020

Private college-prep high school Sonoma Academy has elevated its reputation for sustainability with its newly achieved LEED Platinum certification for the Janet Durgin Guild & Commons building, an award-winning student and education center that champions a net-zero energy approach. WRNS Studio Images via WRNS Studio. Read more here:Â .

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

Energy efficiency, Japanese design and an emphasis on low site impact are combined at DOJO Saigon, a new light-filled judo training hall in Ho Chi Minh City. Completed this year, the DOJO Saigon is an extension of an existing villa that houses new changing rooms, office space and co-working areas for judo practitioners.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 2, 2020

Boston-based architecture firm Kennedy & Violich Architecture has flipped the script for energy-intensive greenhouses with the net-zero energy Global Flora, a sustainable botanical facility for Wellesley College in Massachusetts. The greenhouse also includes stormwater retention tanks. Original post:Â .

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

These screens help cool the home in an energy-efficient way during the area’s hot summers. The louvers provide cross-ventilation over the footprint of the house, while the strategically placed pool provides evaporative cooling to create a breezy corridor through the living area.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The stormwater overflow tank. Up to that point, operators had not only had to contend with inadequate energy efficiency, but the blocking of pumps and nozzles of water jets by solids such as sand, twigs or fibres, which were swept along with the water. For more information visit www.homa-pumpen.de , www.vgnastaetten.de

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AGreenLiving

MAY 26, 2021

Related: Eco-friendly, affordable housing emphasizes walkability in Milan A regenerative utility center will power all buildings on the property with renewable energy. The circular design also includes a plan for stormwater management as well as an onsite wastewater recycling and distribution station.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

The firms identified so far are as follows: • 3Rwater (US) (category: stormwater management): 3Rwater’s Follow the Drop mobile application and platform collects stormwater metrics, including rainfall data and the location of drainage devices, and uses advanced analytics to calculate drainage area and quantify stormwater runoff.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2020

Related: Samurai-inspired home keeps naturally cool in Melbourne To keep the focus on the outdoors, the solar-powered home is surrounded by walls of glass and terraces that invite the owners outdoors on multiple floors. For energy efficiency, the Colorbond tray deck roof is fitted with a 10.26 kW photovoltaic system.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

The 2022 showcase companies have developed ground-breaking solutions in areas such as stormwater management, water reuse, sanitation, smart water and circular economy, all aligning with the BlueTech Forum 2022 theme – radical collaboration for regeneration. Pani Energy (Canada) – digital. Evove (UK) – water reuse.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Member companies included Infinite Cooling , IVYS Energy Solutions , Palmos and Sunwealth. Maher Damak (right), Co-Founder of Infinite Cooling engaged in conversation with a community member (Greentown Labs). Chris O’Brien (right), CTO of IVYS Energy Solutions explaining how their technology works (Greentown Labs).

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

of New York City’s 1 billion buildings – this is despite the significant benefits the technology brings (urban cooling, flood defense, and biodiversity support). Urban sustainability in action: New York’s energy efficiency measures. Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Program.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

LMN Architects Photography by Benjamin Benschneider via LMN Architects.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2021

And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. by more than 7 percent. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.”

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment. Legislation also passed that phases out Hydrofluorocarbons (HB 1112) a potent greenhouse gas used in refrigeration and cooling products. Photo courtesy of Sameer Ranade.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Net-zero carbon buildings barely make up 1 percent of the world's building stock, and there were only about 500 official net-zero energy commercial buildings as of 2017, according to WRI. For instance, Sharp Development renovated a 2,000-square-foot manufacturing building in 2011, then returned in 2018 to retrofit it to net-zero energy.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Related: Sustainable Central Park with energy-producing trees unveiled for Ho Chi Minh City In addition to improved biodiversity and landscape integration, the project will feature a new facility built into the topography of the site. “By Read the original:Â . Central Park to undergo $150M LEED Gold-targeted redesign.

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Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Concrete waste has been repurposed to create temporary roadways, recycled stormwater will be used in cooling towers and the fire suppression system, and the site will include a 16.5-acre acre wildlife habitat.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 3, 2021

The new village is designed to have a minimal environmental impact and meet NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) requirements. Solar panels and rooftop gardens, along with other features integrated into the design, mean that more than 30% of the energy used by the complex will be produced on-site. Related: Those Olympic anti-sex beds?

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2022

A report out last Thursday found that the understudied cooling effects of trees — like their role in the water cycle and the compounds they emit — have kept the planet half a degree Celsius cooler, not even accounting for the carbon dioxide they capture. Studies show that their presence makes people happier and healthier.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The facility, called Clearwater, was built by the Denver, Colorado-based oil and gas extraction company, Antero Resources, and an affiliate of Veolia, the multinational French waste, water and energy management company. On the same day that Antero filed its lawsuit, Veolia filed counterclaims for more than $118 million.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Some go even further.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, there are so many crops getting irrigated , water is evaporating off them and cooling summer days in parts of the Midwest, like central Wisconsin, countering some of the warming from climate change. Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse.

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