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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Stormwater Automotive Batteries Cooling 101

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 .

Stormwater 36

Stormwater Education Cooling Demand 36

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The historic significance of the site to the tribes, combined with its incredible natural beauty, inspired the team to produce a project that is imbued with a deep sense of history, while at the same time recognizing the vitality and forward-looking orientation of the area’s original inhabitants.”

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Solar Power Stormwater Cooling Transportation 36

AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2020

In addition to walls of glass that let in natural light and ventilation, the home draws power from a rooftop solar array and minimizes its environmental footprint with rainwater collection tanks for irrigation and toilet-flushing. For energy efficiency, the Colorbond tray deck roof is fitted with a 10.26 kW photovoltaic system.

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Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Power 36

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This report, a collaboration between more than a dozen federal agencies and a wide array of academic researchers, takes stock of just how severe global warming has become and meticulously breaks down its effects by geography — 10 distinct regions in total, encompassing all of the country’s states and territories. Residents have ideas.

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Climate change Agriculture Fossil fuels Sea level rise 145

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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Carbon Real Estate Carbon-neutral Sustainability 46