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Building Sustainability Checklist: 28 Tips to Make Your Building More Eco-Friendly.

Green Business Bureau

Follow this checklist to help your building become more sustainable in the following areas: lighting, construction, heating and cooling, water, energy, waste, indoor environment, landscaping, and maintenance. Heating and Cooling. Sustainable operation and maintenance. Building Sustainability Checklist.

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The HVAC Industry: Upcoming Trends for Technicians

The Environmental Blog

Do you work in the HVAC industry? This post will explore some of the top trends HVAC workers should focus on. 5 Trends for HVAC Technicians to Watch . This post will explore some of the top trends HVAC workers should focus on. 5 Trends for HVAC Technicians to Watch . Ductless HVACs. Being budget-friendly.

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Mercedes battery pack plant in Alabama will shorten supply chain, reduce emissions

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The Stuttgart-based automaker has invested a cool billion bucks in Bammy to convert production lines to its EVA2 platform and build the battery assembly plant. Mercedes is also focused on recycling. Mercedes-Benz is starting to build its own battery recycling plant in Germany, based on hydrometallurgy.”.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

RECYCLED STEEL. 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%. RECYCLED PLASTIC. BIO-BASED AND RECYCLED INSULATION. minority and women-owned suppliers).

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Sustainable Facilities Forum – Education Program

Green Technology

the California Conservation Corps, Ferguson HVAC, Whitson Contracting and Management, Smart Rain, Veregy, MBTechnology, Constructive Systems Inc. Additional Showcase Videos: Registrants will also have access within the Forum virtual platform to product and service videos, and how you can benefit from these with your sustainability projects.

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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. With this latest cohort, Elemental is infusing another $12.5M

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This industrial complex has a facade made from its own construction waste

AGreenLiving

The building features sunken courtyards with earth-cooled floors and a stone screen facade made from the complex’s own construction waste. Part of the structure is sunken into the ground, combating the hot and dry regional climate to stay cool in the warmer summer months and warm during the winter. Read the rest here:Â .