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

Green Business Bureau

The main challenges with building sustainability involve reducing overall impact to human health the and the environment. It will save you money in the long run in operational costs, reduce your environmental impact, and improve the health and lives of your occupants. Challenges. Increasing energy efficiency. Maintenance. Conclusion.

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Can ACs cool the world without warming it?

Grist

Public health organizations like the Clinton Health Access Initiative , or CHAI, have also begun putting resources behind better AC, with the goal of bringing it to those who need it most. How will it change the HVAC units and window ACs we’ve grown to rely on? This week, we start with the tech side.

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Secrets of a long partnership in gas detection (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

CETCI also manufactures fixed gas detection systems, controllers and transmitters that are deployed to monitor hazardous gases; protecting health and safety in confined spaces and indoor environments. These facilities can present a variety of potential hazards to human health. A car park installation.

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CO2 monitors facilitate rollout of environmentally friendly refrigeration in Australian supermarkets

Envirotec Magazine

However, Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) caused damage to the ozone layer and were phased out following the Montreal Protocol in 1987. Production of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) then increased globally, because they are less harmful to stratospheric ozone. Monitoring carbon dioxide.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

If you’re running an event inside a building, then 44% of that building’s energy consumption is attributed to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, and 28% to lighting equipment. Some of these chemicals can then persist in nature, entering food chains, and ultimately harming human health.

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Preventing aerosol transmission

Envirotec Magazine

A recent article on this topic appeared in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , with expert contributions from the Leipzig Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), the CSIR National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi, the Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate in Rome, and 2B Technologies in Colorado.

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Different Types of Insulation that contribute in Energy Efficiency of the Building

Econaur

Rigid fibrous or fiber insulation FiberglassMineral (rock or slag) wool Ducts in unconditioned spacesOther places requiring insulation that can withstand high temperatures HVAC contractors fabricate the insulation into ducts either at their shops or at the job sites. Can withstand high temperatures. Types of Foam Insulation.