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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER. RECYCLED STEEL.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q2 2023

Greentown Labs

Seventeen startups joined our community Q2 2023, working on innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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CES 2021: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis and balcony beekeeping

Business Green

Inevitably, the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the world over the past year fed into a number of the innovations show at this year's event, with a major focus on healthcare and face masks, but there were also clear signals of the growing importance of green consumer technologies in the home, on the go, on the plate and even in the skies.

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CES 2021's Green Highlights: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis, and balcony beekeeping

Business Green

Inevitably, the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the world over the past year fed into a number of the innovations on show at this year's event, with a major focus on healthcare and face masks, but there were also clear signals of the growing importance of green consumer technologies in the home, on the go, on the plate, and even in the skies.

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How To Create A Sustainability Plan: Executive Guide To Becoming A Sustainable Business – Step 4

Green Business Bureau

Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. Every industry and every business uses resources and energy differently. Can we use less or adopt clean alternative energy sources?

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. Others have lost their own homes to natural disasters. Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I I've always been an energy nerd and I just knew that was my place. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

Polluting packaging agents build up to foul habitats and ecological systems, creating unstable environments which threaten human well-being and security. Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. Pollution : Uncontrolled disposal. Combustion with energy generated. Waste generated.