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Renovations and Improvements for Sustainable Homes

Green Business Bureau

Creating a sustainable home doesn’t necessarily mean you have to purchase the latest green gadgets and install solar panels on your roof. Responsible maintenance and budget-friendly renovations can go a long way towards minimizing your home’s carbon footprint. Regular Home Maintenance and Repairs. Check for HVAC Leaks.

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How To Sustain A Carbon-Neutral Lifestyle

The Environmental Blog

Carbon Emission, Clean Energy. Carbon-free refers to activities and lifestyles that don’t generate any carbon emissions. This step requires lifestyle changes and making the necessary green home upgrades. So, consider commuting to work, use eco-friendly alternatives such as riding a bicycle, or invest in an electric car.

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Radon Awareness Week 4-10 November: Campaign takes to the airwaves warning of hidden cancer risk

Envirotec Magazine

Indoor air quality specialist and Radon expert Airthings, was among firms offering insight into the problem: “Radon enters a building as the air pressure within a building is usually lower than the pressure in the soil and rocks around the building’s foundation. It enters through a process referred to as advection. Sealing cracks.

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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

POPs are ubiquitous in our environment (water systems, soil, air and sediments) and they bioaccumulate, passing from species to species through the trophic chain, ultimately ending up in the human body. While this technique is powerful and effective, it is primarily used to analyze targeted compounds of interest.

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State of the nation

Envirotec Magazine

The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. million m3 of water storage and increased flood resilience to 15,000 homes, said a statement.

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Empty labs, abandoned research: Coronavirus puts climate science on hold

Grist

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. As the pandemic upends daily life, researchers are trying to make do, writing up papers from home and adapting expeditions on the fly. Sasha Peterson. “I

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Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide: Climate-Smart Agriculture

EDF + Business

Key Takeaways IRA adds $2 billion of funding to REAP in the next decade and increases grant share to 40% for all projects starting in 2023 Covers a variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies such as wind, solar, biomass (incl. biomass, anaerobic digester, wind, solar) Energy Efficiency Investments (e.g.,