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The Green Business Certification Checklist: How To Prepare and Plan for Success 

Green Business Bureau

Trusted third-party organizations like LEED, B Corp and Green Business Bureau provide certification programs that can prove your company’s green cred. But at their core, they all assess a very similar set of policies and procedures. Organic and Sustainable Food Certifications. Do we communicate policies company-wide?

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Landscape Projects Designed to Meet MWELO Requirements: SmartLandscape Initiative at UC Davis

Green Technology

You will hear from such organizations as August Berres, First Note Finance inc., the California Conservation Corps, Ferguson HVAC, Whitson Contracting and Management, Smart Rain, Veregy, MBTechnology, Constructive Systems Inc. and many more.

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6 Takeaways for Staying Cool on a Warming Planet

Elemental Excelerator

We spoke about both challenges and opportunities and how climate tech innovators, investors, and community-based organizations are creating, investing in, and supporting the solutions we need to meet growing demand in an equitable and sustainable way. The HVAC industry has been slow to evolve as well.

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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

. “It’s because we have these really strict regulations on keeping temperature and relative humidity at certain levels in the name of preserving the collections,” said Caitlin Southwick, a former art conservator who now runs an organization called Ki Culture that helps museums transition to more sustainable practices.

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IRA Turns 1: Forget Crawl, Let’s Run!

AutoGrid

The legislation has also helped fuel today’s remarkably resilient economy, with approximately 142,000 clean energy-related jobs being created according to the Climate Power organization. The IRA also includes tax credits for heat pumps, solar photovoltaic systems, electric HVAC upgrades, water heaters and electric vehicles (EVs).

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A Boom Is Coming for All-Electric Homes Despite Lagging Consumer Awareness

GreenTechMedia

The suite of policy measures in the deal includes a goal to at least double the current rates of renovation in public and private buildings across Europe beginning in 2020. The poll (PDF), commissioned by a group of organizations that advocate for clean energy, including the Sierra Club and Earthjustice, was conducted by FM3 Research.

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DISTRIBUTECH keynote message: AI can build the grid of the future and improve our work lives

Smart Energy International

Kass said this is a concern he hears often when he talks to organizations. Besides scepticism and resistance to adopting this technology, the industry is hampered by three issues: A computing deficit (lack of microchips), an energy deficit, and bad policy. Kass said we will achieve AGI by 2030, maybe earlier. Short answer, no.