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Storing Energy in the Freezer: Long-Duration Thermal Storage Comes of Age

GreenTechMedia

Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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

Green Business Bureau

Increasing energy efficiency. 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. Tip # 3: Add sun control and shading devices. Improving air quality and lighting.

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6 Step Guide to Design and Create A Sustainable Greenhouse

Green Business Bureau

But if designed without sustainability in mind, greenhouses can be quite energy and water intensive. Optimizing energy usage. This will help to save energy on lighting for off season and will make it a prime spot to place solar panels. Ideally, invest in glass panels instead of plastic.

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6 Straightforward Ways to Create an Eco-Friendly Business

The Environmental Blog

One small yet effective way is to remove plastic cups and replace them with a reusable water bottle for each worker. Also, don’t overlook the power of incentivizing. Renewable energy sources. A business can enjoy a whole host of benefits by using renewable energy. Watch your water usage.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Electricity. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer.

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How to Build an Eco-Friendly Home

The Environmental Blog

An eco-friendly house is designed with recycled materials, renewable energy sources, and sustainable landscapes. When constructed properly, it can help lessen pollution and allow you to enjoy savings on water and energy usage, and it can increase the value of your home. At present, there are different types of solar panels.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Advocating.