Author: LEED Blogger
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Listening to Plants
Photo: Video screen capture EuroNews Plants, just like humans and animals, have a way of communicating with each other. Their language is comprised of electrical signals, through which they send messages to other plants. And now an international group of scientists is developing a way to analyze these electrical signals, and translate them into information…
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Top Commercial Shipping Container Projects
Using shipping containers to build residential houses is a great way of recycling the disused containers that are piling up in ports across the world. While more and more people are opting to build their houses out of shipping containers, an even bigger impact can be made when companies, or even governments decide to use…
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Use of Sustainable Products Spreads in Hospitals
The switch to green products comes to healthcare facilities. More…
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A Shipping Container Apartment Complex Soon in DC
Photo: Travis Price Architects Washington DC will soon get it’s very own apartment complex made of repurposed shipping containers. The complex will be located at 3305 Seventh Street. NE in Brookland. The firm Equity Group LLC is behind the project, which will involve turning an existing single family home into a three-story, four-unit shipping container apartment…
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NRG Energy Acquires Pure Energies Group, Strengthens Residential Solar Business
NRG Energy Inc. has acquired Pure Energies Group Inc., a residential solar industry leader in the critical area of web-based customer acquisition. Pure Energies completes the residential solar capabilities NRG has been working to assemble and perfectly complements NRG’s acquisition earlier this year of Roof Diagnostics Solar, a leader inRead More — Solar Builder magazine