Author: LEED Blogger
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Salt’s Role in Building Damage Identified
Researchers have found the main factors that influence the amount and type of building damage caused by various types of salts. More…
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New High-performance Supercapacitor Developed in California
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has developed a new graphene-based supercapacitor, which is based on a nanoscale architecture. This breakthrough supercapacitor offers double the energy and power performance over today’s available competitors. Supercapacitors like this could one day be used for charging high-performance electric cars and personal electronics by…
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How Green Is Your Tech?
This is a guest post by Jordan Jacobs, which was originally posted on Singlehop.com. This is very interesting stuff. Hope you enjoy it, and it gets you thinking….Jim How Green is Your Tech? by Jordan Jacobs Industry Insights Climate change is on nearly everybody’s mind, in one way or another. Becoming more aware of the effects of…
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Solar Capacity in Central America to Increase Tremendously
Set to install an impressive 1.5 GW of PV capacity within a six-year period through 2018, Central America is attracting attention from PV developers from around the world, according to a new report from IHS Technology. This year, total PV capacity for the six countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Awesome Modern Shipping Container Home
Another shipping container home design worth noting is Caterpillar House (or Casa Oruga in Spanish), which is located in the hills just outside of Santiago, Chile. This home was designed by architect Sebastián Irarrázaval from Chile and it was constructed using 12 recycled shipping containers. Among other sustainable features, the one that stands out the…