Category: Green Building LEED News
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9 Ways to Cook for One With Zero Waste
For us singletons living alone out there, and hey, there are a lot of us—27 percent of U.S. households to be exact—cooking for one can result in a lot of wasted food. Food packaging sized for bigger households, recipes designed to feed families, and confusing expiration dates all make it difficult to create properly portioned…
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3 Trends That Will Revolutionize How We Use Products
Imagine this. You are in a not so distant future. From where you are sitting on your couch, your life looks the same. But at a closer look, things have changed a bit. First of all, the couch is not exactly yours. You rent it from a furniture company until you’re ready for an update.…
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Riding Together Against Keystone XL
To politicians in Washington, the Keystone XL pipeline is an abstraction: just another political football to hurl back and forth across partisan lines. But along the pipeline’s proposed route, Keystone XL is a clear and present danger, threatening a people’s traditional way of life—not to mention the health and safety of their communities. [caption id=”attachment_331504″…
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Google Invests in Wind and Solar Again
Google signed on for 407 MW of wind to power its Iowa data centers, and is creating a new solar leasing fund with SunPower.
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California Schools Get First Wave Of Efficiency Upgrades
Schools will get almost $400 million this year alone for efficiency upgrades and clean energy.