Category: Green Building LEED News
-
Realities of Shifting to a Sustainable Economy
“The true nature of the international system under which we were living was not realized until it failed.” —Karl Polanyi A transition to a sustainable economy requires not only population stabilization, breakthroughs in resource productivity and checks on material consumption, but also constraints on aggregate investment. Built into the DNA of finance is the goal…
-
Lights Would Stay On With More Flexible, Distributed Microgrids
The US grid would be much more resilient if it were divided into chunks of 500-700 connections instead of today’s 16,000.
-
Ohio Moves on Fracking-Earthquake Connection
A consortium of states are now looking in this, and Ohio has issued the first regulations.
-
Obama Tackles Wildfire Threat with New Strategy
The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy seeks to restore the health of forests and prevention efforts as wildfires become more frequent and severe.
-
9 Fascinating Facts About Animals
After reading this post, and you’ll be even more in love with animals than you already are. 1. Clams Are Complicated They can change gender once during their lifetime, right after their juvenile stage, but only from male to female. Many other mollusks are either hermaphroditic or have the ability to change sex. 2. Jewel…