Category: Green Building LEED News
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Indonesia Gets World’s First Net-Zero Energy Skyscraper
This 99-story tower is the first where energy is the prime consideration.
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Oil Consultant Turned Whistleblower Exposes Fracking Crimes in Alberta
This You Tube is a compilation of segments from a 90 minute talk. Jessica Ernst worked for more than three decades as an environmental biologist doing research and independent consulting for the Alberta, Canada petroleum industry. One of her main clients was the EnCana Company, which began large-scale fracking in the region of her home community…
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Cool Planet Energy Closes $100 Million Round for Carbon-Negative Biofuels
Backed by big name investors, it builds small, modular biofuel refineries close to the source.
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Constellation Begins Construction on 1-MW Solar Project in California
Energy products and services provider Constellation today announced the construction of a 976-kWdc solar generation project that will help the city of Palmdale, Calif., meet state mandates forrenewable power generation and greenhouse gas reduction. Scheduled for completion in the summer of 2014, the solar generation project is expected to eliminate 1.8 million pounds ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Climate Change Will Make it Harder to Grow These 5 Foods
Last week’s release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change latest report gave many their first glimpse into how climate change might impact the foods they rely on for nutrition. The report took the spotlight away from extreme weather, exposing food and resource wars as other potential results of the world’s changing climate. If battles…