Category: Green Building LEED News
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Chevrolet ‘credits’ schools for clean energy leadership
Colleges and universities across the United States are pledging to reduce their carbon emissions. There’s a clean energy revolution happening in communities across the country and a lot of ingenuity and commitment behind it. read more
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Chevrolet funds campuses to “do more good”
Published on: 12 Feb 2014 Feature image: Colleges and universities can now use support from Chevrolet to enhance the energy performance of individual or multiple buildings on a campus as they strive toward delivering superior L…
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4 Reasons the Sochi Olympics Are an Environmental Disaster
By Kevin Mathews You may see a lot of gold, silver and bronze at the Olympics, but one color you definitely won’t see much of in Sochi is green. Years ago, Russia won its Olympic bid in large part by pledging to host the most environmentally friendly Games ever. Now, however, it’s clear that Sochi did not…
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Nonprofit Group Says Solar, Energy Storage Can Protect Cities
To become more resilient in the face of severe weather events, communities should rely on proven distributed energy technologies like solar with energy storage to protect residents during power outages, according to a new report released today by the nonprofit […] — Solar Builder magazine
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What to Eat If You’re Under the Weather (Or Trying Not to Be)
Sometimes, when my sister feels the first hint of a bug, she requests I make my immune system support soup. I have to admit, there’s no recipe that I follow. It simply involves adding to broth as much fresh onion, garlic and ginger that can be stomached (and any vegetables on hand, like carrots). I…