Category: Green Building LEED News
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Greenbuild 2013: Rick Fedrizzi Keynote
Category: Event Published on: 26 Nov 2013 Feature image: …
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How Proposed Electric Motor Standards Could Lead to Large Energy Savings
[caption id="attachment_313536" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Meg Waltner Like the vast majority of Americans, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about electric motors in the 1-to-500 horsepower range. Astoundingly, though, these motors consume about 50 percent of all the electricity used by industry in the U.S. That’s right: 50 percent.…
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How Proposed Electric Motor Standards Could Lead to Large Energy Savings
[caption id="attachment_313536" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Meg Waltner Like the vast majority of Americans, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about electric motors in the 1-to-500 horsepower range. Astoundingly, though, these motors consume about 50 percent of all the electricity used by industry in the U.S. That’s right: 50 percent.…
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Shoppers Beware: Toxic Chemicals Found in 150 Consumer Products
Products with chemical hazards remain widely available in stores. Shoppers need to take caution this holiday season. Although major retailers such as Walmart and Target have established policies to address many of these chemical hazards, those retailers still carry many toxic products. And many other retailers do not have such policies. [caption id="attachment_313531" align="alignnone" width="500"] The…
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Shoppers Beware: Toxic Chemicals Found in 150 Consumer Products
Products with chemical hazards remain widely available in stores. Shoppers need to take caution this holiday season. Although major retailers such as Walmart and Target have established policies to address many of these chemical hazards, those retailers still carry many toxic products. And many other retailers do not have such policies. [caption id="attachment_313531" align="alignnone" width="500"] The…