Tag: alternative energy
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New NASA Base Shapes the Future of Green Building Technology
The new NASA Sustainability Base was designed by William McDonough + Partners to embody the spirit of NASA while fostering collaboration, supporting health and well-being, and exceed the requirements of LEED® Platinum with systems that will eventually use only renewable energy and closed-loop water maintenance facilities. An exoskeleton approach provides for structural stability during seismic…
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This Week in Energy News – February 22, 2013
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, New York City is preparing for the next big storm and a California land rush could result in alternative energy providing the state with 100% of its power needs. Proposed: Four Miles of Manhattan’s East River to be Redeveloped with Storm Barrier WXY Architecture + Urban Design, working…
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Mehoopany Wind Farm Now in Full Commercial Operation
BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas and Power announced in early January 2013 that their $250 million wind farm project in Pennsylvania has gone into full commercial operation. The Mehoopany Wind Farm, located about twenty miles northwest of Scranton, is the state’s largest wind project. “This is a great project all the way around,”…
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The Month in Review: January 2013
Here are some of the top stories in eco news for the month of January, 2013. Fiscal Cliff Deal in United States Extends Biofuel Incentives In Green Car News, the United States Senate signed off on a budget agreement that was designed to avoid the “fiscal cliff” and has been the center of debate. For…
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Milan’s Bosco Verticale On Track to Become World’s First Vertical Forest
Milan, Italy is one of Europe’s most polluted cities, its air quality frequently breaching safety limits set by the EU and causing city officials to install a ventilation system in 2009 in an effort to reduce damage to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper that resides in the Santa Maria delle Grazie church. In 2003,…