Tag: Sustainable Business

Guest Post: Sustainably Sourced Materials & Doing Your Bit for the Environment During Your Next Building Project

When planning your next building project, think about the materials you’re going to use and how you’re going to recycle and reuse any materials you have left over when you’ve finished your project.

July 26, 2013
Green Roof At Penn. Children’s Hospital Contributes To Leed Potential

“Incorporation of natural spaces like green roofs helps Penn State Hershey fulfill our mission of providing comprehensive care to sick or injured children and their families, care that is focused on them and designed to help them heal not only physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well,” said Penn State Hershey Medical Center director of…

July 26, 2013
GE-Powered Santa Catarina Wind Farm Goes Online in Mexico

“Thanks to this project, we will be able to supply electricity for the next 20 years and generate important saving to the counties, which currently need the money to restore their finances, improve public services and continue working on security issues in Monterrey,” stated Carlos Jinich, general manager, Comexhidro.

July 25, 2013
GE-Powered Santa Catarina Wind Farm Goes Online in Mexico

“Thanks to this project, we will be able to supply electricity for the next 20 years and generate important saving to the counties, which currently need the money to restore their finances, improve public services and continue working on security issues in Monterrey,” stated Carlos Jinich, general manager, Comexhidro.

July 25, 2013
Thin, Flexible, Energy-Storing Glass Developed

A new type of glass — thin, flexible, and capable of storing energy at high temperatures (for use in high-power applications) — has been created by researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute. The glass — which is about 1/10th the thickness of display glass — could prove very useful for a variety of applications…

July 25, 2013