LEED Points

Tag: Sustainable Business

  • Looking at Radiant or Underfloor Heating

    Come wintertime, most people have little trouble locating all the cold spots in the house they want to avoid. That is, unless they happen to have radiant, underfloor heating in place. According to the Underfloor Trade Store, modern underfloor heating systems are growing in popularity in the UK. Homeowners enjoy low operating costs, low environmental…

  • Moving the Smart Cities Idea from Concept to Reality

    The goal of smart cities is to enhance the lives of residents through improved performance, efficiency and functionality. This is expressed through an increase in living standards, improvement of communities, and betterment of the overall city experience. Cities are hoping to pour the savings derived from these efficiencies back into city projects to ultimately drive…

  • Harvesting Electricity from Carbon Dioxide

    They describe technology that would react the CO2 with water or other liquids and, with further processing, produce a flow of electrons that make up electric current. It could produce about 1,570 billion kilowatts of additional electricity annually if used to harvest CO2 from power plants, industry and residences. That’s about 400 times the annual…

  • Guest Post: Go Green On Your Roof

    A green roof or a living roof has a profound effect on the quality of life of an individual and the surrounding community alike. Its influence is particularly noticeable in urban areas, where concrete and unnatural materials dominate the landscape. Besides the obvious aesthetic appeal, having vegetation on the roof has many practical advantages over…

  • NASA Captures Earth View From Saturn

    Video News by NewsLook This is the first time NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images of Earth and its moon as distinct objects.