Tag: Sustainable Business
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New-Age Cement Made from Recycled Fly Ash
VHSC Cement produces Pozzoslag 1.2 using coal fly ash as a raw material through its patented reactor system, which uses both physical and chemical means to create a new cementitious material. Developed to overcome the early set time issues that have historically hindered the use of higher volumes of fly ash and slag in many…
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Waterless Urinals on Display at Green Schools Exhibition in Washington, D.C.
Waterless Co.—and its no-water urinal systems in particular—is no stranger to being acknowledged for sustainability efforts. Earlier this year the company earned one of the highest scores—4.5 out of a possible 5—in the newEnvironmental Leader Technology Reviews program.
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Trees Using Water More Efficiently When Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises
The study, “Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise,” was published on-line today in the journal Nature. Dave Hollinger, a plant physiologist with the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station, is a co-author with lead author Trevor Keenan of Harvard University and colleagues from The Ohio State University, Indiana University, and…
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Siemens Launches Smart City Project In Vienna, Austria — Aspern
Vienna, Austria will soon be home to a large smart city pilot project — one which will create a multifunctional urban district that features intelligent power grids, power supply, building systems, and communication technologies, which all work together within the Aspern region of Vienna. The project officially began on July 3 with the creation of…
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Sustainable Business Oregon editor – Sustainable Business Oregon
Sustainable Business Oregon editorSustainable Business OregonSkanska made the decision after the Chamber backed “a chemical industry-led initiative to effectively ban the future use of LEED for government buildings.” The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard govern …