LEED Points

Tag: Sustainable Business

  • Aging Sewer Infrastructures Need Critical Upkeep Actions

    As Marion Divers, a principal author of the study, has pointed out: “You build a sewer system once, put it underground, and unless there’s a catastrophic failure, you may not have a reason to dig it up and make sure it’s not leaking. Now sewers across the United States and in Pittsburgh are aging, and…

  • Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shaping North into South

    BU-led international team shows significant reduction in temperature and vegetation seasonality over northern latitudes An international team of 21 authors from 17 institutions in seven countries has just published a study in the journal Natural Climate Change showing that, as the cover of snow and ice in the northern latitudes has diminished in recent years, the temperature…

  • Climate Change Compendium from NASA

    The following websites addressing global climate change come from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I was happy to discover such a wealth of information. This compendium that should be shared far and wide, in schools, churches, neighborhood associations, and more.

  • Biofuels: Researchers Propose New Solution So Biofuel Plants Don’t Become Noxious Weeds

    A Virginia Tech researcher, along with another scientist and two attorneys, has authored an innovative article in the journal BioSciencethat proposes a way to improve and streamline the regulatory methodology for evaluating the invasive potential of plants, especially biofuel feedstocks, that are under consideration for large-scale cultivation.

  • SmartDrive Fuel Propels Fleets to Dramatic Savings in Fuel Costs and Reductions in CO2 Emissions

    SmartDrive Systems, a leader in driving performance solutions that reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, announced today enhancements to its SmartDrive Fuel™ program. The enhancements continue to boost SmartDrive’s technology leadership in fleet safety and fuel efficiency, enabling fleets to improve fuel economy as much as 14%, and eliminate thousands of pounds of CO2 per…