Tag: Green Business
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Energy Efficient T8 LED Lamps by Cree
The commercial sector, which includes commercial and institutional buildings as well as street and highway lighting, consumes the majority of kilowatt-hours of energy per year, which is why it is so important that they start using LED based lighting. Most of these commercial buildings and places are also fitted with fluorescent sockets based on the…
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Starting Small Pays Big Dividends in the Urban Green Revolution
What can we take from this revolutionary wave of small, creative interventions? That residents can play…
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Green Roof Helps Vietnamese Kindergartners Learn Sustainability and Grow Food
The new school has plenty of room for students to learn, play and grow food…
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A Stylish Solar Charger for Your Gadgets
A few years ago, the company Rawlemon designed a spherical lens solar generator, which works better to capture solar energy than a regular solar panel array, and looks much better. The original Rawlemon spherical lens solar generator was created by a Barcelona designer and architect André Broessel of Beta Torics. The system basically uses a…
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Colorado’s First Passive House
Brookfield Residential’s Midtown Residence Eight in Denver, is the first Colorado home to receive the Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS) certification. It is also the first house made by a US production builder to receive this certification. The home was designed by KGA Studio Architects. To achieve the Passive House certification, the home has a…