LEED Points

Tag: Green Technology

  • Energy Efficiency Put to the Test: Keeping Green in the Winter

    This is a guest post by Ken Myers. Thanks Ken. Air conditioning in the summer can easily drive the electric bill to high levels. However, winter can easily surpass the energy used to keep yourself warm. Unlike the summer, the cold of winter can be relentless and has fewer ways you can adapt. If you…

  • 10 Reasons to Consider Aquaponics

    This is a guest post from blogger, bAmanda Kostina. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics. The former concerns the raising of aquatic animals, while the later deals with growing plants or vegetables in water. By combining the two, aquaponics creates a mutually beneficial system where water and nutrients are recycled naturally. By feeding…

  • Attacking the Plastic Waste Epidemic Head On

    We were very pleased to discover this organization called the Plastic Bank.  It’s predicated on the idea that waste plastic, which is one of the world’s most daunting environmental challenges, possesses what they believe to be an “abundance of opportunity”. Their site, www.plasticbank.org, lays out the argument in very lucid terms and you come away…

  • Are Biofuels Becoming Commercially Viable?

    The argument for and against biofuels in the United States has raged back and forth for years. On the one hand, there are people who shout that one should never turn food (typically corn) into fuel. On the other hand are people shouting back that oil won’t go on forever, and they need to find…

  • Leadership in Sustainable Manufacturing: Ecovative Design

    This is a business feature worth sharing. Ecovative Design features a shining example for manufacturing building materials on a sustainable basis. It grows the insulating products it manufactures and sells.