Tag: Sustainable Buildings
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Greening the construction industry for human and ecological health
The built environment is one of the most important dimensions of the sustainability movement. While green architectural designs promise low carbon footprint projects, and green building practice…
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ABCs of green building
Since the beginning of 2013, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council has followed more than 90 bills across 30 states that seek to advance healthy, high-performing school…
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Building for life
When it comes to satisfying the world’s almost insatiable appetite for energy, nothing beats energy efficiency. While the efficiency of commercial buildings has improved significantly in recent decades, the building industry has only begun to tap the energy reserves trapped in underperforming facilities. Trane, a 100-year global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services, foresees…
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The ‘next big thing’ can wait
When it comes to satisfying the world’s almost insatiable appetite for energy, nothing beats energy efficiency. While the efficiency of commercial buildings has improved significantly in recent decades, the building industry has only begun to tap the energy reserves trapped in underperforming facilities. Trane, a 100-year global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services, foresees…
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Earth day 2013
For the past several years, I’ve used Earth Day as an opportunity to look at Microsoft’s progress on environmental sustainability issues over the past 12 months and where we are headed in the year to come. The most significant progress to report is around Microsoft’s work to achieve carbon neutrality in our current fiscal year.…