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What Can Architecture Learn From Nature?
By following the principles of biomimicry, architects and designers are making highly efficient structures and systems, from buildings that cool themselves to solar panels that follow the sun. Read More
Vattenfall Launches CCS Pilot
A project being touted as one of the world's first carbon capture and sequestration pilots will be commissioned next week in Germany. Read More
Google and Aussies to Sink Millions Into Geothermal Energy
The hunt for renewable energy took a turn beneath the earth’s surface over the past week as Google and the Australian government announced multi-million dollar plans to explore geothermal technology. Read More
Global Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Biofuels Production: Version Zero
A coalition of farmers, businesses, governments and nonprofits released the first draft of a biofuels global standard. The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) created the set of principles that it hopes will guide worldwide production and processing for the controversial fuel that has recently come under fire because of environmental and food price concerns. Read More
New Certification to Help Commercial Kitchens Go Green
FoodServiceWarehouse.com launches its Going Green Program today for restaurant operators interested in meeting LEED standards, or scaling back operating costs at a time when rising energy and food prices are threatening profit margins. Read More
Chicken Manure to Power Chinese Farm
A chicken farm north of Beijing will use biogas from chicken manure to generate power and heat. Read More
China’s Clean Revolution: Executive Summary
A report from the Climate Group funds that China is the world's leader in renewable energy generation, in terms of installed capacity, and second for renewable energy investment. Read More
A Green New Deal
A Green New Deal offers an ambitious range of policies to solve the triple crunch of the credit crisis, climate change and high oil prices. Read More
2008 Healthcare Energy Efficiency Indicator
Healthcare executives place greater importance on energy efficiency compared with their counterparts in other industries, according to findings of a new study commissioned by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and Johnson Controls. Read More
Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap
Exelon explains how it plans to reduce, displace or offset 15.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually by 2020. Read More