An international green construction code will change the game. Are we ready?
Similar to the organization’s building performance improvement mission, the 2030 Challenge for Products will set benchmarks for reducing the carbon footprint of building materials by targeting greenhouse gas emissions resulting from manufacturing and transportation.
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announces initiatives to install cool roof technologies on DOE properties and other federal buildings.
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The Environmental Protection Agency awarded 34 small businesses with a total of $2.38 million to develop technologies that improve air quality, protect water, and decrease the effects of climate change.
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The economic downturn in the commercial real estate industry has diminished the importance of climate change and alternative energy sources as a factor in real estate investment decisions, according to a survey of U.S.
Using a series of wells or blower, flare, or vacuum systems, landfill gas can be extracted and converted into usable energy
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Monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions data will be required from large emitters starting Jan. 1, 2010.
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The U.S. and China signed a memorandum of understanding as a joint commitment to reach an international agreement to address climate change.
The controversy over the upcoming climate change bill in the House of Representatives will make the debate over healthcare seem small.
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The Clinton Climate Initiative, New York, and U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, D.C., have expanded their part- nership to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions from the built environment on a global scale.