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Monday, September 13th, 2010
First Up – 2012 London’s Green Olympics
For the London 2012 Games , the Brits are creating venues, facilities and infrastructure that will leave a lasting social, economic and environmental legacy for London and the UK. The site remediation will bring existing land back into public use and create significant improvements in the quantity and quality of green space in east London.
Everything about the project is designed to champion low-waste, low carbon emissions, and green transportation. Timber used in the construction of venues is from fully traceable legal and sustainable sources, public transport will be promoted as the best way to get around, and all energy generated will be renewable. (more…)
Tags: 30 bridges, carbon construction, carbon emissions, climate, construction products industry, east london, energy, energy centre, environment, go green, green, lea valley, london 2012, management contractor, olympic park, reduction target, s green, significant improvements, site remediation, sustainable sources, technologic, transport waste, vibrant places, water, water reduction, water use, wind
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Harvesting Your Own Safe, Fresh, Vegetables – Year Round
The Benson Institute in Provo, Utah is a nonprofit organization established in 1975 as a division of the College of Biology and Agriculture at Brigham Young University (BYU). Named in honor of Ezra Taft Benson, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during President Dwight Eisenhower’s administration. Throughout his life, Ezra Taft Benson worked to help others help themselves. (more…)
Tags: brigham young, brigham young university, earth, economic circumstances, economic self reliance, educational experience, environment, Environmentalism, ezra taft benson, family resources, health university, Kids and Teens, money, native tongue, people of the andes, poor families, president dwight eisenhower, provo utah, ripple effect, School Time, secretary of agriculture, self sufficiency, Sustainability, Sustainable living, teaching community, three decades, vegetable production
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
DOE Announces $30 Million for Energy-Efficient Housing Partnerships
July 20, 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes. These highly-qualified, multidisciplinary teams will receive a total of up to $30 million for the initial eighteen months of the projects to deliver innovative energy efficiency strategies to the residential market and address barriers to bringing high-efficiency homes within reach for all Americans. A total of up to $20 million per year will also be made available for the partnerships for three potential one-year extensions. These research and deployment partnerships will provide technical assistance to retrofit projects and will leverage industry expertise and funding to support DOE’s energy efficiency retrofit programs. (more…)
Tags: address barriers, carbon pollution, climate, demonstration projects, efficiency strategies, efficiency upgrades, energy, energy bills, energy efficient housing, energy today, environment, go green, green, high efficiency, home energy efficiency, industry expertise, Joe Biden, president joe, private sector companies, residential energy, residential market, retrofits, secretary of energy, steven chu, using tools, water, wind
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
2010 – Birth Of Oregon Sustainability Center’s Living Building
Later this year construction will begin on the edge of the Portland State University campus in downtown Portland, for a living building – the Oregon Sustainability Center (OSC). Bringing together academic, government, nonprofit and business sectors to advance the region’s innovation in sustainability. (more…)
Tags: academic government, biological wastewater treatment, business sectors, carbon emissions, city of portland, climate, energy, environment, gallon storage tank, go green, green, high rise building, hydrological cycle, local aquifers, natural patterns, oregon environmental council, oregon university system, policy education, portland development commission, portland state university, rain water, replicable model, sustainability institute, wastewater treatment system, water, wind, year construction
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