Bigger houses, smaller energy bills: It can be done
When Brian Castelli rebuilt his house in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC two years ago, it turned out to be twice the size of the one that used to sit on the same lot. That might seem excessive, but it turns out that with some smart, low-cost efficiencies, his heating and electric bills are smaller than they were with the previous house.
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Cabot Earns Sustainability Recognition from Illinois Governor
Cabot Corp. (NYSE: CBT) has been named a 2011 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award winner for outstanding performance at its Tuscola, Ill., facility.
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Indo-German Cooperation Project to Assess Role of Indian MSMEs in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
On behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has launched a project jointly with the Indian Ministry of MSME to assess the impact of climate change on competitiveness, innovation and business potential for Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
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10,000 Green Homes in California to Save Energy, Water and Fight Climate Change
Build It Green, California’s leading expert on residential green building, announced a major milestone today: 10,000 single- and multi-family homes will receive the GreenPoint Rated label, representing the gold standard in green home construction and remodels, by the end of 2011.
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Love’s Travel Stops to Open 10 New CNG Fueling Stations with Chesapeake Energy across Oklahoma
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, an Oklahoma City-based and family-owned operator of 280 travel stops and convenience stores, today announced plans to add 10 publicly accessible compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations at existing locations across Oklahoma.
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NVIDIA Deploys the Hara Energy and Sustainability System of Record to Enable Energy Conservation Goals and Improve Resource Data Accuracy
HaraTM, a leader in enterprise energy management and sustainability software, today announced that NVIDIA has implemented Hara’s solution to track, verify and manage NVIDIA’s global energy activities and correlating emissions.
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GE Working to Cut Solar Installation Costs in Half, Make Rooftop Solar More Affordable
With the goal of making solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on rooftops more affordable for home and building owners, a team of scientists and engineers from GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is working on two projects aimed at simplifying and reducing the cost of solar PV installations.
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Water use rising faster than world population
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:52am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn. Article source: Source
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Facebook Goes Green
Of all the applications to add up on Facebook, I think that this Green application would be something that offers great use and purpose. This application, which is going to be launched on Facebook soon, helps users track their energy usage and compare this with their friends. This endevour is a partnership between Facebook and [...]
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Get Tips to Save Energy Today and All Year, from Taco, Inc.
A free tip-sheet of strategies to achieve immediate energy savings is available to homeowners for download at the Taco, Inc., website. http://homeowners.taco-hvac.com/
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