Monthly Archives: January 2008

Study: Ozone, Filters Linked to Sick Building Symptoms

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley (Calif.) National Laboratory has found evidence that the prevalence of building-related symptoms increases with increasing outdoor concentrations of the pollutant ozone. … Continue reading →

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Wanna Be Green?

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Interior Design. You read about them, maybe even meet them, but haven’t any idea how to be like them. I’m talking about really green design firms, whose projects—and they only do green projects—are held up … Continue reading →

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Nano-what? How It Will Change Almost Everything

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Interior Design. The most exciting technology you’ve never heard of is all around us working its tiny wonders

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Retailing Green

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Interior Design. …it isn’t only the national chains that are going green. Many communities can now boast of green building materials stores, beginning with Seattle’s Environmental Home Center, which may have been the first of … Continue reading →

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Torvalds: Linux ready to go green

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story from News.com. The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linux leader Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne this week attending Australia’s largest Linux conference.

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Green Technology Overview

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Environmental Leader. Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

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Companies promise to cut water use

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Financial Times. Some of the UK’s biggest food and drink companies pledged to cut their use of water in a move that could save them a total of £60m a year.

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The latest issue of GreenerBuildings News

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

A full-color, graphic version of this newsletter is available online at: http://www.greenerbuildings.com/enewsletter Using Water Management Strategies to Boost the Triple Bottom Line By Tom Ash http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?Page=1&NewsID=36594 Smart water management can be a simple improvement to facilities, but one that can … Continue reading →

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State to probe development of 'green' chemicals

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Los Angeles Times. In an effort to reduce industry’s reliance on toxic compounds, state environmental officials today will lay out a framework for transforming California into a leader in the development and use of … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal launches environmental blog

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Laura B.

Environmental Capital provides daily news and analysis of the business of the environment. It tracks how growing green concern, particularly over climate change, is roiling established industries and spurring new ones – and how that shift is affecting investors, consumers … Continue reading →

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