Daily Archives: February 6, 2008

More Study Needed on POPs-Diabetes Link

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Cambridge scientists are advocating additional research into the little understood links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes. In the most recent edition of the Lancet, Drs. Oliver Jones and Julian Griffin highlight … Continue reading

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Airbus: World's First Flight Fueled by Alternative Fuel

Read the full story at SustainableBusiness.com. An Airbus A380 aircraft has successfully completed the world’s first ever flight by a commercial aircraft using a liquid fuel processed from gas (Gas to Liquids – GTL) in the first stage of a … Continue reading

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GGHC Design & Construction Series – Sustainable Healthcare Architecture

February 8, 2008 1:00 eastern, 12:00 central, 11:00 mountain and 10:00 pacific and will last for 90 minutes. Note: A subscription is required to access H2E webinars. Visit http://cms.h2e-online.org/teleconferences/ for more information. Topic AIArchitect describes “Sustainable Healthcare Architecture,” the newly … Continue reading

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College of Architecture and Design Pledges to Become Energy-efficient and Carbon-neutral by 2010

Read the press release. The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has committed to make its own building — as well as all its studio projects — more environmentally friendly. The college is one of … Continue reading

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Green NAU goes 'Platinum' with Applied Research and Development building

Read the press release. Northern Arizona University is home to the greenest building in Arizona and one of the three greenest in the world after receiving a “Platinum” rating for its Applied Research and Development building.

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Ohlone College Opens Environmentally Sustainable Campus

Read the press release. California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi joins Ohlone College in celebrating the opening of a new environmentally conscious campus, the Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, Thursday, January 31. Constructed to achieve the highest … Continue reading

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