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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Pushing Plastic Solar Cells
Read the full story in Technology Review. Plastic solar cells are lightweight, flexible, and, most important, cheap to make. But so far, these devices have been too inefficient to compete with silicon solar cells for most applications. Now researchers from … Continue reading
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At Grand Central, a Fluorescent Twist to a Light-Bulb Joke
Read the full story in the New York Times. The last incandescent bulbs in the station have been replaced with compact fluorescent bulbs, a move that benefits the environment and helps keep six people employed.
Posted in Lighting, Local Initiatives
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The latest from GreenerBuildings.com
Serious Materials Reclaims a Second Shuttered Window Factory http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2009/04/30/serious-materials-reclaims-second-factory By GreenerBuildings Staff Serious Materials is working to revive another failed factory by rehiring workers and replacing the product line of the former owner with the California company’s brand of high-performance … Continue reading
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EPA seizes Crestwood files
Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. Federal agents raided government offices in south suburban Crestwood on Wednesday, less than two weeks after a Tribune investigation revealed the village had secretly pumped drinking water from a polluted well for … Continue reading
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Citi reaps savings from world's first LEED Platinum datacenter
Read the full post at Sustainable IT. Yet another corporation can attest to the benefits of embracing green-tech practices. At the world’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum-certified datacenter, financial behemoth Citi is using 70 percent less … Continue reading
Posted in Data Centers, Green Building, Green Business
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InfoWorld Green 15 winners share their secrets of success
Read the full post at Sustainable IT. There’s a striking difference between the list of Green 15 winners from 2008 and 2009: In 2008, the list was dominated by companies in the tech industry, including EMC, HP, IBM, Fujitsu, NetApp, … Continue reading
AIA, COTE Announce 2009 Top Ten Green Projects
Read the full story in Interior Design. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) recently announced their picks for this year’s top 10 examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions.
Posted in Green Building
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Project Laundry List
Via Librarian’s Internet Index. Website for a nonprofit organization with a mission to make “air-drying laundry acceptable and desirable as a simple and effective way to save energy.” Features laundry tips (on energy savings for washing and drying), blog, clothesline … Continue reading
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The Story of Stuff With Annie Leonard
Via Librarian’s Internet Index. “From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. ‘The Story of Stuff’ is a 20-minute, fast-paced, … Continue reading
Posted in Green Lifestyle, Schools
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Free Green
Via Librarian’s Internet Index. This website offers “free, energy efficient, healthy house plans.” Each of the plan packages comes with “full construction documents or blueprints, … a home energy model for the city and state combination in which their home … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building, Green Lifestyle
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