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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

Stok

This directly translates to building energy codes. In the United States, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning (ASHRAE) and International Code Council (ICC) primarily lead the efforts to develop energy codes, with help from the U.S. And, the result of this baseline?

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Community.

Natural Building

November 17, 2010. Community Owned Solar Electricity. There is a very encouraging movement across the United States where communities or groups of people are pooling their resources to establish local renewable energy projects. What a great way to participate in greening the way your electrical energy is produced!

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Greensburg, Kansas Rebuilds Green After Tornado

Natural Building

Now Greensburg gets all of its electricity from a wind farm, has an energy-efficient school, medical center, city hall, library, commons, museum and other buildings that save more than $200,000 a year in fuel and electricity costs, according to estimates. A rainwater irrigation system for its Main Street has never worked.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

In January 2010, Tennessee passed the First to the Top Act (FTTT). The state also fully implemented its Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) educator evaluation system. million) to buy equipment that will be housed on campus to train students in robotics, electrical and other high-tech skills required in manufacturing.

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Refuting “Planet of the Humans” Claims

Natural Building

This recent article at insideclimatenews.org titled Inside Clean Energy: 6 Things Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans’ Gets Wrong , written by Dan Gearino claims that t he documentary’s “facts” are deceptive and misleading and way out of date. Most solar systems come with warranties of at least 20 years.

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Civil Engineers: Maine’s Infrastructure Grade Improves to a ‘C’

CCR Magazine

Of the 16 categories, six (hazardous waste, rail, roads, schools, stormwater, and solid waste) saw grade increases, while three (bridges, energy, and levees) saw grade decreases compared to the 2020 report card. Between 2010 and 2020, Maine made substantial progress in reducing the number of bridges in poor condition.

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How Geothermal and Radiant Heat can Save Money and be More

Natural Building

September 20, 2010. The debate includes technologies like radiant floor heating, geothermal, photovoltaic (solar electric) and hydronic solar water heating systems (solar thermal), wind turbine technology, methane accumulators for septic systems and other biomass based energy collectors, etc. Haitian Wisdom.