Looking at Embodied Energy when Building Green [VIDEO]

Catherine Mohr talking at TED conference

In a great discussion of how you need to look beyond the surface, both literally and figuratively, when trying to build a green house (or making other decisions in life), in this TED talk below Catherine Mohr looks at how complicated evaluating different options in a green light can be.

“Super Windows” For The Empire State Building

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As part of a massive greening of the Empire State Building a new Heat Mirror® film technology by Southwall is being used to dramatically boost the energy-efficiency of the landmark building’s more than 6,500 hundred windows. The insulating film will be combined with an insulating gas to create “super windows” that reduce heating and cooling [...]