Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities
Every year almost 1 billion birds die in America from collisions into buildings, a cause of death second only to loss of habitat. However, the U.S. Green Building Council program is now offering new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits to building designs that help our feathered friends.
The future is bright for solar power (pun intended). Solar-powered devices are popping up all over the place, from solar-powered parking spots, to solar-powered smartphone chargers. We seem to be breaking the proverbial code of solar power, finding ways to implement it in even the most unlikely of places. But one area where we are still lacking [...]
Introduced in October the tech community all but fell over themselves in appreciation of the new Nest Learning Thermostat which was designed in part by several former Apple employees and claims to be able to save you energy by learning your habits and routines. The Palo Alto company has been provided funding from Kleiner Perkins, [...]
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