Tag Archives: Sustainable
Do builders lack knowledge of sustainable construction?
House builders and installers have a lack of knowledge about sustainable construction, leading to a skills shortage in the green building workforce, it has been feared. While many industry professionals can attend courses on low carbon technologies, they could still need a firm knowledge of sustainability. What’s more, new technologies can soon become outdated.Dr Andrew … Continue reading
Delaware solar installation supports education and sustainable footprint
Green Technology: Delaware solar installation supports education and sustainable footprint Green Technology Achieve a Sustainable Future with Green Technology. Create Innovation for New Energy. « University of Delaware climate change dialogue | Main | Cool roof saves energy for existing buildings » Delaware solar installation supports education and sustainable footprint U of D invests in … Continue reading
Combating plant diseases is key for sustainable crops
ScienceDaily (Apr. 13, 2011) — Climate change is likely to make plants more vulnerable to infectious disease, which will threaten crop yield and impact on the price and availability of food. Dr Adrian Newton, presenting his work at the Society for General Microbiology’s Spring Conference in Harrogate, explains how exploiting diversity in crops is the … Continue reading
‘Still confusion’ over sustainable housing
The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the Energy Saving Trust. There are still major gaps in knowledge of sustainable housing, according to Neil May, chairman of the Good Homes Alliance.Writing for 24housing magazine, he suggested that the industry and … Continue reading
Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels Launches its Certification System at World Biofuels Markets 2011
By Green Power Conferences | 2011-03-03 06:34:00.0 22 – 24 March 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands The Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels, the leading international initiative to ensure the sustainability of biofuels production and processing will launch their global certification system for biofuels during the World Biofuels Markets Congress on March 22-24. “We have had a 50% … Continue reading
Reducing one’s ‘nitrogen footprint’: New Web-based tool helps people make sustainable living choices
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2011) — People who want to eat healthy and live sustainably have a new way to measure their impact on the environment: a Web-based tool that calculates an individual’s “nitrogen footprint.” The device was created by University of Virginia environmental scientist James N. Galloway; Allison Leach, a staff research assistant at U.Va.; … Continue reading
Majority of Code for Sustainable Homes Certificates Level 3
The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the Energy Saving Trust. The majority of construction projects that reach a Code for Sustainable Homes standard have been built to Level 3, new figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government … Continue reading
Sustainable business: $40 trillion green tech boom will help save world
www.globalchange.com Reengineering the future. How to change the future as part of business strategy to create a better world and a more profitable one. New digital channels, twitter, facebook and other social networks. Drivers of future economies. Concerns about sustainability, using less resources, and $40 trillion green technology book (see Sustainagility book). Corporate and social … Continue reading
Sustainable High Performing Dealers – Part 1
As a marketing and dealer development manager from a Fortune 100 company selling systems office furniture, I am eager to see how lessons from the “old world” economy might apply to the new, clean-energy marketplace. I took the chance to sit down and talk with a few dealers – which I’ve learned are the product installers … Continue reading