Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

"We use natural and organic materials for the construction, insulation and finishings," said REDUKT, a Poland-based designer of tiny homes. "We We care about our planet and health." We make efforts to make our houses as sustainable as possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. For example, Skanska, a major development and construction group is making strides in enabling projects to be evaluated for full lifecycle impacts.

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Construction Carbon Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative 162

Energy Storage News

JUNE 4, 2024

Equinor-owned East Point Energy has submitted a Public Facility Review application with the Prince William Planning Commission in Virginia, US, for the construction of a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS).

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CleanTech Group

OCTOBER 14, 2020

While taking a backseat to the health crisis over the last few months, climate change increasingly shapes our daily experience. Wildfires, droughts, hurricanes.

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Carbon-negative Construction Climate change Health 148

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

Lead author of the study, PhD student Holly Niven from the School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, said: Accurate estimation of the impacts of offshore wind farms and other stressors on seabirds can help us make more informed decisions about offshore wind farm plans and protect the species living around our coasts.

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Medicine Biodiversity Health Construction 130

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Core to this strategy is keeping the benefit of building electrification in these communities — creating jobs, improving health and saving households money. From a cost perspective, electrification will slash energy bills in new construction and in many retrofits today. Sponsored Article. Image by Shutterstock/Michael Vi.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2021

Green building certifications are of most value to people whose work will focus on building design, construction or retrofitting such as designers and architects. Green Globes is a science-based building rating system that supports a wide range of new construction and existing building project types.

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Sustainability Climate change Organic Construction 541

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 20, 2022

Featured: Catalytic Capital How pre-construction financing is building a pipeline of water projects in Kenya. The post The Brief: Catalyzing water projects in Kenya, deep decarbonization, health equity, rural Africa’s consumers, Larry Fink reax appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2025

Construction of the massive array, consisting of more than 13,000 solar panels on the terminals roof, began in 2024. Health issues – Ramp workers and others who work airside are constantly exposed to toxic emissions, and many face health issues as a result, Castaldy said.

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Electricity Health Electric vehicle Transportation 111

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Designed, constructed and commissioned by J. Benefitting from the Landia chopper pump, which together with venturi nozzles ensures that the digesters are comprehensively mixed to maximise gas production, the mixing system is low on energy consumption and also reduces health and safety issues such as working from height.

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Energy Monitor Recycling Recycling Construction 246

Grist

AUGUST 10, 2023

Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. This already happens with materials that don’t have plastics in them.)

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Plastics Construction Recycling Recycling 98

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2025

They also have a huge role in improving health and wellbeing – not least by reducing the impacts of air pollution. This follows recent announcements on a new national forest , increasing timber in construction to boost forestry and sustainable housebuilding , and the establishment of a dedicated tree-planting taskforce.

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Government Climate change Carbon Health 130

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Harrowing statistics from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work state that quarry workers are twice as likely to be killed in an accident than construction workers, and thirteen times more likely than those working in manufacturing.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Exposure to excessive levels of mercury carries with it a number of serious health risks. Ensuring that facilities are safe during construction and that there is no health risk associated with any repurposed land and new or refurbished buildings when they are occupied places an emphasis on effective contamination monitoring.

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Health Construction Technology 232

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Mark Nelson’s address will reflect on his experiences in the early 1990s Biosphere 2 project in the Arizona desert, in which he was responsible for managing a constructed wetland marsh recycling system. Biosphere 2 contained a rainforest, fog desert, freshwater and mangrove marsh and mini ocean with a coral reef.

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Recycling Recycling Construction Building Energy Monitoring 245

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Machine learning tools will be jointly developed to identify operating efficiency and cost reduction opportunities and to monitor machinery health, alongside adaptations that will enable more vessel types to benefit from the system. Penguin designs and builds a range of aluminium workboats which it also owns and operates.

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Technology Health Innovation Construction 237

The City Fix

JULY 16, 2024

In the stylish Grünerløkka neighborhood in Oslo, construction workers are busy rehabilitating Sophies Minde, an old medical clinic, into a new nursery school and maternal health center. Tidy piles of building materials along the perimeter of the construction site wait.

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Building Energy Monitoring Construction Health Business Energy Monitoring 98

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Beyond these practical benefits, restoring nature also delivers significant well-being and health benefits, which strengthen the foundation for sustainable growth. Instead, reports highlight key skills shortages in the construction industry and material shortages as possible culprits.

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 1, 2024

Intermountain Health has opened the 40 MW Castle Solar Farm in Huntington, Utah, set to provide power for 17 of its facilities. This is one of the biggest sustainability investments we’ve ever made, and we will be seeing benefits for decades to come,” says Eric Liston, vice president of clinical services for Intermountain Health.

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Health Construction Investment Sustainability 59

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Drainage expert ACO Water Management has launched its autumn/winter webinar series , spanning topics and applications to support professionals across all levels within construction. The free CPDs cover a number of key construction applications, including geocellular structures, highways, and rail. 2 December – Super amphibian highway.

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Construction Biodiversity Health Transportation 179

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2022

Alerting PRThe development means the likes of local authorities, construction site managers, and transport professionals will be able to rapidly respond to high concentrations of air pollution.

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Pollution Ozone Construction Health 246

GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

They’re constructing the world’s first cultivated seafood pilot plant in San Francisco which soon will allow them to bring their salmon to sushi restaurants. . The plants boost ocean health, have the potential to sequester incredible amounts of carbon and provide low barriers to entry for new ocean farmers. . Kelp is the new kale.

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Seafood Sustainability Startups Carbon 480

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

An Adani Green spokesperson told Greentech Media that the developer will finance each 2-gigawatt portion off its own balance sheet, raising project finance as construction begins. The week's win takes Adani Green's pipeline of built, under construction or contracted solar projects to 15 gigawatts.

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Logistics Government Construction Health 246

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combined, the projects will create about 2,110 jobs, as well as support 1,419 construction jobs during development. to provide innovation spaces and research laboratories at the Birmingham Health Innovation Campus. It will research and develop new construction methods and ways of regenerating contaminated land. £6m

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Packaging Transportation Technology Innovation 246

Solar Power World

APRIL 3, 2020

New York State public authorities and agencies announced the passage of legislation as part the FY 2020-2021 state budget to dramatically speed up the siting and construction of clean energy projects to combat climate change and help jumpstart the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 health crisis.

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Energy Energy Climate change Solar Power 136

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

Optimum Air Con ensures stable indoor temperatures, typically around 23C, ideal for human comfort, equipment performance, and building health. Discover more about Northumbria Universitys Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering by visiting www.northumbria.ac.uk/mce.

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Innovation Cooling Patents Technology 130

Solar Industry

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Morrow Lake Solar created over 300 jobs during peak construction, with 112 being local hires. Morrow Lake Solar utilized robust practices that promote soil health, preserve native plant species, and enhance biodiversity, including the introduction of sheep grazing for vegetation control.

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Soil Biodiversity Education Health 59

GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

While there is no question that addressing public health consequences is the priority, the nature of the equally crucial economic recovery effort raises some interrogations. As the pandemic forces us to adapt our daily lives in ways we would not have imagined, it also challenges us to rethink the systems that underpin the economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5 Major mineral wastes comprise “largely inert waste categories from construction and demolition, and excavation andmining activities,” says the consultation. In the same year, approximately 3 million tonnes of waste were sent for energy recovery treatment overseas.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

.” “Despite warm words and promises to listen to health professionals and worried parents,” she said, “when it comes to the crunch, they have chosen to let the public down.” in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines.”. Soil and biodiversity.

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Soil Biodiversity Plastics Business Energy Monitoring 280

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Many sites around the world now pose a major hazard for new construction operations and have created a huge clean-up conundrum. The levels need to be assessed and continually monitored to ensure the site is safe for operation, and to safeguard the health of the workforce and surrounding area. .

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Health Pollution Construction Organic 130

Solar Industry

MAY 30, 2024

Alliant Energy has completed construction on its 200 MW Grant County Solar Project, located in Potosi, Wis. Investing in a diverse energy mix is just one way we add value for customers while sustaining the economic and environmental health of the communities we serve.

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Construction Health Investment Energy 111

Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

A building is considered sustainable/green because of its design, construction, and operational characteristics. The main challenges with building sustainability involve reducing overall impact to human health the and the environment. Construction. Challenges. Increasing energy efficiency. Improving air quality and lighting.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2023

license ) Unite claims ExxonMobil and contractors failing in ‘legal duty’ to protect and pay workers Around 200 members of Unite the union had withdrawn their labour over health and safety concerns at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical plant in Mossmorran, the union reported on 17 August.

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Health Pollution Construction 130

Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Economically, the utilitys development can help create jobs in engineering, construction, and hydrogen production. For residents, the shift toward renewables contributes to better air quality and a cleaner environment, reducing health risks associated with carbon emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 9, 2021

Construction of the wind farm began in 2019 and is part of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The 400-megawatt Dumat al-Jandal wind farm – developed by EDF Renewables and Masdar – is made up of 99 wind turbines, the reports said.

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Fossil fuels Health Construction Energy 141

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Concerns about air quality, which has already begun declining nationally since 2016 , are growing rapidly for those living in the shadow of Shell’s $6 billion plastics plant under construction along the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania’s Beaver County.

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Pollution Plastics Natural gas Health 145