Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. The roof above your head can do a lot of good for the Earth below your feet.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 9, 2023

The latest UN climate conference, COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, was a significant one for cities in many respects. Delegates established a new fund to help vulnerable countries deal with loss and damages from climate impacts, and some of.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010. The plan has been through several iterations over the past decade — and one of the latest initiatives is a focus on “cool roofs.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

From smart sockets to solar fabric, these businesses and innovations could be great additions to your sustainability toolkit Between 2010 to 2022, "the number of emerging technology companies tackling the climate crisis has increased 4x", to nearly 45,000. That's according to a report by TechNation , released in November.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 29, 2021

Additionally, a photovoltaic array on the roof generates solar power and is covered with a white cool-roof membrane. The windows are also triple-glazed and protected with deep roof overhangs. This modern house gives everyone the spaces they need while remaining sustainable and carbon-free.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 3, 2020

The building’s sustainability features include an efficient insulation system using a combination of closed cell “Cool Roof” foam and a hill-adjacent location protecting it from the sun. The theme of invisibility is reflected in the interior furnishings, such as a bed frame made of glass and and a partially-exposed glass shower.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It’s an island no one in their right mind wants to be on, but sadly many of us increasingly find ourselves due to global warming. Heat islands” are a concept British climatologist Gordon Manley came up with way back in.

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