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California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

New commercial buildings in San Mateo, Calif., will have to be constructed to minimum environmental standards now that a previously voluntary green building ordinance has become mandatory.The new standards take effect Jan. 1, reports the San Jose Mercury News. They had been voluntary for more tha ...

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Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

Following California’s decision earlier this week to require elevated energy efficiency standards for TVs, the Canadian province of Ontario is considering a similar move.On Nov. 18, California became the first state in the country to institute its own standards on energy efficiency of telev ...

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No Sunny Skies for Two Solar Projects in Texas, California

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

Two major solar projects are at a standstill; one over contract renewals and the other due to environmental concerns. Meanwhile, New York lawmakers are making it easier for businesses and homeowners to install solar systems and makeenergy-efficiency improvements.NRG Energy’s plan to build T ...

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Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

Miami would become an island city – and Miami Beach an underwater reef – if climate change projections of a one-meter rise in sea levels by century’s end hold true.Clean Air-Cool Planet presented new climate change models to Senate staffers Nov. 19. The projections are predicate ...

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Cocoon: A unique green structure in the lap of nature

Posted by AditiJ on 19/11/2009

Camenzind Evolution has designed an exquisite and extraordinary structure on a beautiful hillside in Zurichs Seefeld district. Dubbed as the Cocoon, the elliptical building enjoys a unique relationship with nature. Surrounded with age-old...

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