Vancouver 2010 Promises Greenest Olympic
Games Ever Tech News Daily Share From the world's largest hydrogen bus fleet to a 6-acre multi-use Olympic Oval, British Columbia appears determined to host the "greenest games ever" in Vancouver come February. The city has constructed a series of stunning sustainably-built structures in preparation for upcoming events, and has also
kicked off its naturally:wood web site, which offers a free digital tool kit for Building Green with Wood and insight into how B.C.'s sustainable forestry helps LEED® the way for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Read on for just a few of the Olympic buildings boasting impressive LEED certification standards.More
A More Durable Wind Turbine Technology Review Share A Canadian startup has developed a small prototype wind turbine that uses friction instead of a gearbox to
convert wind energy into electricity. CWind, based in Owen Sound, Ontario, recently began work on a larger 2-megawatt prototype. The company claims that its "friction drive" system is more efficient and reliable—and less costly to maintain—than conventional wind turbines, which are prone to expensive gearbox failures.More
People are Using Personal Laptops for Work The Inquirer Share Around one in 10 of us now use our own personal notebook as our primary work personal computer, creating a major headache for company information technology staff. The warning comes from analyst firm Gartner, which reckons that the trend is leading to many companies cracking down on
people using any personal gadgetry that needs a PC or network connection at work, with nearly half banning employee-owned devices outright and 43 percent instituting specific policies regarding their use.More
World's Largest LED Project Completed in Abu Dhabi Inhabitat Share If you think your neighbor's holiday lighting spectacle is an exercise in excess, wait until you see the world's largest LED project, recently completed in Abu Dhabi. Created by Asymptote Architecture with lighting design by Arup, The Yas Hotel is wrapped with a sparkling shell composed of more than 5,300 diamond-shaped panels bristling with over 5,000 LED fixtures. The curvilinear field of lights is capable of running color-changing light sequences
and can even display low-res three-dimensional videos.More
A Dozen Tips for the Total Greening of Your Business GreenerBuildings Share During the past several years, the word green has taken on new meaning and usage as it has quickly entered the business
vernacular in its many forms. What was once strictly an adjective has quickly evolved into a noun and verb as we use green to describe everything from household products to office buildings to the process of becoming more environmentally responsible. What does it mean to design and operate a business in the era of green?More
Push to Finish Tallest Tower The Wall Street Journal Share The stalled construction of North America's tallest building, a 150-story luxury residential tower planned for downtown Chicago, may get a boost from unionized construction workers desperate for jobs. Any effort to save the Chicago Spire faces major hurdles, especially coming after a real-estate glut that flooded Chicago with new condos. Plans call
for the 2,000-foot-high Spire to have nearly 1,200 units—more than are expected to be completed for the entire downtown area in 2010. Prices start at US$750,000, with the bulk of the condos costing US$2 million to US$15 million.More
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U.S. Seeks to Curb Workplace Injuries Cincinnati.com Share Rules forcing employers to minimize the risk of repetitive-stress injuries with more than US$4 billion a year in workplace improvements may be moving closer to being revived, eight years after corporations fended off the proposal.More
Study Cites Substantial Efficiency Savings The New York Times Share A new study from the National Research Council has found that energy efficiency measures in the United States could cut energy use by 30 percent below 2030 projections. The report, which received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy as well as several
private companies and foundations, argued that energy efficiency represents an enormous money saving opportunity for the country. Measures to achieve it include fuel economy standards, stricter building codes and efficiency requirements for home appliances.More
The Efficiency Fix for Climate Change Forbes Share Today, like every other day the past few years,
mankind will release more than 116 million metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Emissions are rising faster now than in any other decade, in spite of our concerns about climate change, and without new policies, our daily emissions will reach 140 million metric tons by 2020. As governments struggle to finalize a new, globally acceptable climate treaty, the difficulties are clear.More
Santa Monica, Calif., Pushes for Stricter Green Building Laws, While NYC Backs Down Environmental Leader Share A tale of two cities shows both sides of the green building movement. Santa Monica, Calif., known as an environmentally-friendly city, is proposing stricter green building requirements for single-family homes, while New York City is backing down on its ambitious energy efficiency improvement plans for the city's buildings.More
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