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Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3): Selecting More Sustainable Materials
samanthaklein Jun 05, 2020

Reducing building energy consumption is critical to critical climate change mitigation goals, as buildings consume 40% of energy globally and produce 36% of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). The Embodied... Read More

Healthy Soil - One Solution to Climate Change?
AbbieKnight Jun 15, 2017

It is known that healthy soil can create productive farmlands; however, Kate Scow believes soil can also be used to store carbon. When you think of a defense against climate change, soil is not the... Read More

Carbon Accounting – Benefits and Steps for SME's
Krishna Vansadia Apr 22, 2018

What is Carbon Accounting? Carbon accounting broadly refers to a process that facilitates measuring the amounts of carbon dioxide emitted by an entity. This entity could be nations, states,... Read More

Plastic vs. Reusable Bags: Which Bag Is Best?
EmmamHowe Jan 18, 2017

Did you know that you need to reuse a canvas bag 171 times to mitigate the environmental impacts over a plastic bag? But now, due to the looming threat of climate change and the overfilling of our... Read More

The 2035 Report – A Blueprint for How the US (and others) Can Transition to a Clean Energy Economy, Starting NOW
Rate It Green Team Oct 23, 2020

2050 has long been the year cited by which carbon emissions must be reduced by zero, which was already a step more aggressive than the stretch Paris Agreement goal of limited global temperature rise... Read More

Wasted Water (and NOI) is Going Down the Drain - IoT Toilet and Flood Sensors and Monitoring
RichardL Oct 27, 2021

Wasted Water and your NOI is Going Down the Drain! Water conservation is good for the environment and your bottom line.   Increasingly, builders, developers and planners have embraced the... Read More

Designing Better WELL Building Signage Systems for People and Our Planet
Green Dot Sign® Jan 17, 2022

Signs are used to communicate and inform, and assist in creating a branded experience for building occupants.  Somewhat uniquely,  WELL Certified Buildings specifically require or encourage... Read More

Cedreo - Taking Action to Grow our 3D Design Software Company Sustainably
Cedreo Oct 12, 2020

A sustainable future depends on the actions we take now, so it is the responsibility of every company to make sustainability and growth one in the same. At Cedreo, we are actively working on figuring... Read More

Demystifying the Opacity of Ingredient Hazard Transparency

The idea that we should all transparently know the health and ecological risks of the ingredients in products we purchase is a sound and desirable one. But it is how we interpret and deal with the... Read More

Hydroponics for Sustainable Backyard Gardening
Krishna Vansadia Jun 01, 2018

What is Hydroponics? Hydroponics is a type of hydroculture, where plants are grown without using soil, i.e. only mineral nutrients required for the plants are provided. Soil is replaced by a... Read More