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As part of its mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy through increasingly affordable electric vehicles and energy products, Tesla is working on its Gigafactory. With a planned production rate of 500,000 cars per year by 2018, Tesla would require the entire worldwide supply of lithium-ion batteries. The Gigafactory,...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 07/22/2018 + Show |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Helps Growth of Low-Carbon Electricity
Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to enable the growth of low-carbon green electricity. More than ever, the global energy industry is facing pressure to cut carbon emissions. There is a global need for clean, cheap, and reliable energy. But how do we manage the increasing gigawatts of electricity that comes from unpredictable,...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State 1 reply Last updated: 05/27/2018 + Show |
TRUE - A New Rating System Administered by GBCI
Green Business Certification Inc. (GCBI) recently introduced its new brand identity for its zero waste rating system known as TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency). The TRUE Zero Waste certification was previously administered by the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council. The certification was acquired by GBCI in 2016. TRUE complements the LEED...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 10/08/2017 + Show |
L.A. Metro to Run on Battery Electric Power by 2030
All 2,200 buses of the second largest transit agency in the United States will run on battery electric power. L.A.'s transit agency announced last month that all buses will run on electricity by the year 2030. Once this transition takes place, good local jobs careers will be created as the buses will be built in Southern California. This is...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 09/03/2017 + Show |
California and China Working Together on Clean Energy Technology
California Governor Jerry Brown along with many other Americans disagree with Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. Donald Trump made the announcement on June 1st claiming that the withdrawal will boost oil and coal industries and speed economic growth. Fortunately California and China...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 08/19/2017 + Show |
Tesla built three battery storage plants and they accounted for 15 percent of the battery storage installed planet-wide last year. It's fair to say that just one of these plants would be the largest storage facility ever built. In response to a natural gas leak at Aliso Canyon near Los Angeles, the Southern California Edison made energy storage...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 08/05/2017 + Show |
Studies Say Green Homes Built to Standards Like LEED go for 8% More in Resale Value
New houses built to meet green building standards like LEED command 8% more than houses built to code. A study from The University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) finds that homes in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (Austin-Round Rock MSA) built to meet standards such as LEED are worth on average...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 07/29/2017 + Show |
Electric Cars and The Industry
Electric cars are closer than we think, “a much bigger risk would be to stick with internal combustion engines.” says Volvo Chief Executive. Volvo announced that in 2019 all cars will be either hybrids or battery powered cars. For a company with a small share in the vehicle market, this is a risky but smart decision in the fight against...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 07/29/2017 + Show |
Calling All Students! Are you... Passionate about green buildings? Interested in pursuing a career in a green building related field? Looking to network with the best and brightest in the green building industry? Then join your peers at Greenbuild (the largest green building conference in the world) in Boston this November 8-9, 2017....
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State 5 replies Last updated: 03/30/2017 + Show |
What is The Living Building Challenge?
The Living Building Challenge (LBC) is an international sustainable building certification program, created in 2006 by the International Living Future Institute, as a part of the Cascadia Green Building Council, itself a chapter of both the United States Green Building Council and Canadian Green Building Council. The International Living Future...
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By NSchepis // Student at Bridgewater State Last updated: 02/01/2016 + Show |