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Krishna Vansadia
Boston MA United States Member Since: 01/24/2018
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Enabling Sustainable Choices in Every Day Life
Collectively all nations agree that more than ever in the past there is a need for going green and enabling sustainable choices in day to day life. In order to incorporate sustainable choices in day-to-day lives behavioral scientists have come up with theories such as Nudge approach and Think approach. An example of Nudge approach could be a policy change that forces citizens to change their life styles for e.g. Banning plastic bags or increa...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 05/13/2019 + Show |
Hydroponics for Sustainable Backyard Gardening
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 medium called aggregate. This aggregate is what holds roots of the plants, usually perlite or gravel is used. The nutrients provided are from several sources such as fish waste, and natural and commercial fertilizers. A hydroponic garden has a...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 03/17/2023 + Show |
LCA – Life Cycle Analysis for Buildings
What is LCA: Life-cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life-cycle analysis, or cradle-to-grave analysis) is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling. Purpose: Life cycle assessment (LCA) is one of th...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 03/17/2023 + Show |
Carbon Accounting – Benefits and Steps for SME's
W hat 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, corporations, and individuals. Why count, or account for carbon? There is consensus in the scientific community that carbon along with other green house gases plays a significant role in regulating the earth’s temperature. In 2...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 03/20/2023 + Show |
An Introduction to PACE Financing
Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, financing was created as a means to finance energy upgrades/installations for commercial and residential properties to make them more energy efficient. The terms of PACE financing are set by individual state legislatures. PACE bonds can be issued by any financing agency from municipal financing districts or state agencies to finance companies, and the proceeds can be used to rerofit bo...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 03/20/2023 + Show |
Community Solar - A Potential Sustainability Solution for Greener Urban Settlements
What is community solar? Community solar can refer to both ‘community-owned’ projects as well as third party-owned plants whose electricity is shared by a community. The primary purpose of community solar is to allow members of a community the opportunity to share the benefits of solar power even if they cannot or prefer not to install...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
Morocco inaugurated the Phase I i.e. 160 MW of concentrated solar power plant called Noor in Saharan Desert in 2016 and recently commissioned the phase II i.e. 200 MW and will commission phase III i.e. 360 MW later in 2018. This plant on completion of its phase III would be the largest solar power plant in the world. The plant is large enough that...
By Krishna Vansadia Last updated: 04/23/2018 + Show |
2018 Local Solutions: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference, March 30, Manchester, NH
The 2018 LOCAL SOLUTIONS: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference will bring together local government decision-makers and other community-based participants in learning how to prepare for climate change impacts in their communities. Join Antioch University New England and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the 2018...
By Krishna Vansadia Event Date: 04/30/2018 + Show |
Babson's Sustainability Forum: Defining the Future, March 29, Wellesley, MA
Annual Babson Sustainability Forum: 29th March 2018 Ticket Price: $30 (General Admission) $10 (Student Admission) For Registration and more info: http://sustainability.babsonforum.com/ The forum runs from 12:00 - 4:00, conducted at Olin Hall, Babson College. 4 Babson College Drive, Wellesley, MA 02482 Speaker Panel: Doug Rauch:...
By Krishna Vansadia Event Date: 03/29/2018 + Show |
Women in Sustainable Careers Panel, February 27, Columbia University - NY
An increasing number of women are pursuing careers in sustainability and rising to leadership positions within the industry. The Earth Institute, the M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, and the M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy Program at Columbia University are pleased to invite you to a panel event on professional development for...
By Krishna Vansadia Event Date: 02/27/2018 + Show |
Join this group to discuss green building in the United Kingdom. Join this group to discuss green building in the United Kingdom.
Please share your news, plans, and ideas about tiny houses here! Please share your news, plans, and ideas about tiny houses here!
Use this space to post events, developments, and everything else for green building and sustainabili… Use this space to post events, developments, and everything else for green building and sustainability in Texas!
Solar Energy and Green Building
Extracurricular reading materials about clean energy and green building, with a focus on solar energ… Extracurricular reading materials about clean energy and green building, with a focus on solar energy.
There is so much happening in Rhode Island, we needed a group! Please contact us if you want to lea… There is so much happening in Rhode Island, we needed a group! Please contact us if you want to lead this group. For now, it's Allison, posting what I hear of from next door in Massachusetts.
Pennsylvania Sustainability Group
A resource for everyone interested in sustainability, the built environment and environmental stewar… A resource for everyone interested in sustainability, the built environment and environmental stewardship. Whether you are a college student, homeowner or construction industry professional, this group is intended to be a strong resource for sharing experience, information and contacts/ resources related to sustainability. Feel free to post any questions, comments or event info here, to help foster this group as a place of collaborative learning.
Come here to interact with others from New York State! Discuss local green building issues and event… Come here to interact with others from New York State! Discuss local green building issues and events with your colleagues from New York. Feel free to post your news, events, questions, and comments below.
New Jersey Greenbuilding Group
New Jersey is an up and coming Green building state. Let us use this place to discuss local green bu… New Jersey is an up and coming Green building state. Let us use this place to discuss local green building issues, developments and events with our colleagues from New Jersey. Feel free to post your news, events, questions, and comments.
New Hampshire is full of green building activity. Share your events, news and opinions here, and inv… New Hampshire is full of green building activity. Share your events, news and opinions here, and invite friends and colleagues to do the same.
Your one stop hub for Michigan Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and… Your one stop hub for Michigan Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and comments. There's a lot of green going on in the MI green building community, and we want to make sure everyone knows about it :)
A place to discuss local green building issues and events with your colleagues from Massachusetts. … A place to discuss local green building issues and events with your colleagues from Massachusetts. Feel free to post your news, events, questions, and comments.
Here's a community space to share the latest and greatest in all things green building for India! Fe… Here's a community space to share the latest and greatest in all things green building for India! Feel free to show images, events, and developments from all parts of one of the largest green building centers on Earth. Much of the information and events are supplied from the Confederation of Indian Industry Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Center (CIISGGBC), under which sits the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). This council was established in 2000 and has since introduced a green building rating system, and has trained thousands of professionals in green building concepts.
This is a group for events, news and discussions about promoting green building policies at the fede… This is a group for events, news and discussions about promoting green building policies at the federal, state, local - and perhaps global level as well. Because green building, and sustainable jobs and development are just not partisan.
Join this group to share information, news and events about making green and healthy buildings more … Join this group to share information, news and events about making green and healthy buildings more affordable and accessible for everyone. (Photo is of the E+ Housing built by Urbanica in Boston, by David L. Ryan).
This is a group for students and professionals who are new to green building. Use this space to conn… This is a group for students and professionals who are new to green building. Use this space to connect with others who likely have a lot of the same thoughts and challenges on their minds.
Connecticut Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and comments. There's… Connecticut Green Building news and events. Add your news, events, questions, and comments. There's a lot going on, so let's get the information out there!
Colorado High Performance and Passive House Building Group
Colorado is the perfect environment to build high performance building that are cost effective and c… Colorado is the perfect environment to build high performance building that are cost effective and comfortable. Going well beyond code has many benefits with Passive House now a viable choice for many new projects. There is also a strong community of health materials builders and designers producing low embedded energy and natural structures.
This is a place to discuss California green building issues and events. Please post your news, event… This is a place to discuss California green building issues and events. Please post your news, events, questions, and comments. Also, this is just a start to get the ball rolling - Let me know if you’d like to manage this group! Also, let me know if you want to see groups for specific parts of California. Feedback is great. Images are great too - send your idea for a group image, and maybe I’ll use it! (This image: California Academy of Sciences)