For the next four years, all eyes are on China as it embarks on its most ambitious project to date: the construction of a massive infrastructure meant to wire up the entire country in a smart grid. This radical switch…
neoliAugust 19, 2012
There are very real reasons why we haven’t totally eliminated packaging from products. Even if we aim for zero packaging or green packaging and declare less is more, there are some products that just need to be wrapped up in one…
neoliAugust 9, 2012
USGBC’s press release dated July 26, 2012 proudly declares that “the total footprint of commercial projects certified under its LEED green building program surpassed two billion square feet.” No doubt that’s a lot of green, clean space, and so we…
neoliJuly 31, 2012
You’ve probably heard of the EPA warning that indoor air is worse than outdoors—sometimes as much as (exhale slowly) five times more toxic. They’re not kidding. Outdoors, the air is free to circulate, oxygen abounds, pollutants disperse, and nature generally takes it…
neoliJuly 25, 2012
When we think of parking lots, we think of drab, boring, even ugly spaces permanently set in cement. The fate of parking lots is to act as an intermediary: a place where we temporarily leave our cars so we can…
neoliJuly 23, 2012
Hong Kong certainly didn’t become one of the world’s greats if not for its forward-thinking policies, especially when it comes to embracing new technologies in urban planning. Sure, once in a while the traditionally ingrained practice of feng shui still…
neoliJuly 16, 2012
Green building makes up a small proportion of China's construction industry, but government targets may give sustainable building a boost over the next five years. Green Building is on the rise in China as benefits of the Leadership in Energy…
alinaApril 25, 2012
Check out this very interesting article from Building Green that looks at the current LED market: http://greenspec.buildinggreen.com/content/beat-bulb-ban-led-replacement-lamps-new-light Check out this very interesting article from Building Green that looks at the current LED market: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons#tweet
AlessandroApril 5, 2012
India’s government has given priority to environmentally friendly industrial projects through expedited clearance and financial benefits. India’s government has projected that climate change will severally effect the country with 65{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} of areas being drought-prone, 12{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} being flood-prone and 8{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} under…
alinaMarch 27, 2012
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