The NABERS approach to rating the environmental performance of buildings is world leading and unique. It takes real, measured impacts and communicates these in a clear and simple way. Through NABERS, the Australian property industry has ...
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Every building has an impact on the environment. In fact, buildings use 40% of the world’s energy, emit 40% of the world’s carbon footprint, and use 20% of the world’s available drinking water?1 Fortunately, we’re ...
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Residential building HQE™ certification responds to a general aim to provide new, sanitary and comfortable housing and thereby ensure a better living environment while limiting the building’s impact on the environment. During ...
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Solar development in California is influenced by a number of policies, processes and incentives. The growth of the solar industry proceeds according to federal priorities, state-level goals for electricity generation, market conditions and ...
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The CEC has the statutory authority for licensing all thermal energy projects larger than 50 MW. Solar developers must submit an Application For Certification (AFC) from the CEC, which will issue a separate decision from the BLM. The CEC's ...
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ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system. It does not state requirements for environmental performance, but maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting the "Advancing Sustainable Ports" summit to mark the kickoff of a new EPA initiative to recognize ports that take action to improve environmental performance. EPA will also ...
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Plastic packaging manufacturer Petainer has extended its product portfolio with the launch of the new recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) jar, petainerJar for food industry. According to the company, the new jar with barrier ...
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Bleep UK has announced the launch of Bleep eebag, an innovative plastic bag dispenser developed to integrate into retail checkouts and reduce retailers' plastic bag consumption by controlling and limiting the release of bags. eebag is new ...
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The new Conti EcoPlus HS3 steer tire completes the company's line of third generation fuel efficient truck tires in North America The 2014 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) is over. But there is still plenty to look forward to, says Paul ...
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INVISTA broke ground on new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) and nylon 6,6 polymer plants at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in China. These facilities mark a key milestone in INVISTA’s plans for integrated nylon 6,6 facilities ...
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Scania has the environmentally lowest-impact truck in the heavy tractor class, according to the respected German transport trade magazines VerkehrsRundschau and Trucker, which have given the Scania G 410 their Green Truck 2014 award. ...
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ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has been named by Fortune magazine as the most admired company in its sector. The company moved up from sixth place in last year’s survey in the Industrial Machinery category. ...
Munich-based WACKER Group has adopted the motto "Discover Tomorrow's Solutions" for this year's Middle East Coatings Show (MECS), in Dubai from March 10 to 12. The company is unveiling a new dispersible polymer powder for cost-efficient, ...
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Coles sells a lot of bottled water. Its own brand of bottled water comes in 24 pack cartons sold for $8. There's almost no personal cost to wearing this decade's hot fashion accessory. The environment is wearing the cost. So Coles is doing ...