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COP21: Enormous Potential of Green Buildings Discussed at Delta21 Forum

As the end of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) nears, experts and scholars in the energy, architecture and meteorology fields from both sides of the Taiwan Strait attend the Delta21 Forum organized by Delta Electronics on December 10 at the Grand Palais. They discussed the enormous potential of green buildings in regards to energy conservation and lower carbon emissions from the policy support, energy-efficient technology and architectural design perspective.

12 Dec 2015

Fundamental Rethinking of ‘Cement’ Needed in this Age of Global Warming

Meetings in Paris this week on the climate brought forth a call for more environmentally friendly construction from a new alliance of nations and organizations, the Lima-Paris Action Agenda Focus on Building.

7 Dec 2015

USGBC Selects LG Electronics as Official Solar Partner for 2015 Trade Show

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), presenter of Greenbuild, the world's premier sustainability and green building conference, selected LG Electronics USA as official solar partner for the 2015 trade show this week in Washington, D.C.

21 Nov 2015

Taiwan Green Product Demo House Presents Quality Green Products at Tokyo's Home & Building Show

Taiwan Green Trade Project Office's trademark "Taiwan Green Product Demo House" is currently presenting 10 quality green products in Japan, at Tokyo's Home & Building Show. The house is an environmentally friendly, reusable exhibition show booth made entirely of state-of-the-art materials that have been certified by both domestic and international green standards.

19 Nov 2015

Approximately One-Third of New Single-Family Homes in the U.S. will be Green by 2016

Energy-efficient homes of the future have arrived and are growing in popularity. According to a report by McGraw Hill Construction, nearly one-third of new single-family homes in the U.S. will be green by 2016. They are energy and natural resource efficient, designed to reduce overall impact on human health and the environment.

18 Nov 2015

USGBC NJ Honors LG Electronics for ‘Outstanding Achievement and Best Practices in Green Building and Sustainability’

The U.S. Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter (USGBC NJ) honored LG Electronics USA for "outstanding achievement and best practices in green building and sustainability."

3 Nov 2015

NTU Launches Flipped Classrooms with Sustainable Building Design

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched The Hive, the centrepiece of its new learning pedagogy known as the flipped classroom. In this new model of learning, students access course content on their own and the face time with professors in class is devoted to team-based learning.

22 Oct 2015

Low-Income Residents Living in Green Housing Have Fewer ‘Sick Building’ Symptoms

Low-income housing residents who live in "green" buildings that are built with eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient features appear to have fewer "sick building" symptoms (SBS) than residents of traditionally constructed low-income housing, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

19 Oct 2015

Very Low Energy Buildings Could be Implemented in Practice

Buildings are responsible for 40% of our energy consumption. With this in mind the European research project DIRECTION aims to demonstrate that very low energy buildings can be implemented in practice.

30 Sep 2015

Missouri S&T Solar House Design Team to Showcase Nest Home at Solar Decathlon

A team of students at Missouri University of Science and Technology spent two years designing and building a solar-powered house filled with smart-living technology. Once it was complete, the students cut it into pieces and shipped it to California on four semitrailers to compete in an international building competition.

30 Sep 2015