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Report into Green Building Released

The building sector accounts for 33 percent of the world’s carbon emissions and 30 to 40 percent of the global energy consumption. Green building can help reduce the sector’s environmental footprint

30 Oct 2008

HeidelbergCement Makes Moves to Cut Emissions Ahead of Changes to European Emissions Trading Legislation

In the last few years, HeidelbergCement has made considerable progress in reducing its CO2 emissions

30 Oct 2008

Methane Greenhouse Gas Levels Shoot Up According to NASA Data

NASA data shows the amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end approximately a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable

30 Oct 2008

BRE and NetComposites Team Up to Look at the Benefits of Natural Building Materials

NetComposites and BRE are leading a project to assess the environmental credentials of naturally derived construction materials

30 Oct 2008

University of Mississippi Engineering Students Learn About Technologies, Applications and Case Examples Proving the Value of Sustainable Buildings

Students and universities are incorporating sustainable building principles into the classroom. Senior engineering students at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) will learn more about proven green building solutions and the engineer's role in green building

30 Oct 2008

Siemens Takes Building Sustainability Management Classes to the Public

Class designed to help building owners learn to improve the
sustainability of their facilities

30 Oct 2008

Greenhouse Gas Research from IBM and University of Saskatchewan Looks to Turn Power Plant Emissions into Useful Products

University of Saskatchewan and IBM are set to collaborate on using high-performance computer chips to work out how to build coal fired electricity plants that emit less carbon dioxide

30 Oct 2008

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Will Need Long Term Strategy

Carbon dioxide will continue to rise even if current national and international targets for reducing emissions are met, scientists warn

30 Oct 2008

Wild Caught Fish Being Wasted as Food for Pigs and Chickens

An alarming new study to be published in November in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources finds that one-third of the world’s marine fish catches are ground up and fed to farm-raised fish, pigs, and poultry, squandering a precious food resource for humans and disregarding the serious overfishing crisis in our oceans

30 Oct 2008