This article was originally published in EcoBuilding Pulse on October 5, 2013.
We learn about Sustainable Sites and Water Efficiency in this week’s installment of two editors’s journey toward becoming LEED Green Associates.
By Deane Madsen
Can algae be utilized as an emission control strategy in the industrial sector? The Greenbuild 2013 session “Using Algae to Capture Carbon and Nitrogen Oxides,” discusses an innovative partnership between Arizona State University and Intel to identify and discuss the key obstacles to using algae for green house gas mitigation and NOx emission control from combustion equipment.
Can algae be utilized as an emission control strategy in the industrial sector? The Greenbuild 2013 session “Using Algae to Capture Carbon and Nitrogen Oxides,” discusses an innovative partnership between Arizona State University and Intel to identify and discuss the key obstacles to using algae for green house gas mitigation and NOx emission control from combustion equipment.
Can algae be utilized as an emission control strategy in the industrial sector? The Greenbuild 2013 session “Using Algae to Capture Carbon and Nitrogen Oxides,” discusses an innovative partnership between Arizona State University and Intel to identify and discuss the key obstacles to using algae for green house gas mitigation and NOx emission control from combustion equipment.
When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building in her New Orleans neighborhood with chalkboard paint and stenciled the words, “Before I die…” she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Thanks to passionate people around the world who have spearheaded their own walls, there are now over 350 Before I Die walls in over 50 countries and over 20 languages.
When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building in her New Orleans neighborhood with chalkboard paint and stenciled the words, “Before I die…” she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Thanks to passionate people around the world who have spearheaded their own walls, there are now over 350 Before I Die walls in over 50 countries and over 20 languages.
When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building in her New Orleans neighborhood with chalkboard paint and stenciled the words, “Before I die…” she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Thanks to passionate people around the world who have spearheaded their own walls, there are now over 350 Before I Die walls in over 50 countries and over 20 languages.
The South is booming–and it isn’t going to stop. Data from the U.S. Census show that “when looking at the areas with the largest numeric gains, those high on the list are mainly in the South and West.” Energy is driving this massive flow of people—and money—to these states, and that presents a great opportunity for the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Energy is holding this year’s Solar Decathlon in the Orange Country Great Park in Irvine, California, from October 3–13. The Solar Decathlon is a biennial international competition that challenges twenty collegiate and university student-led teams to design and build solar-powered net-zero homes that are affordable, energy-efficient, and aesthetically appealing.
South by Southwest, the behemoth music, film and interactive event that consumes Austin each March, is in itself a giant exercise in tactical urbanism. The influx of people stretches downtown Austin to its limits and transforms every underutilized space into something else: parking lots become music venues, lounges, eateries and almost anything else imaginable.