The Smarter City
The Transition from Smart Buildings to Smart Cities In the beginning. . . . . . there was an era when humans were not as advanced as they are today, humans had become smart but lacked the ability to...
View ArticleThe Cloud Changes Everything
The concept of cloud computing dates back to the 1960’s, though it wasn’t widely known among consumers until much later. Amazon launched their Amazon Web Service (AWS) in 2006 that offered cloud...
View ArticleWhy is Sand Disappearing?
To those of us who visit beaches only in summer, they seem as permanent a part of our natural heritage as the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes. But shore dwellers know differently. Beaches are the...
View ArticleDOE Study: Fracking Chemicals Didn’t Taint Water
A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western...
View ArticleTop Scientists Slam and Ridicule UN IPCC Climate Report
Numerous other prominent scientists — even many who have worked with the IPCC and accept some of its global-warming theories — have been equally critical. Meteorology Professor Richard Lindzen at the...
View ArticleThe Green System That Transformed the Construction Industry
Governments and developers love issuing press releases announcing the opening of shiny new schools, rec centers and office buildings. Chances are good these days that building will be LEED silver, gold...
View ArticleGreen Energy: Wind and Solar
One of the leaders in the field of green energy and allegedly reduced carbon emissions has been Great Britain, which makes it all the more odd that just before the big confab kicks off, they’ve slashed...
View ArticleGreen Energy: Fracking
Yet despite the federal EPA saying earlier this year that there was no evidence of fracking activities leading to “widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources,” several U.S. communities –...
View ArticleLEED v4 is Now Official
It was out with the old and in with the new on Monday June 30, 2014. Out: LEED 2009; In: LEED v4. LEED v4 was three years in the making, so it seems as if it has been around for a very long time....
View ArticleStudio4 LEED v4 Green Associate Study Guide and 101 Q&A Exam Prep updated to...
Studio4 has released the updated LEED v4 Green Associate Study Guide Second Edition and 101 Q&A Second Edition. Studio4’s LEED v4 Green Associate study materials are used by the Canada Green...
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