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Guest Post: Businesses Making the Solar Choice

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Jen.

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[This is a guest post by Adrian Phillips, a renewable energy expert from Southampton, UK]
Governments across the globe are now introducing incentives to encourage a bigger uptake in solar panel installation and other renewable energy forms. But it’s not just homes that are [...]

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EarthTalk®: Living Buidings

Posted on 21. Nov, 2009 by Jen.

EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk I recently heard the term “living building.” Can you explain?
– Rebecca Gordon, Seattle, WA
Over the past couple of decades, architects and builders looking to green their projects turned to the addition of various piecemeal elements to save water here or cut down on electricity there. Those who [...]

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EarthTalk: Enertia Homes

Posted on 11. Oct, 2009 by Jen.

EarthTalk®
From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: I recently saw a reference to “Enertia houses” that require little in the way of external sources for heating or cooling.  Do you have any information on this housing design?
– Alan Marshfield, via e-mail
Enertia is a brand name for homes designed and sold [...]

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Labor Day: Confessions of a Non-Green Summer

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Jen.

Labor Day, the symbolic end of Summer. For me it’s good riddance. This has been one Summer I will be happy to forget!  Between Abby’s toe, the construction field continuing to struggle, and way too much more to burden my readers with. All in all, it is best to be forgotten.
As a result I have [...]

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