February 2015

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Green Building and Sustainability Stories: February Roundup

Flow-Hive, the Bee-Friendly Way to Collect Honey Father-and-son team Stuart and Cedar Anderson have devised an ingenious way to collecting honey from beehives, with minimal disruption to the bees. Their invention, the Flow Hive, puts a twist, literally to the bee’s honeycomb structure.…

neoliFebruary 28, 2015

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Happy and Green: Green Building and Employee Productivity

The equation is simple: green buildings make for happy, healthy, and consequently, productive workers. At least that’s the hope. When LEED v4 came out, it brought a more reinforced MR (Material + Resources) credit to the scene. Its potent message…

neoliFebruary 25, 2015

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Why Sugar Is Bad, Even on Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s Day, if you truly love your sweetheart, do them a favor and don’t give them milk chocolates. Or a cake. Or cookies. Or any other sweet goodies. As per tradition, Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse for sugar…

neoliFebruary 13, 2015

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Biomass Energy Requirements to Become Part of Green Building Standard

Very soon, biomass energy will be included in green building standards. ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers), USGBC (US Green Building Council), and IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) are jointly developing new biomass requirements for inclusion in green…

neoliFebruary 10, 2015

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Renewable Energy Takes Over as China’s Coal Industry Slumps Down

The green community is rejoicing this week at the news of China’s slumping coal industry. As many as 6,000 coal mines are set to be shut down in China. Coal output in the country reportedly fell 2.5% in 2014, its…

neoliFebruary 3, 2015

February 2015

Green Building and Sustainability Stories: February Roundup

Happy and Green: Green Building and Employee Productivity

Why Sugar Is Bad, Even on Valentine’s Day

Biomass Energy Requirements to Become Part of Green Building Standard

Renewable Energy Takes Over as China’s Coal Industry Slumps Down

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