Archive for the ‘Wind’ Category

Energy Efficiency vs. Renewables: The Great Green Debate

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies October 7th, 2009

With the recent surge in money going towards renewable energy research and implementation, many people are forgetting a key factor in reducing our impact on the environment: energy efficiency.
Utilizing renewable energy in your home or commercial building is great, don’t get me wrong, but before this expensive option is employed, you should first look at [...]

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PGE building in San Francisco

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies February 6th, 2009

For those of you in San Francisco interested in learning about energy efficient buildings go to the PGE headquarters on 5th and Howard. It is really one of the best resources to learning about all items related to green building. They have great demonstrations on lighting, windows, HVACs and many more. It [...]

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Isn’t California Cool . . .

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies December 15th, 2008

The California Air Resources Board cam out with this press release after a unanimous decision to cut greenhouse gas emissions was approved.

Science News release an article shortly afterward that goes further in depth and can be found here
And if Carbon Emissions is your real target then please read the StopWaste.org website which has [...]

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Residential Green Building can be fun!

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies November 12th, 2008

Couple describes building Green House!
Below are tid bits from the article -
“In addition, the house uses five Sunearth solar collectors to store the sun’s energy, a geothermal water furnace to provide cooling in summer and a backup heat source in winter, solar glass on the south and east sides of the house with overhangs [...]

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