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China Dominating Solar Panel Industry
Ten years ago, solar panels were made mostly in the United States, Germany, and Japan. Chinese manufacturers made almost none. But by 2006, the Chinese company Suntech Power had the capacity to make over a million silicon-based solar panels a year and was already the world’s third-largest producer. Today Chinese manufacturers make about 50 million [...]
Largest Bamboo Structure is Chocolate Factory
We’ve seen cutting boards, bicycles, floors, even houses made of bamboo, but an organic chocolate factory? Evidently, when Ben Ripple and Frederick Schilling, the two co-CEOs of specialty food company Big Tree Farms (BTF) talked about sustainably building their new plant, they put their money where their mouths are. Now, the Indonesian island of Bali [...]
World Expo in China
The World Expo in China, the world’s largest in history with 73 million attending, for the first time in 159 years focused on cities, sustainable ones that is. Throughout its six-month run, more than 500 new technologies in solar, heat pumps, energy efficiency, transportation and advanced material were developed as part of the Expo. For [...]
Dubai’s Reef Construction
Nakheel, the Dubai property developer behind the emirate’s manmade islands, laid out plans in November 2011 to build a string of artificial reefs off the city-state’s coast in a bid to attract more aquatic life. The project aims in part to revitalize fishing prospects in the azure Persian Gulf waters that lap at Nakheel-built islands [...]
Taipei 101- Largest Green Building
Taipei 101 may no longer be the world’s tallest building but now it has another coveted title to its credit-“World’s tallest green building”. In 2007 Burj Khalifa which is 828 m high surpassed the Taipei 101 (506 m high) to become the world’s tallest building. Taiwan has invested $1.8 million in energy efficiency upgrades which [...]
Rizhao “Sunshine” City
Rizhao, a major Chinese seaport city, loads products such as iron ore, coal, cement, nickel, and bauxite. Ironically Rizhao means “Sunshine” in Chinese and the city is known for its sustainability as it mandates solar-water heaters in all new buildings. 99% of households in the central districts use solar water heaters. Most of the lighting and traffic [...]
Entire Chinese Eco-City Under Construction
The newest trend when building new cities is to build an entire “Eco-City“. In China, the Tianjin Eco City is 30 square kilometers and holds expects completion date of 2020. It features: Solar power, Wind power, Rainwater recycling, and wastewater treatment/ desalination of sea water. Pledged 90 percent public transport traffic. Will have light rail [...]
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Green Living Tips
Instead of bottled water get a reusable container to carry water. Also you can get a filter to make your home tap taste more like bottled water. It is definitely more cost efficient.
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