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Sustainabilitylive! 2012 starts next week
Sustainabilitylive! 2012 is an important day out for anyone in the environment sector. Three days of environmental exhibitions and seminars will be exploring many of the major issues facing today’s leading organisations, including renewable energy needs, energy-saving technologies and sustainable water supply, as we strive towards a lower-carbon world. Sustainabilitylive! takes place in halls 3 and 3a at the NEC, Birmingham from Tuesday May... [more]
Biomass Commodities Corporation and Trumbull-Nelson Construction Company completing wood pellet heating system at Lebanon middle school
School Administrative Unit (SAU) #88 designed the new Lebanon Middle School to include the two wood pellet fired boilers to heat the entire 100,000 square foot building. The two wood pellet boilers provide all of the heat for the new building. A solar array will produce hot water during shoulder and summer seasons. Due to this innovative design and the inclusion of renewable energy systems, the new building will burn zero fossil fuels. A Northe... [more]
Forest Green Rovers point to sustainable sport with PV array
The installation of a 46.92kW Photovoltaic system onto a terrace roof of Forest Green Rovers FC is helping the Conference League team reduce its carbon footprint and earn an annual income for the Sustainability in Sport foundation. The Mitsubishi Electric array is the first in a series of green energy projects being undertaken by Sustainability in Sport – which was set up by former Manchester United star Gary Neville and Dale Vince, the found... [more]
Renewable technologies : where to start ?
Since May 2010 and the cut-backs that followed, local authorities and other organisations in the public sector have seen their budgets reduce in real terms at a time when energy prices have been at record levels. Combined with the ongoing pressure to reduce their carbon footprint, the need to install renewable technologies has never been greater – members of B&ES, the Building & Engineering Services Association, are best placed to help pubic bod... [more]
Mitsubishi urges building professionals to join online debate
Mitsubishi Electric is urging everyone involved in designing, creating and maintaining our built environment to join an online debate on how the nation can lower energy use in buildings. The company has set up both Twitter and LinkedIn® accounts for its Green Gateway campaign in order to promote sustainable thinking within the built environment. "This is a straightforward way to generate a lively on-going debate that involves as many people... [more]
