Using Plastic Waste To Build Schools In The Ivory Coast
January 26th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Plastic bricks made from plastic trash are building new schools in the Ivory Coast.
Browsing the "Buildings" Category
Cities: Bracing For Climate Change
January 23rd, 2020 | by The Beam
A conversation with Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone: Yvonne Aki-Sawyer and Amanda Ikert, Head of Adaptation Implementation at C40.
Energy Efficiency Is A Core Target For Machine Learning
January 20th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Multiple firms around the world are leveraging machine learning to optimize building energy consumption for cost savings and carbon reductions
Help CleanTechnica Create A New Section — Key Renewable Energy Articles
January 19th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
CleanTechnica has posted 40,000 articles since 2008, written by hundreds of authors. In these, there are many that have covered current events, many that are instructional/timeless, and many that provide useful comparative knowledge such as renewable vs fossil fuel costs
Opaque To Transparent Solar Photovoltaics — Have Koreans Identified The Ideal Tech To Transform Windows Into Solar Power Producers?
January 17th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
CleanTechnica has previously covered transparent, two-layer solar film, but time flies — that was mostly back in 2012 and
Coming To Your Town: New Homes Built To Be EV-Ready
January 13th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Range anxiety, be gone! New codes will usher in an era where all new home construction will be EV-ready
US Must Offer Puerto Rico The Funding It Needs To Rebuild Grid, Says Environmental Defense Fund
January 13th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
The newest in environmental catastrophes requires decentralized microgrids, says EDF, and that will require US funding
Plans for Tesla Gigafactory 4, According to Sound Emission Prognosis
January 5th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Plans for Tesla's Gigafactory 4 (GF4) in Berlin/Brandenburg include 24/7 production, 3 shifts of 2,828 personnel, 326 material trucks + 4 full trains per day, and 137 outgoing car transporters + 2 full trains per day, according to a document in German shared by a Twitter user, Aeon De
10 Puerto Rican Schools Receive Resilient Microgrids
January 4th, 2020 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
A year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico and left millions without power, schools have equipped themselves to withstand future weather events and grid outages to continue providing education to their students
The Largest Passive House In North America: 154 Low-Income Housing Units (46 For Formerly Homeless)
January 1st, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
This is such a nice story to ring in 2020 with — a thank you to Park Avenue Green
In Mississippi, The Costs Of Coastal Flooding Are Adding Up (VIDEO)
December 31st, 2019 | by Nexus Media
"A lot of people are just selling out and getting out.” Ankle-deep in the overflow of the river that drew her here two decades ago, Calinda Crowe looked across her land, envisioning the future. She didn’t like what she saw
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Part Two
December 31st, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
Due to climate change, 100-year, 500-year, and even 1000-year weather events are happening with alarming regularity. Unfortunately, we are still not at a mitigation level to avoid 1.5ºC or even 2ºC (2.7° F to 3.6° F) temperature rise
A Peak Inside the Unisphere, One of the World’s Largest Net-Zero Buildings
December 31st, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
It is hard to build a net-zero building — one that produces more energy than it consumes — in the middle of a city. For one thing, nearby skyscrapers might block sunlight from reaching rooftop solar panels. For another, urban office buildings are cramped for space, and it generally isn’t possible to set up wind turbines on site
Boring Bricks Could Help People In More Ways Than One
December 29th, 2019 | by Johnna Crider
When Elon Musk said he wanted to use bricks from The Boring Company to help build affordable housing, I thought it was genius. (For the record, our own Kurt Lowder recommended this, and a bit more, way back in April 2018.) Millions of families in America experience homelessness or have been homeless (raises hand), and those of us who have experienced it know that housing in a good area is considered a luxury for those working low-wage jobs. In fact, it's not just a luxury, it's an impossibility
Green New Deals For The World Are Green Good Deals
December 29th, 2019 | by Mark Z. Jacobson
The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect
7 Challenges for Global Energy Transformation — Rocky Mountain Institute Report
December 19th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
"Seven Challenges for Energy Transformation 2019," a report by Rocky Mountain Institute, was launched during three connected international events in Delhi, Beijing, and New York that convened the world’s leading energy stakeholders and catalysts to kickstart a global effort to accelerate the energy transition and mitigate the climate crisis
This Century Is An Era Of Climate Retreat, Both Managed & Unmanaged
December 19th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
What do we protect? What do we make resilient? What do we abandon, and how? What do we avoid? These are major global questions for the 21st Century
Sprint To Go 100% Carbon Neutral, 100% Renewable Electricity
December 16th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
Sprint has indicated that it intends to source 100% renewable electricity and divert 50% of operational waste from landfills by 2025. This is what we need to hear on a day to day basis, from more and more corporations. While 2020 would be better, 2025 is not that far off, especially when you consider development timelines and corporate planning and budgeting challenges
JFK Airport Gets NYC’s Largest Solar Energy Project — Progress Toward Paris Climate Commitment
December 11th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that New York City’s single-largest solar energy project, an installation at John F. Kennedy International Airport, has been awarded to SunPower and Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group. It is also considered the largest planned community solar project at an airport in the United States
Converting Plastic Waste Into Construction Materials
December 10th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
The Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), which is based in Costa Rica, has been developing a process to convert waste plastic into building materials like bricks and concrete. The President and CEO at CRDC, Donald Thompson, answered some questions about the materials for CleanTechnica
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