Smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris on Nov. 30, 2018. Garcia Millan is project officer at Global Schools Programs at the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network and lives in South Bay. Climate change has become a global emergency. Experts […] Click here to view original […]

Long confined to regions with volcanic activity, geothermal promises to become a much more versatile energy source thanks to new technologies. | Environment The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station. Geothermal power has long been popular in volcanic countries like Iceland, where hot water bubbles from the ground. GRETAR ÍVARSSON / […] Click here to view original

The Hotel Marcel in New Haven Courtesy of Bruce Becker “If you care about climate change, you have to care about buildings,” said Jessica Bailey, CEO of Nuveen Green Capital. Her work scaling a financing mechanism called C-PACE (Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy) has helped building owners fund over $7 […] Click here to view original

Illustration by Brock Kaplan, Star Tribune Mike Childs was on the hunt for heat loss. Childs, who conducts home energy audits for the Center for Energy and Environment, showed up at a rambler in Edina at the invitation of owner Rachel Boeke. Boeke wanted to save money on her […] Click here to view original

Paradigm Shift: From Sustainable Buildings to Sustainable Communities 1 Since we started Woke Coliving in 2018, we set our goals to play a role within the SDGs framework, to impact the environment and to help the local communities to improve their living standards. By managing coliving communities, we really […] Click here to view original

Officials receiving the EDGE-Certified Green Building certification The Classique Centre by People’s Leasing & Finance (PLC), which was designed and built around the concept of green building, is a true example of the fusion of product innovation and sustainable transformation, redefining the financial services landscape. Recognising this quantum leap […] Click here to view original