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Planned SoCal water treatment plant would make district self-reliant on local water

November 4, 2015

The Los Angeles Times reports on a plans at the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for a $95 million...

Duke Energy takes aim at solar panels atop N.C. church

November 4, 2015

InsideClimate news, a Pulitzer Prize-winning web-based news organization, reports on a case that could reshape third-party solar. Duke Energy, North...

How HVAC Helps Cat Pictures Rule The Internet

November 1, 2015

Facebook stores billions of cat pictures and other images users share for perpetuity in a drastically different way than even...

ICC, ASHRAE publish new code resource for water efficiency

October 27, 2015

The International Code Council and ASHRAE have partnered to publish 2015 WEP: Water Efficiency Provisions of the International Green Construction...

Nashville Airport Authority breaks ground on North America’s largest geothermal lake plate cooling system

October 22, 2015

In an innovative use of a former rock quarry, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) today broke ground on what...

ASPE’s Green Plumbing Design certificate program coming to Maryland, Illinois in early 2016

October 21, 2015

The Green Plumbing Design certificate program, sponsored by the American Society of Plumbing Engineers and the International Association of Plumbing...

Oct. 20 is National Geothermal Day

October 20, 2015

Bosch Thermotechnology Corp., a division of Robert Bosch North America, is announcing that Oct. 20 is National Geothermal Day in...

Biomass plant at University of Maine to help college rely almost entirely on sustainable energy for heat.

October 12, 2015

The Portland Press Herald reports on the progress of an $11 million biomass plant at the University of Maine's Farmington...

San Francisco requires new developments to reuse water

October 9, 2015

San Francisco became the first in the country to require new developments (more than 250,000 square feet) to use onsite...

Kohler, Delta Faucet among the winners of 2015 WaterSense awards

October 9, 2015

On Oct. 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) WaterSense® program recognized four WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award winners, seven Partners...