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YijunW
Irvine CA United States Member Since: 03/02/2018
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You are in the middle of a global green movement. Have you ever asked yourself why is green building necessary? Maybe you have heard of one expert says one good aspect of green building and the other researcher says another. Is it a little bit chaotic? Today, I found a paper summarizing 40 years of research regarding the relationship between...
By YijunW Last updated: 07/08/2018 + Show |
A Brief History of Green Building
Today, green building is defined by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive as “the practice of 1) increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials, and 2) reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation,...
By YijunW Last updated: 07/07/2018 + Show |
Transforming Sewage Sludge Into Green Energy
When people told me that sewage sludge can be transformed into green energy, I thought, “What are you talking about?” Yes, I get that they are both green and environmentally friendly. But I could never link wastewater management to green energy— It just sounds too good to be true. Then I started to look at how sewage sludge is...
By YijunW Last updated: 07/01/2018 + Show |
Bloomberg publishes a long-term economic analysis of the world’s power sector up to 2050 each year, called New Energy Outlook (NEO). NEO* 2018 sees $11.5 trillion to be invested internationally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with 73 percent going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 trillion other zero-carbon...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/29/2018 + Show |
Steel Can Be a Great Green Building Material
As the green building market expands, architects, builders, engineers and others are looking for ideal materials to construct sustainable and long-lasting buildings, steel surprisingly can be a great green building material. Here is why: 1. Steel is 100 percent recyclable. At any point, if the steel building has to be removed, it can be...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/13/2018 + Show |
Washington, DC Wins the Green Building Category Champion in 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index
Washington, DC, continues to be the Green Building category champion, winning the first place every year since the first release of Metro Index in 2012. It has 1797 LEED-certified projects, which means 293.05 LEED projects per 1 million people. It has 1,369 Energy Star-Certified projects in total, which is 223.26 Energy Star projects per 1 million...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/13/2018 + Show |
What is Driving the Renewable Transformation
You know that the economy is shifting gears to renewable energy. But do you know the factors driving this massive transformation? According to Clean Edge, a San Fransisco research and advisory firm devoted to the clean-tech sector, the main contributors are decreasing costs, supportive regulating environment, market demand and unavailability...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/05/2018 + Show |
U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index: California in the First Place, Followed by Massachusetts
Clean Edge’s 2017 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the United States’ 50 largest metropolitan areas from electric vehicles, renewables initiatives, policy to investments. The 2017 index shows that states and cities were playing an exceptionally large role in the development of clean...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/04/2018 + Show |
Top Sustainable Trend - The Electrification of Everything: Spotlight on Electric Vehicles
GreenBiz's 2018 report: "State of Green Business" identifies important emerging areas and technologies as companies address their environmental and social challenges and opportunities. The trends reflect some of the potentials of sustainable business--- go beyond cost savings and risk reductions by promoting product innovation, discovering new...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/04/2018 + Show |
It Doesn’t Cost to Build Green - the Green Building Council South Africa Study
Despite the rapid growing recognition and expansion of sustainable initiatives and green buildings, concerns regarding the upfront cost of green facilities continue due to the lack of quantifiable information. A 2016 report, published by the Green Building Council South Africa, the Association of SA Quantity Surveyors, and the University of...
By YijunW Last updated: 06/04/2018 + Show |
2019 National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, October 15 - 17, 2019, Minneapolis, MN
In October 2019 in Minneapolis, ACEEE will host our tenth National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, the premier US convening conference on efficiency as a utility system resource. Held every other year since 2001, the “EER Conference” attracts a broad spectrum of energy industry stakeholders including utilities, regulatory...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/15/2019 + Show |
WasteTech (Waste and environmental Technology) exhibition and congress has become a well-known professional event to everyone engaged in waste treatment, environmental protection and renewable energy both in Russia and worldwide, especially in CIS and Baltic countries. An extensive and interesting conference program is a traditional feature of...
By YijunW Event Date: 06/04/2019 + Show |
2019 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development and Green Buildings (ICSDGB 2019) will be held in Qingdao, China during Apr.25-27, 2019, in conjunction with 2019 3rd International Conference on Environmental and Energy Engineering (IC3E 2019). ICSDGB 2019 is co-organized by Shandong University, International Society for Environmental...
By YijunW Event Date: 04/25/2019 + Show |
GreenBiz 19, for Sustainable Business, Feb 26 - 28, 2019, Phoenix, AZ
Join the world’s brightest thinkers and most influential sustainability leaders for an unparalleled look into the pressing challenges, emerging trends and biggest opportunities in sustainable business today. Main topics: Circular Economy, Financing & ESG, Materiality & Metrics, Purpose & People, Responsible Supply Chains,...
By YijunW Event Date: 02/26/2019 + Show |
One of the largest building and living events in Austria, featuring a comprehensive range of building and renovation systems and equipment, interior design products, energy saving devices and wellness and spa technology. Bauen & Wohnen Salzburg is open to the trade and public.
By YijunW Event Date: 02/07/2019 |
The Energy Expo, January 23 - 24, Miami, FL
Presenting Equipment, Technologies, Products & Know-how for the SOLAR, ENERGY STORAGE, ENERGY SAVING, ENERGY SERVICING, ENERGY MANAGEMENT, CLEAN TRANSPORTATION & SMART BUILDINGS industries. MAJOR PROGRAM with Exhibits, VIP Sessions, English & Spanish Tracks,"Hora Loca" Party and more... The EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL HUB between North...
By YijunW Event Date: 01/23/2019 + Show |
Design Well: Designing for Human Health and Performance, January 22-23, San Diego, CA
8:45-9:00 am Welcoming Remarks Eric Corey Freed, Founding Principal, organicARCHITECT 9:00 - 9:45 am Enhancing the User Experience in Buildings, the Environment and the Budget of Every Project through Biophilia Jodi Smits Anderson, Director of Sustainability Programs, DASNY It is not cost effective, respectful to the environment,...
By YijunW Event Date: 01/22/2019 + Show |
gridCONNEXT brings together business, utility, finance, and policy leaders to explore the most important topics impacting the grid. The event convenes world-class experts to explore diverse perspectives and uncover market innovations poised to redraw the electric utility landscape. With the growth of clean energy, energy storage and electrified...
By YijunW Event Date: 12/04/2018 + Show |
2018 Conference on Health, Environment and Energy, December 3 - 5, 2018, New Orleans, LA
In December 2018 in New Orleans, ACEEE will host its first Conference on Health, Environment and Energy. This two-day, multi-track event will showcase the groundbreaking research of ACEEE’s new Health and Environment program as well as the work of prominent experts and academics in this growing field. This premier event will...
By YijunW Event Date: 12/03/2018 + Show |
ACES 2018, A Community on Ecosystem Services, December 3–7, 2018, Arlington, Virginia
ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services represents a dynamic and growing international assembly of professionals, researchers, and policy-makers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES 2018 Conference brings together this community in partnership with Ecosystem Markets and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), providing an open forum to...
By YijunW Event Date: 12/03/2018 + Show |
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