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YijunW
Irvine CA United States Member Since: 03/02/2018
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The International Energy Agency* (IEA) publishes the World Energy Report every year, analyzing yearly energy trends via full spectrum including oil, gas and coal supply and demand, renewable energy technologies, electricity markets, energy efficiency, etc. Major trends in 2017 according to The 2018 World Energy Report: 1) The 2017 global...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/17/2018 + Show |
America is embracing big changes. As our population ages, millennials, the largest generation in human history, are getting closer and closer to take over the major role in the economy from baby boomers (Sarah Landrum, Coupon Follow). The purchasing power of the over 80 million millennials in the United States (1) should not be overlooked: Simple...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/10/2018 + Show |
According to an article written by Dexter Galvin, a global director of corporations & supply chains at CDP, there is a growing number of companies setting science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and align with the Paris Agreement. Achieving the Paris targets is driving more and more corporations to achieve low carbon...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
The World’s First Artificial Intelligence Managed Eco-Village Will be Built in the Netherlands
Artificial intelligence will manage a green village in the Netherlands. The village, located in Almere which is half an hour from Amsterdam, will supply food to people in the ReGen village. Food waste will be feeding fish on aquaculture on-site. The green village will use its AI tech platform, “village OS” to simultaneously control renewable...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/08/2018 + Show |
Research: U.S. Community Solar Market Can Grow 70 Times by 2030
A new research estimates that the U.S. community solar market, which currently accounts for 1 gigawatt of installed operating capacity, can consistently scale to 50-70 times that size by 2030. This is equivalent to 8 million new solar customers, 72 TWh to 107 TWh electricity, and $81 to $121 billion in capital investment. The study “The...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/06/2018 + Show |
The usual rooftop is plain terrain, exposing to sun, wind, rain, and snow, and enduring extreme temperatures up to 90 Fahrenheit higher than the surrounding air on a hot day. Green roofs, on the contrary, are veritable ecosystems, or sky garden. Green roofs may support a simple carpet of self-sufficient groundcovers such as sedum or full-fledged...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/03/2018 + Show |
Encode Artificial Intelligence into Sustainability
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already more real than people realize. A whopping 70 percent of the companies surveyed this year by Forrester Research plan to use some form of AI by the end of 2018 (Forbes). AI research is a priority for many tech giants: Alphabet (through DeepMind and Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft are...
By YijunW Last updated: 08/01/2018 + Show |
Studies: High Ventilation Rates are Associated with Lower Rate of Illness and Absences
Have you thought about how ventilation* rates influence human health and performance? Studies have shown high ventilation rates are associated with lower respiratory illness, lower rates of sick building syndrome, and lower absences in office and schools. Respiratory Illness Research has shown that increased ventilation rates are associated with...
By YijunW Last updated: 07/28/2018 + Show |
Studies: We Are Consuming Plastics from Drinking Water
A colorful plastic microfiber in bottled water. Photograph: Abigail Barrows Globally, we generated 275 million metric tons of plastic waste in 2010 alone (Jenna R. Jambeck et al). But we only recycle a small portion of our plastic. According to the National Geographic, Europe recycles 30 percent of its plastic waste; China recycles 25 percent; The...
By YijunW Last updated: 07/28/2018 + Show |
An Alternative to Plastic Food Packaging: Laser Marks on Food Items
Ironically, organic fruits and vegetables are often packaged and labeled with plastic. The packaging plastics are usually unrecyclable and become plastic waste. Plastic waste is a huge worldwide issue. Globally, 18 billion pounds of plastic waste flows into the oceans from coastal regions every year and 40% of them come from packaging (National...
By YijunW Last updated: 07/28/2018 + Show |
The architecture, engineering and construction industries have generated a variety of solutions to protect our physical infrastructure from the worst effects of climate change. But how does that translate to financial resilience? What protects the financial infrastructure that supports design and construction in the first place? At this...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/18/2018 + Show |
The idea of 17th International Conference on Building Design, Materials, Mining and Transportation Engineering (BDMMTE-18) scheduled on Oct. 15-17, 2018 Singapore is for the researchers, scientists, scholars, engineers and parctitioners from all around the world to present and share ongoing research activities. This conference provides...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/15/2018 + Show |
Horizon 18, the Global Solutions Platform for the Clean Economy, October 10 - 11, Boston, MA
Horizon18 is a global event-driven platform that harnesses the international movement towards a clean economy. Join an international community focused on driving the clean economy through solutions, innovations, investments, and partnerships. MassCEC is proud to be a founding partner of this exciting and groundbreaking event! The two-day event...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/10/2018 + Show |
Driving excellence means setting the standard for professional development and educational opportunities, and providing access to the latest resources so our members are on the cutting edge of the field. We develop tools for the practice of environmental education, work with our partners and funders to expand the reach of innovative methods, and...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/09/2018 + Show |
Homer International MicroGrid Conference, Oct 8-10, San Diego, CA
Join us at the beautiful Paradise Point Resort in San Diego, California for the 6th Annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference and Exhibition Presented by Distributed Energy! HIMC is the leading forum for industry leaders and policymakers in this emerging market to come together and share successes, technologies, financial models, and...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/08/2018 + Show |
Sustainable Building Week, October 8 - 14, Portland, Oregon
October 8, 2018 — Kicks off the first annual Sustainable Building Week (SBW) an event-filled week from a cross section of Portland’s design professional organizations. The week will bring the best and brightest building professional organizations together to educate, connect and foster opportunities for future collaboration to Keep Portland...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/08/2018 + Show |
2018 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, Oct 7 - 10, 2018, Washington, DC
BECC is the premier event focused on understanding individual and organizational behavior and decision-making related to energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and sustainability. BECC 2018 will build on the overwhelming success of previous BECC conferences, at which approximately 700 participants discussed innovative policy and...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/07/2018 + Show |
The Patel College of Global Sustainability's Free Open House, October 5th, Tampa, FL
The Patel College of Global Sustainability is proud to host its Fall 2018 Open House on Friday, October 5, 2018, from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the Patel College on the USF Tampa campus. Attendees are invited to come to learn more about the opportunities and concentrations available through the MA in Global Sustainability from the University of South...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/05/2018 + Show |
Massachusetts Green Careers Conference, October 4, Westborough, MA
The 10th annual conference will be held October 4, 2018 at the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife headquarters building (MassWildlife), 1 Rabbit Hill, Road, Westborough. AGENDA Careers and Trends Employers Hiring Education Coaching ATTENDEES Everyone interested in career development and...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/04/2018 + Show |
NESEA BuildingEnergy NYC, Oct 4, New York
The BuildingEnergy NYC Conference + Trade Show is NYC’s premier event for professionals and practitioners in the fields of high-performance building, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brings more than 600 industry leaders and emerging professionals together to learn from and network with each other. This year’s event, chaired by Loic...
By YijunW Event Date: 10/04/2018 + Show |
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