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Bacardi to use wind power at Puerto Rico distillery
BY ELAINE WALKER
EWALKER@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Bacardi is harnessing the power of the wind to help run its distillery in Puerto Rico.
Bacardi Corporation on Tuesday unveiled the largest wind turbine installation in Puerto Rico, which will provide between three and seven percent of the power [...]
Green Building Basics & LEED – Now Available in Spanish
This online course from USGBC can be taken anytime and anywhere – and now, it’s available in either English or Spanish. This is one more way USGBC is working toward our mission of transforming the buildings marketplace by increasing the accessibility of [...]
USGBC and Sierra Club Volunteers Lead Green Building Tours Across the U.S.
“Green Buildings for Cool Cities” is a series public green buildings tours across the country to highlight the local economic and environmental benefits of energy-efficient, high-performance green buildings. The project is aimed at helping cities nationwide make green buildings and [...]
RESNET has completed its survey on the number of tax credit verifications and ratings that were completed in 2009.
In 2009 97,495 homes were rated. This is down from 100,045 homes that were rated in 2008. But the reduction is not as great as the reduction in the number of homes built in the U.S. [...]
Por Ileana Delgado Castro / idelgado@elnuevodia.com
Han pasado 18 años desde que se estableció, en 1992, la meta de reciclar el 35% de la basura del País, pero la realidad actual apenas alcanza un 10%.
Esto conforma un panorama bastante crítico, según la directora ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Desperdicios Sólidos (ADS), Rebeca [...]
El Senador Roberto Arango ha sometido el P del S 1342 (adjunto) a los fines de enmendar el Artículo 4 de la Ley Núm. 92 de 16 de junio de 2008, que designa la Reserva Natural Humedal Punta Viento en el Municipio de Patillas, a fin de eliminar la zona de amortiguamiento y dar paso a desarrollos propuestos para esa zona.
EPA has issued the Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule. The rule requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large sources and suppliers in the United States,
In a decision that experts say could have profound implications on the future of climate change litigation, a two-judge panel of a federal appeals court on Monday reversed a 2005 district court decision and ruled that eight states and New York City can sue coal-burning utilities for creating a “public nuisance” through their emissions of [...]
La Construcción Sostenible dice NO a la Ley de Permisos SIN Plan de Uso de Terrenos
Nos complace que la Comisión senatorial de Desarrollo Económico y Planificación, esté considerando medidas que promuevan el desarrollo sustentable para proyectos que logren certificarse LEED® a través del USGBC. El USGBC es una organización sin fines de [...]
LEED Opens Call for Ideas (Survey open until Friday August 7, 2009 – link below)
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) invites the public to participate in a LEED Call for Ideas. This call is meant to provide a way for new ideas to be brought forward to help inform improvement to the LEED rating [...]
