Green architecture‚ or green design‚ is an approach to building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment. The "green" architect or designer attempts to safeguard air‚ water‚ and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices. Green architecture may have many of these characteristics: • Ventilation systems designed for efficient heating and cooling • Energy efficient lighting and appliances • Water saving plumbing fixtures • Efficient
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Save our planet go green! By: Allan Marin 4/22/2010 The light from the sun is very important for us because it helps the plants on earth get energy. Because with out it the plants will not make oxygen for the people on this earth. Our oxygen is very important because we need it to stay alive. Carbon dioxide is very important because it helps the plants stay alive and the plants make the carbon dioxide and turn it into
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GREEN FUEL 1. With the present constraints in the supply line of crude oil through Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)‚ ‘Green fuel’ rather well famous as biofuel has already set a new dimension to world’s fuel mythologies of exhausting fossil fuels by next century. It paved the way to the scientists to divert from the traditional chase behind the carbon cycle to discover the ideal fuel for man kind’s usage amidst preserving globe. 2. Biofuel is mainly a type which is distilled
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Go Green Have you ever been told to “go green”? “Go green” is becoming a commonly known phrase‚ even though the concept is not new. Chances are you have heard this term in regards to your home‚ transportation‚ or shopping. So what does it mean anyway? Well a simple answer is to make choices in how you live and use resources that are environmental conscious‚ while keeping pollution and waste to a minimum. Many people have made going green a lifestyle and their behaviors directly influence their
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2008 APEC Clean Development Conference – The Current Applications and Future Promotion of Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development National Tsing-Hua University‚ Hsinchu‚ Chinese Taipei Dec.15.2008 Green Chemistry for the Improvement of Human Welfare Gwo-Dong Roam ‚ Wan-Yi Wu‚ Chung-Han Chiou‚ Chung-Wen Yen Office of Sustainable Development Environmental Protection Administration‚ Chinese Taipei Tel: 02-23822841; E-mail: gdroam@sun.epa.gov.tw Viewpoints & Experiences: . Roadmap:
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Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois Year 1 Final Report Fall 2009 A collaboration between With the generous support of Acknowledgements Several organizations and individuals contributed to the success of this project. Please accept our gratitude for helping to make this project possible: Project Supporter Grand Victoria Foundation Project Partners U.S. Green Building Council‐Chicago Chapter
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Introduction For restaurant operators‚ healthy dining has been a big focus for many years. Now “going green” and socially responsible marketing are key points of emphasis for restaurateurs and consumers alike. In a recent study published in USA Today‚ more than 30 percent of respondents said they “would be willing to sacrifice a percentage of their salary in order to work for an environmentally friendly company” (Brooks‚ 2009). Organic and sustainable product sales have more than doubled since 2000
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The Green Line by Henri Matisse In the early 20th century‚ artists started to use the ‘new’ in a new sense. Something independently devoted to invention new. Artists qualified themselves by creating exceptional paintings. According to this movement‚ art was something radical‚ talk’s intelligence and was an object of mind and knowledge. During that period‚ some artists began to move away from paintings overtly religious scenes and began incorporating observational painting and images of the natural
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Although the Green Revolution originally described developments for rice and wheat‚ high-yielding varieties HYVs have since been developed for other major food crops important to developing countries‚ including Sorghum‚ Millet‚ Maize‚ Cassava and beans. Moreover‚ a fully fledged system of international agricultural research centres now works on many aspects of developing country agriculture (the future harvest centres that make up the consultative group on international agricultural research.)
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Ernest Green Throughout the American South‚ of many Negro ’s childhood‚ the system of segregation determined the patterns of life. Blacks attended separate schools from whites‚ were barred from pools and parks where whites swam and played‚ from cafes and hotels where whites ate and slept. On sidewalks‚ they were expected to step aside for whites. It took a brave person to challenge this system‚ when those that did suffered a white storm of rancour. Affronting this hatred‚ with assistance from
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