Posts Tagged ‘Emissions’

Building green? Location matters

Computer models take into account more than building materials, adding in the effects of transportation, other indirect emissions The growing “green buildings” movement is taking a new direction with the development of computer models that go beyond measuring a building’s carbon footprint and attempt to quantify the amount of energy people consume to reach that building.


Green Lantern: Which country is worse for emissions, India or China?

Green Lantern: Which country is worse for emissions, India or China? Both are major polluters, but Westerners remain unsurpassed in the field.


Oman: 14 buildings to go ‘green’ soon

09 October 2010 MUSCAT: Green buildings can reduce the consumption of electricity and water by 40 per cent, CO2 emissions by 33 per cent and solid waste by 70 per cent, said Mario Seneviratne, managing director of Green Technologies, at a workshop organised at the concluding day of the two-day Muscat Green Days conference on 'Education for a Sustainably Built Environment'.

Chinese green car buyers to get rebates -paper

SHANGHAI, May 24 (Reuters) - China will award buyers of green cars with subsidies of up to 60,000 yuan ($8,789) each, the Shanghai Securities News said on Monday, as it steps up efforts to cut emissions in the world's biggest auto market.


Porsche Go Green

After recently announcing their move towards low-emissions Boxster, Porsche release more green car news.


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