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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) recently announced that it has been awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification for the studio’s Lot and Office Transformation (LOT) Project. “We are proud to receive this designation for our newest buildings on the lot,” said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures. “It’s our belief that we have a…
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Kyocera Group has begun using viney plants to create “green curtains”, which are formed over trellises to shade portions of windows and outer walls of buildings at 20 different locations in Japan, Thailand and Brazil. These curtains create a canopy over the buildings to prevent direct sunlight from raising the temperature of the building’s interior, helping to reduce the need for energy-intensive air conditioning. Not to mention, the plants also help to protect the environment by absorbing…
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The Shiken Company of Japan has developed a new solar-powered toothbrush which is so powerful that it may eliminate the need for toothpaste. Two dental researchers with the company, Dr. Kunio Komiyama and Dr. Gerry Uswak, are set out to determine whether the innovative brush will do a better job of reducing plaque and bacteria than the standard. The two doctors are searching for 120 teens…
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Cogentrix Energy, a leading power developer, has announced a deal to build a 30 MW solar power plant near Alamosa, Colorado. The facility will use concentrated photovoltaic systems (CPV) provided by California firm Amonix, and will be the largest of its kind across the globe. Owned by Goldman Sachs energy unit, Cogentrix will develop the project to provide power to the utility Public Service Company of Colorado, part of Xcel Energy. Amonix’s CPV technology utilizes lenses to focus…
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Michelle Kaufmann, a leading green architect and designer, has recently unveiled her newest line of prefab sustainable homes. The line consists of three models, the Ridge0™, the Vista0™ and the Contours0™, which range in size between 422 and 2643 square feet. The Contours0™ and the Vista0™ have interior and exterior rooms which were designed with the utmost efficiency in mind, emphasizing natural ventilation and lighting through large windows, glass doors and skylights. The Ridge0™…
