1. Schools - Making them more eco friendly

... points and appliances;  Have the students develop a list of how energy use can be reduced; Use one of the many simple online carbon footprint calculators to help identify how much energy your school uses ...

2. Passive Solar Building Design

... on cold clear days. Solar heat gain through windows can be reduced by insulated glazing, shading, and orientation. Windows are particularly difficult to insulate compared to roof and walls. Convective ...

3. Green building

... and green architecture. The related concepts of sustainable development and sustainability are integral to green building. Effective green building can lead to 1) reduced operating costs by increasing ...

4. Architecture and Urban Planning

... methods, a hypothetical "cool communities" program in Los Angeles has projected that urban temperatures could be reduced by approximately 3 °C at an estimated cost of US$1 billion, giving estimated total ...

5. Energy conservation

... or by reduced consumption of energy services. Energy conservation may result in increase of financial capital, environmental value, national security, personal security, and human comfort. Individuals ...

6. Recursive recycling

... are converted to a fiber using steam at 60 psi and 160*C. The converted organics (sanitary fiber) is size reduced by 85% and can be used to produce bio-fuels using acidic-hydrolysis or enzymatic-hydrolysis ...

7. Recycling

... whether recycling is economically efficient. Municipalities often see fiscal benefits from implementing recycling programs, largely due to the reduced landfill costs. A study conducted by the Technical ...