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Green Building and Sustainability Stories: February Roundup

Flow-Hive, the Bee-Friendly Way to Collect Honey Father-and-son team Stuart and Cedar Anderson have devised an ingenious way to collecting honey from beehives, with minimal disruption to the bees. Their invention, the Flow Hive, puts a twist, literally to the bee’s honeycomb structure.…

neoli28 February 2015

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Happy and Green: Green Building and Employee Productivity

The equation is simple: green buildings make for happy, healthy, and consequently, productive workers. At least that’s the hope. When LEED v4 came out, it brought a more reinforced MR (Material + Resources) credit to the scene. Its potent message…

neoli25 February 2015

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Why Sugar Is Bad, Even on Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s Day, if you truly love your sweetheart, do them a favor and don’t give them milk chocolates. Or a cake. Or cookies. Or any other sweet goodies. As per tradition, Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse for sugar…

neoli13 February 2015

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Biomass Energy Requirements to Become Part of Green Building Standard

Very soon, biomass energy will be included in green building standards. ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers), USGBC (US Green Building Council), and IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) are jointly developing new biomass requirements for inclusion in green…

neoli10 February 2015

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Renewable Energy Takes Over as China’s Coal Industry Slumps Down

The green community is rejoicing this week at the news of China’s slumping coal industry. As many as 6,000 coal mines are set to be shut down in China. Coal output in the country reportedly fell 2.5% in 2014, its…

neoli3 February 2015

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January Story Roundup | From Small Green Living to Bill Gates's OmniProcessor to Hyperloop

For Bill Gates, Waste is Truly a Terrible Thing to Waste The Internet was abuzz earlier this month with news of Bill Gates drinking water freshly filtered from a sewage plant. The image of the multi-billionaire holding a glass of clean water…

neoli31 January 2015

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Product Disclosure and the Quest for Transparency

The exact number of McDonald’s French fries recently made the news, because apparently it’s more or less 19. Whatever the true figure, it’s still a lot to use for what is essentially just fried potatoes. Then it occurred to us…

neoli26 January 2015

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Why We Need More Green Retrofits for Buildings in the World

Retrofitting is probably the single nicest tribute we can pay to old buildings. We update our computer, our phones and apps, even our wardrobe, so why not our buildings too? In a world where buildings still use as much as…

neoli21 January 2015

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Six Trends for Green Building in 2015

2014 was a record year for building tall. A record number of 97 skyscrapers (those that tower 200 feet or taller) rose up last year. In China alone, some 44,000 feet of skyscrapers were built, a sure sign of progress.…

neoli15 January 2015

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New Year’s Resolutions With a Green Twist

If you’re like most people, your New Year’s resolutions usually have something to do with self-image, family, health, or wealth. Starting now, I’ll take pride in my own body, I’ll exercise more regularly, eat wisely, spend more time with my…

neoli5 January 2015

Green Building and Sustainability Stories: February Roundup

Happy and Green: Green Building and Employee Productivity

Why Sugar Is Bad, Even on Valentine’s Day

Biomass Energy Requirements to Become Part of Green Building Standard

Renewable Energy Takes Over as China’s Coal Industry Slumps Down

January Story Roundup | From Small Green Living to Bill Gates's OmniProcessor to Hyperloop

Product Disclosure and the Quest for Transparency

Why We Need More Green Retrofits for Buildings in the World

Six Trends for Green Building in 2015

New Year’s Resolutions With a Green Twist

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