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- ... One geoengineering proposal for reducing the impact of urban heat islands is to paint roofs worldwide a reflective white. Jacobson's computer modeling concluded that white roofs did indeed cool urban su ...
- Created on 19 October 2011
- 42. Northeast Bakes Under Blistering Heat
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- ... by the end of the weekend, with temperatures dipping to a relatively cool 90 degrees F. The end of July is known to be the hottest time of the year, but today's heat goes far above the average. With curren ...
- Created on 22 July 2011
- 43. How Concentrated Solar Power Can Meet India’s Future Power Needs
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- ... ity in a conventional steam turbine. After exiting the steam generation system, the now cool salt mixture is circulated back to the "cold" thermal storage tank, and the cycle is repeated. While CSP techn ...
- Created on 29 March 2010
- 44. Chinese Companies Creating Better Green Products
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- ... energy efficient appliances for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including 5,353 refrigerators that use carbon dioxide as a coolant, thousands of solar water heaters, and washing machines that use electrolyz ...
- Created on 24 June 2009
- 45. Cities Leading the Way to Sustainability
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- ... nvention Center generated enough electricity to fully power it during events, the City started installations at many different municipal facilities. Residents, too, are joining the bandwagon. Check out ...
- Created on 07 April 2009
- 46. Big U.S. retailers look to solar energy
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- ... at other ways to extend their use of renewable energy by testing technologies like wind turbines and reflective white roofs, wh ...
- Created on 13 August 2008
- 47. Rising Sun for Electric Cars
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- ... ng stations. It also provides shade for cars and can thus reduce the energy needed to cool a hot car when starting it up during the summer. The system can also markedly increase the value of the parking a ...
- Created on 28 April 2008
- 48. Top Ten Green Projects of 2008 Announced
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- ... cooling (see EBN Vol. 16, No. 10). 4. Pocono Environmental Education Center (Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson)—This education center features extensive daylighting, passive ventilation, ...
- Created on 23 April 2008
- 49. Unique Kenyan game park threatened
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- ... "Nonsense, absolute nonsense," she said, adding that the town will be a model for a society free of ethnic tensions. Jamii Bora is building a milk cooling plant for the Maasai ...
- Created on 02 January 2008
- 50. Unique Kenyan game park under human threat
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- ... "Nonsense, absolute nonsense," she said, adding that the town will be a model for a society free of ethnic tensions. Jamii Bora is building a milk cooling plant for the Maasai ...
- Created on 30 December 2007