Source: mnn.com Published: October 8, 2018 We spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, the Environmental Protection Agency says. Here’s how to make sure you and your family are breathing the cleanest indoor air possible. (Photo: sukiyaki/Shutterstock) By...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: October 1, 2018 Perry Miller Air pollution is a major problem around the world, but one company is helping people stay safe no matter where they live. Bioscarf has created a stylish accessory that doubles as a safety mask for people...
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: September 27, 2018 The porous polymer uses tiny air holes to reflect all wavelengths of sunlight, cooling buildings far better than white paint The coating, if used on enough buildings at once, could also help deal with so-called...
Source: sustainablebrands.com Published: July 20, 2017 As global temperatures reach record highs and heat waves become the norm across the globe, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), a global initiative led by former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to...
Source: facilityexecutive.com Published: February 10, 2017 By Brian Fricke, Ken Schultz, and Xudong Wang With the ratification of the Montreal protocol in 1987, chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants, such as R11, R12, R22, and R123,...
Source: environmentalleader.com Published: August 18, 2016 Festival Foods, one of the largest independent grocery store chains in the US Midwest, is the first supermarket chain to build a new store with refrigeration equipment designed to run Honeywell’s...
Source: ccacoalition.org Published: January 18, 2017 Jumbo supermarket in Valdivia, Chile installs transcritical carbon dioxide refrigeration by CCAC secretariat A supermarket in Chile has become the first in the country to adopt new refrigeration technology in an...
Source: foobot.io Published: July 21, 2017 plant on desk – office productivity By Adrien Lafond **Updated November 2019. The decades-old claims about the power of plants to improve indoor air quality might be totally wrong, according to a recent study by...
Source: nytimes.com Published: July 13, 2017 By LISA FRIEDMAN Curbing 87 percent of the climate change pollutants found in air-conditioners by 2050 could eliminate 89.7 gigatons of emissions. Source: “Drawdown,” edited by Paul Hawken Fixing air-conditioning is, let’s...
Source: greenpeace.org Published: July 1, 2016 A group of greenhouse gases you’ve probably never heard of contributes much more than its share to climate change. Known as F-gases, these chemicals are used to cool drinks, food, cars, supermarkets and office buildings....
