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Environmental Finance News
13 November 2012
Energy production accounted for 15% of the world’s total water use in 2010 according to the IEA’s (International Energy Agency) most recent annual World Energy Outlook report.
The sector’s water consumption is set to increase 85% by 2035, as demand for power rises by more than a third, and thirstier types of energy production, such as fossil fuels and biofuels, are increasingly used.
The new, eight-building Graduate School of Business campus, has achieved the LEED Platinum rating for environmental sustainability from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Read more: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/leed.html
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Engineering Project Organization Journal is the Official Journal of the Engineering Project Organization Society (EPOS).
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It publishes interdisciplinary scholarly articles in the field of organization studies as applied to the complex and dynamic engineering project domain.
Green building and sustainable building both refer to the design and construction of buildings that have a minimal impact on the environment. Green building encompasses all phases of design, materials selection, and construction, including life-cycle analysis and energy efficiency.
Research by scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Cambridge, UK and published online in the journal Nature Climate Change shows that as climate change enhances tree growth in tropical forests, the resulting increase in litterfall could stimulate soil micro-organisms leading to a release of stored soil carbon.
Read the full story at:
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/Soilcarbonintropicalforests_2011_50.html
Journal Reference:
Emma J. Sayer, Matthew S. Heard, Helen K. Grant, Toby R. Marthews, Edmund V. J. Tanner. Soil carbon release enhanced by increased tropical forest litterfall. Nature Climate Change, 2011;
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1190
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