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Greenbuild: A Success for Sustainability
SAN FRANCISCO — The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo presented by the U.S. Green Building Council, was a booming success in San Francisco, Calif. last week. The Moscone Center was jam-packed with green designers, innovators and spectators from across the globe on Nov. 14-16. The expo hall featured three floors and nearly 1,000 exhibitors.
A Model For Energy Efficiency
SAN FRANCISCO — The greenest urban office building in North America is also home to the Living Machine System, which helps the LEED-Platinum building recycle its blackwater/wastewater content.
New York, San Francisco Earn Recognition for Government Policy
DURBAN, South Africa — The World Green Building Council recognized New York and San Francisco for international best practice in government policy at the city level for green building initiatives — two of six cities to earn the award.
The Government Leadership Awards for Excellence in City Policy for Green Building were announced at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, and recognize green buildings as an important means to reduce carbon emissions, according to a statement from the council.
San Francisco PUC to Put City Wind to Use
DAVIS, Calif. — The winds that famously chill the streets of downtown San Francisco will help power a skyscraper set to open in the fall that could pave the way for a new world market for energy-generating wind turbines in new buildings.
Large San Francisco Solar Project Powers Gov Facilities
SAN FRANCISCO — One of the largest municipal solar installations in California was recently completed at Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco.
The solar installation is made up of 24,000 solar panels installed on top of the North Basin of the Sunset Reservoir that will generate up to 5 megawatts daily of renewable energy.
The project is expected to reduce carbon emissions by about 80,000 metric tons over the course of its 25-year lifetime while helping to "satisfy the diverse clean energy needs of the City’s munici
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SAN FRANCISCO — As green building aficionados file into San Francisco for the fourth annual West Coast Green sustainable innovation conference this week, they will find that they couldn’t have picked a more suitable city in the country in which to learn about the leading green products and projects on the market.
After all, S.F.
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