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Mey and Boaz Kahn, Studio Kahn , submitted this ecooler screen for iida 2010 and took home third prize.  Ecooler is a concept hollow tile that connects with other tiles, creating a wall of water-filled ceramics.  It’s intended to provide an alternative option for cooling internal spaces by seepage and evaporation during the day, according to DesignBoom .  Credits: Mey Kahn/Boaz Kahn via DesignBoom .

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Ecooler Hollow Ceramic Cooling Screen

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Thursday 7 October 2010 at 00:15:00 Learn how to get employees on board with your sustainability strategy Are you struggling with green critics? One of the biggest obstacles to improving your company’s environmental performance is often getting people to change their attitudes and behaviours, and adopt more…

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The leading edge of a big solar energy wave is beginning to hit in the desert Southwest.  CAP’ s Tom Kenworthy has the story. The Department of Interior today announced final approval of two large solar energy projects in southern California that will produce 754 megawatts of clean renewable energy to power more than a quarter million homes and create almost 300 permanent jobs and about 700 construction jobs.

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We appear to be incapable of dealing with invasive species while there’s still time. On a dark night last week, a group of animal rights activists in Donegal made their own special contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity.

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The Aliens Are Coming

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 6 October 2010 at 00:15:00 WWF paper warns world is on track to break its carbon budget Global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could exceed the limit recommended by climate scientists by almost a third. That is the stark conclusion of a new paper from WWF that…

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Global 2020 emissions will far exceed ‘dangerous’ levels