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5 Green Hotels to Visit on Your Next Vacation

Top Green Hotels to Visit on Your Next Vacation Green hotels are making waves in the world of sustainable design. Hotels are occupied at all hours of the day, seven days a week, which means energy... Read More

Deep Energy Retrofits for Brownstones and Brick Row Homes - Let’s Create a Movement in Boston
ZeroEnergy Design Mar 26, 2020

BACKGROUND The first U.S. rowhomes were built in Philadelphia during the 1700s.  They shared one or more walls with neighboring units, which offered material efficiencies and required less... Read More

SRECS: The Incentive for Commercial Buildings to Go Solar
EmmamHowe Oct 30, 2016

As a commercial building owner, you can achieve significant short and long term savings by installing solar power. The benefits of solar include operational energy cost reductions, shrinking your... Read More

Ed Markey's Climate Refugee Bill: The Future of Migration Policy
samanthaklein Aug 21, 2020

Migration is arguably one of the most notable aspects of the human experience. Over 200,000 years ago, the first Homo sapiens lived and settled in East Africa. They began moving outside of Africa... Read More

How to Host an Open House with Solar Panels
Realty Sage Feb 26, 2017

Hosting an open house for a property with solar panels is an excellent opportunity to establish yourself as your community’s expert in green homes, sometimes also known as... Read More

The Toitu Earth-Sheltered House - Comfortable, Energy Efficient & Unique
Rate It Green Team Mar 12, 2025

Green Builder Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. will be working on the Toitu House, an earth-sheltered home that really could last several hundred years, as in 500. Some claim an earthen home can even... Read More

Noise Pollution - Understanding the Risks and Effects in Work and Everyday Life
Clayton Shepardson Mar 24, 2022

Introduction Noise, like every other sense, can bring extraordinary amounts of pleasure. On the other hand, too much noise can alter our mental and physical health little by little,... Read More

Global GreenTag Releases the First Modern Slavery Reporting Declaration for Products
Rate It Green Team Sep 13, 2020

Global GreenTag has released the first ever Modern Slavery Declaration for products. The Global GreenTag International MSD™ Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration (GGTI MSD) implements a... Read More

Getting Your Green Building Products Specified - 4 Key Strategies
Veer Mudambi Feb 04, 2020

As green building activity continues to increase steadily across the world, it is a promising time for building product manufacturers (BPMs). According to a report by the United States Green Building... Read More

The Green New Deal - An Introduction
AbbieKnight Jan 03, 2019

Years ago, a New Deal was developed during the Roosevelt administration. The deal was made up of social and economic reforms as well as public works projects. The deal provided economic recovery and... Read More