by Jackie | Nov 10, 2016 | Climate Change, Green Building |
Elon Musk has revealed Tesla’s new solar roof panels, which would integrate with a normal home to offer a clean, mainstream source of power. At some point you’ve likely gazed up towards the sun and wondered why – particularly in South Africa – we don’t make greater...
by Jackie | Aug 30, 2016 | Climate Change, Green Building, Pollution |
If Australia’s third surf park goes ahead in Perth, part of its electricity supply will be generated by solar panels. Wave Park Group have lodged a formal proposal with the City of Melville to develop URBNSURF Perth at a 4.4ha site located at Tompkins Park, Alfred...
by Jackie | Aug 23, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
The Paris of tomorrow will be a whole lot greener. Jacques Ferrier Architecture (JFA), Chartier Dalix Architectes, and SLA Landskab won the international design competition “Reinventer Paris” with the Multi-Layered City, a proposal to weave urban farming and greenery...
by Jackie | Aug 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
During the PowerGen 2016 Conference, Eskom’s group chief executive, Brian Molefe, made a plea for decisions about Africa’s power generation not to be based on emotions but on research, facts and scholarship to ensure that the correct choices are made. In support of...
by Jackie | Aug 1, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building, Pollution |
In a recent week in Washington, I took lobbying meetings with TechNet, the lumber industry and the property casualty insurance industry. Let me give you a glimpse inside these meetings, because they help explain why so little progress is being made in Congress on...