Climate Change
Marriott and its “Spirit to preserve” environmental strategy
Marriott International owns more than 3,000 hotels in the US, and works in 66 countries around the world. It is one of the leading companies in the hotel industry. For a while now it has been carrying out a strong [...]
B-Green. Sustainable urbanization in costa rica
Lake Arenal is located in the mid-north of Costa Rica. This great lake is the principal source of energy of the country by using hydro power and wind power generation. Around the lake, you can find hotels, restaurants and homes [...]
Energy wasted through Standby Power
Most homes bleed energy. They lose electricity that no one uses, no one takes advantage of – it’s a total waste. This is called vampire current, or stand-by current. This type of electricity loss is caused by home electronics that [...]
Vauban, the totally sustainable village
Vauban, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants in Germany that is barely 10 years old, was built as a model of sustainability. People began to move there around 2001. It is close to the university city of Freiburg. All of [...]
A non-polluting, ecological cement that absorbs greenhouse gases
A British company has developed a kind of cement that can absorb carbon dioxide. This is a very interesting development for the sustainable architecture movement, since carbon dioxide is the main gas that causes the greenhouse effect on our planet, [...]
