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Tag Archives: carbon emission
Temperature Rising like El Niño
It’s already 2014 and we’re no stranger to nature’s phenomenon called El Niño. The major shifts of climate patterns leave everyone in the limbo, and to expect the unexpected. Over the centuries of human defiling nature & taking things for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, algae, carbon emission, climate change, climate patterns, coral bleeching, crops, diminishing, drought, economics, el-nino, exponential, food supplies, freak weather, Freak weather patterns, global warming, greenhouse, greenhouse gasses, heat, humid, humidity, ice caps, icebergs, inflation, jobless, melting, methane, ozone, permafrost, temperature, water level, weather, weather pattern
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Raising the Bar for a Stronger & Sustainable Future
It wasn’t too long ago that I shared an opinion that the present day Green Buildings/ Green-Mark policies & initiatives are merely showmanship and status quo; that may not have the best interest of energy conservation. Well, now, the good … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, BCA, building, carbon emission, conservation, deep green, District Department of the Environment, District of Columbia, District of Columbia Department, eco friendly, eco system, energy, energy conservation, energy consumption, environment, green, green building, Green Buildings, green kampong, green village, housing, implementation, infrastructure, International Living Future Institute, living building, Nadya Hutagalung, natural cooling, natural light, net zero, new building institute, one degree up, planet, renewable energy, resource retention, save the planet, saving gaia, singapore, singapore environment council, skanska, solar energy, storm water, sustainable
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Pursuant of Genuine Eco-Friendliness or is it just Status-Quo?
First & foremost, apologies to ardent readers & followers for my month long hiatus. Reasons being; there not being anything new or mention worthy on this tiny yet quickly densely populated island, and I didn’t want to bore you with … Continue reading
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Tagged air condition, architecture, archive, aviation, buildings, carbon, carbon emission, carbon trading, changes, climate, computerize, conservation, consumption, cooling system, cost, council, cultivation, digitize, eco, eco office, effect, efficacy, emission, energy, environment, euro 5, euro 6, footprint, friendly, fuel, green, green building, green office, greenhouse, greenhouse gases, implementation, infrastructure, initiatives, intelligent, logistics, maintenance, management, military, monoxide, operator, paperless, pollution, registry, science, SEC, server room, servers, singapore, singapore environment council, solution, sustainability, technology, trade off, transportation, upkeep, waste disposal
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Do we wish to see the next century…
It is a known fact that we live in the era of global warming, somewhat similar to what scientists say occurred shortly before prehistoric creatures became extinct (some say, not exactly all). Depleting fossil fuel inevitably goes on the rise … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building, carbon emission, climate, climate change, congestion, development, eco-city, efficacy, efficient, el-nino, energy, environment, green, green building, greenhouse, greenhouse gas, hurricanes typhoons, la-nina, nature, organic, planning, science, submarine earthquakes, sustainable
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How to engage reverse gear…
In countries that take environmental responsibility seriously, the government & respective agencies are generous in advocating & investing in healthy practices to reduce wastes, conserve/ farm energies, reduce carbon emission etc. The solutions come in the form of heavy subsidies … Continue reading
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Tagged application, architecture, biodegradable, biodetergent, biofuel, building, carbon emission, conservation, development, efficacy, efficient, energy, environment, government, green, harness, housing, hydro, illumination, implementation, incentives, LED, planning, process, recycle, reduce, reuse, saving, solar, tidal, turbines, wind
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When to… when not to
There is little doubt that the global drumming of awareness to reduce carbon emission has began to see some positive results. Consumers these days are looking out to replace conventional lighting with LED luminaries. However, there still is an element … Continue reading
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Tagged application, break even, carbon emission, costs, green, illumination, implementation, LED, light, lighting, luminaries, reduce, ROI
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Hold the Horse on The Cliff Edge
The series of catastrophic events that took the world by storm, ie; upsized tsunamis, frequent quakes, popping volcanoes, trending anarchy, viral mutation, epidemic outbreaks, genocide, senseless killings, flooding, economy crippling etc, all within the past decade, has gotten me thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, carbon emission, carbon trading, catastrophe, climate change, conservation, depression, documentaries, earthquake, economy, emission, envrionment, flash flood, flood, genocide, geography, global warming, greenhouse gas, life, methane, monsoon, nat geo, national, national geography, ozone, plates, precipitation, prehistoric, premafrost, preservation, pressure, rainfall, retard, reverse, science, tsunami, UV, water, weather
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Earth Hour… only One Hour?
Earth hour is said to be an hour of total power shut down, a form of observance for what nature has to offer, while we the inhabitants is depleting its resources & causing harm to the environment 1 way or … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emission, conservation, consumption, earth, earth hour, energy, envrionment, greenmark, hour, power, singapore
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Gas! Gas! Gas!
Once again, the haze is back, and this time, with a vengeance. Word has it that there were satellite imaging of larger scale arson & deforestation, with a lot more hot spots across Indonesia, as opposed to past years. Needless … Continue reading →
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