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Study Finds 98% of Workers Have Issues With Office Thermostat
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, workplace )

Hugh
- 3 days ago - greenerbuildings.com
Looking to save a little money this fall and winter by turning down the thermostats in your offices? Think again before you fiddle with those temperatures settings.
Take a Bow Atlanta, You're the Most Toxic City in America
Environment  (tags: pollution, Sustainabililty, environment )

Hugh
- 4 days ago - greenbiz.com
Forbes has ranked the 40 largest metro areas to determine the most, and least, toxic cities in the United States. Atlanta and Detroit were named the dirtiest, while Las Vegas and Sacramento rank among the cleanest.
Greenpeace Takes Google, Microsoft, IBM to Task on Climate Action
Environment  (tags: climate-change, environment, globalwarming, google, ibm, microsoft )

Hugh
- 5 days ago - greenercomputing.com
Google, Microsoft and IBM are singled out for not doing enough to put IT's power to work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in the latest release of Greenpeace's Cool IT Challenge.
Deirdre Imus's Mission to Green Up Toxic Hospitals
Green Lifestyle  (tags: health, greenproducts, Sustainabililty, hospitals )

Hugh
- 10 days ago - greenbiz.com
Deirdre Imus, bestselling author and president of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center, has created a line of green cleaning products for eliminating toxins in hospitals.
Electricity That's Cheaper Than Free
Environment  (tags: energy, renewable energy, alternative energy )

Hugh
- 11 days ago - climatebiz.com
Would you believe that there are places and times when power companies generate so much renewable energy that they give it away?
Software Dramatically Improves Building Energy Use Forecasts
Environment  (tags: energy, environment, conservation, buildings )

Hugh
- 11 days ago - greenerbuildings.com
SCI has released an innovative application that measures and predicts a facility's energy use so accurately that its projections can fall within 1- to 2 percent of actual energy consumption.
The Smart Grid Is On Its Way -- Slowly
Green Lifestyle  (tags: smart grid, energy, Sustainabililty )

Hugh
- 12 days ago - greenbiz.com
Today, President Obama announced 100 grants providing a total of $3.4 billion in recovery-act funding for the smart grid. What would a smart grid mean to you?
Do People Really Care About the Climate?
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, climate-change, climate, greenliving, sustainable )

Hugh
- 13 days ago - greenbiz.com
Do people care about the climate? It's an open question these days, and opinion polls offer little help. Some show that climate ranks fairly low among public concerns, while others indicate a high level of concern among the populace.
Chrome for Mac: Not Here Yet, But Use It Anyway
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, apple, computers, google, chrome )

Hugh
- 16 days ago - technologizer.com
As Sergey Brin noted today at Web 2.0, Google doesn't make it easy to find the pre-release version of Chrome for Mac, but he encouraged those in the audience here who were jonesing for Mac Chrome to download and use it.
Frito Bag Universal Speakers Sound Great, Less Filling
Science & Tech  (tags: design, innovation, mods, upcycle )

Hugh
- 17 days ago - greenerdesign.com
Upcycling company TerraCycle has collected more than 5 million chip bags in the past year. What to do with all that garbage? How about a new line of folding universal speakers made out of Frito wrappers?
 
 
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