Reforestation
Replanting of forests on lands that have recently been harvested.
Leave a Comment April 7, 2010
Tag: natural resource
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Leave a Comment December 28, 2009
Design for the Environment (DfE)
A concept or philosophy applied to the design process that advocates the reduction of environmental and human health impacts through materials selection and design strategies.
Leave a Comment November 30, 2009
Composting
The purposeful biodegradation of organic matter, such as yard and food waste.
Leave a Comment November 21, 2009
Daylighting
Letting natural light into a space through glazing with the intent of reducing or eliminating electric lighting, and thereby the energy consumption of a building.
Leave a Comment November 19, 2009
Biodiesel
A cleaner-burning diesel fuel made from natural, renewable sources such as vegetable oils.
Biodiesel is meant to be used in standard diesel engines and is thus distinct from the vegetable oils used to fuel converted diesel engines. Biodiesel can be used alone, or blended with petrodiesel.
Leave a Comment November 15, 2009
Carbon Neutral
Reducing energy use and impact to remove as much carbon dioxide from the environment as we put in.
Further steps to carbon neutrality can also be achieved by use of renewable energy and buying carbon offsets for that which can’t yet be reduced.
Leave a Comment November 10, 2009
FSC
Forest Stewardship Council [FSC] is an international non-profit membership-based organization devoted to encouraging the responsible management of the world’s forests through developing standards.
The FSC provides chain of custody tracking and a certification system.
Leave a Comment November 2, 2009
Geothermal Energy
Energy derived from the heat that exists in the interior of the earth.
Power can be generated from natural steam, hot water, hot rock or lava in the Earth’s crust.
Leave a Comment October 30, 2009
