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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.
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The purposeful biodegradation of organic matter, such as yard and food waste.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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