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Air Clean pavement slabs clean air from nitrogen oxide

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We already wrote about several projects where pavement could be used to generate energy, and in this article we’re going to write about progress in technology used to clean the air with usage of a special pavement. Coated in titanium dioxide nanoparticles, pavement is able to reduce the amount of nitrogen oxide in the air. ... »

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Green architecture – Dell Children’s Medical Center

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This example of green architecture isn’t quite new, but it has a great design and it was a first of its kind. The Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas has been awarded LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, as the first hospital in the world that achieved such status. The 43,665 ... »

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Pavegen flexible paving slabs generate energy from footsteps

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Due to a need to reduce carbon emissions and keep costs down, producing renewable energy is increasingly important for most governments and the tech industry at the moment. With that in mind investments are being made in the popular green energy sectors such as wind, solar, and wave energy. However, people’s steps (thousands upon thousands ... »