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NEMA Joins NIST in Promoting Proactive Approach Toward Grid Resilience
2014-07-14 23:57:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association commends the National Institute of Standards and Technology and its proactive approach toward improving grid resilience through its Community Disaster Resilience Program. read more
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NEMA Joins NIST in Promoting Proactive Approach toward Grid Resilience
2014-06-27 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NEMA commends NIST and its proactive approach toward improving grid resilience through its Community Disaster Resilience Program and series of workshops that will develop community-scale disaster resilience framework. According to NEMA President and CEO Evan R. Gaddis, one way to ensure continued operation of critical facilities when power interruptions occur is to employ microgrids, energy storage, and decentralized generation. NIST’s next Disaster Resilience Workshop will be held July ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Quantifying Investment Risk: Ranking the Resilience of 50 Global Cities
2014-05-19 20:08:00| National Real Estate Investor
Traditional methods of property investment risk assessment are insufficient in a world facing unprecedented challenges such as rising sea levels, overpopulation, inequality and access to natural resources; which are changing the basic patterns of the last two centuries. This belief led the Grosvenor Group to publish a ranking of 50 global cities by environmental and social resilience and use this research as part of its investment risk analysis to go beyond the traditional methods such as standard deviation of returns, projected vacancy rates and forecast rental returns. read more
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EPA Awards $860,000 To Communities To Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience To Climate Change
2014-05-01 07:51:48| pollutiononline News Articles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced $860,000 to help 14 communities expand their use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change.
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EPA Awards $860,000 to Communities to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience to Climate Change
2014-04-30 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA announced $860,000 to help 14 communities expand their use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to impacts of climate change. Green infrastructure decreases pollution to local waterways by treating rain where it falls and keeping polluted stormwater from entering sewer systems. Green infrastructure tools and techniques include green roofs, permeable materials, alternative designs for streets and buildings, trees, rain gardens, and rain harvesting ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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