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United Kingdom: Colourful 'solar glass' means entire buildings can generate clean power
2013-02-12 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A solar power company capable of "printing" colourful glass that can generate electricity from the sun's energy announced a 2m funding boost on Tuesday. Oxford Photovoltaics, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, said the investment from clean-tech investors MTI Partners will help its solar glass, which can be dyed almost any colour, take a step closer to the commercial market. "What we say here is rather than attach [solar] photovoltaics to the building, why not make the building the...
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Norway: In radical refit, buildings to generate more power than they use
2013-02-12 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two office blocks by the Oslo fjord will generate more power than they use from 2014 after a radical refit meant to show that the world's energy-squandering building sector can do more to fight climate change. Geothermal and solar energy generated on site will make the 1980s buildings "energy positive" in a tiny step to cut demand from the building sector that burns about 40 percent of world energy and emits a third of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. So far, most focus in green energy has...
New Blueprint for Pig Buildings Published
2013-02-11 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - 'Finisher Pig Buildings – Design and Build' is a new guide from BPEX which provides a blueprint for English pig farms.
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Chambers Street Properties Closes on Two Class A Office Buildings in Malvern, Pa.
2013-02-11 00:53:00| National Real Estate Investor
Conference on Future Design of Farm Buildings
2013-02-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Farm building design is changing, with new materials, techniques and regulation paving the way for improved animal welfare and structural integrity.
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