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Texas Ranks #1 with Most LEED-certified Residential Construction Projects

Texas has 6,945 LEED-certified residential projects and more than half of them are in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

Texas, California and New York lead the country in the number of LEED-certified residential projects.

Review: Technologies to Reduce Concrete's Hefty Carbon Footprint

With 4.2 billion metric tons of the binder used each year worldwide, cement production is responsible for nearly 8% of global carbon emissions. Carbon sequestration in concrete could help.

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Trucks & Accessories

Clean Diesel Trucks Now Make Up 30% of US Commercial Vehicles in Operation

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Population of clean-diesel truck emissions control systems is up from 25.7% in 2016; have saved 4.2B gallons of diesel fuel over five years

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Study: Asphalt Better for the Environment Long-Term

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds that the extra energy used to manufacture, install and maintain more reflective materials far outweighed the energy savings created from reducing the urban heat island effect

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[VIDEO] Operator Share Experiences with Volvo Hybrid Loader

Waste Management operators in Moreno Valley providing feedback after field testing Volvo CE's LX1 prototype electric wheel loader.

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Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8

All-Electric Class 8 Garbage Truck Expected to Save 6,000 Gal. of Fuel per Year

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City of Sacramento will deploy the second all-electric refuse truck in North America on one of its standard residential and recycling routes

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[APP] Document and Verify LEED Construction Credits from the Field with Green Badger Mobile App

Green Badger LEED Documentation mobile app is a simple way to document and verify LEED construction credits in the field from your smartphone or tablet

The Green Badger LEED Documentation mobile app provides instantaneous LEED documentation and verification for LEED construction credits right on your mobile device.

Trump Announces US will Withdraw from Paris Climate Accord

While this is a major step that fulfills a campaign promise, Trump said the US would begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris accord or "a new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States, its businesses, its workers, its people."

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Keeping Asphalt Cool

Researchers are working to reduce the heat island effect hot pavements can create for cities

Workers apply a cool pavement coating to a street Saturday May 20, 2017 in Canoga Park. The coating is designed to reduce temperatures on the the surface of streets during Southern California heat waves.

Study: Energy Saving Tax Incentive Could Create 77,000 New Design & Construction Jobs

As many as 77,000 new design and construction jobs would be created annually over 10 years – along with almost $7.4 billion more in annual GDP – if Congress and the Trump Administration continue an important energy efficiency tax policy

Amphibious Cat Excavators Help Preserve Waterways

J.F. Brennan is taking its innovations in marine contracting above, below and all around the water. Learn more about their work and how they use Cat equipment with amphibious modifications to be stewards of the waterways.

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Better Buildings Challenge Achieves $1.9 billion in Cumulative Energy and Cost Savings

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the energy-efficiency progress made by the 345 leading public and private sector organizations in the Better Buildings Challenge in the 2017 Better Buildings Progress Report

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