Green Options » zero carbon http://greenoptions.com/tag/zero-carbon Posts tagged 'zero carbon' Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en California to Get First US Zero Carbon Motorcycle Race http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/ http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:45 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/

Spectators at next years Sonoma Showdown at California’s Infineon Raceway will be treated to something they’ve never seen before - the nation’s first ever zero-carbon motorcycle race.

The Sonoma County event, known as the Time Trial eXtreme Grand Prix, will form part of the AMA Motorcycle Sonoma Showdown weekend, May 14-16.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/feed/ Eco-Towns Fail Carbon Neutral test http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:29:12 +0000 Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/ green roof and eco-townsBritain’s eco-towns have a number of ‘firsts’ to encourage their creation: they will be the first new towns built for more than forty years, they will be the first designed for sustainability (low and zero carbon technologies, recycling waste and water, public transport) and they be the first to meet two targets: containing 30-50% social housing and consisting together of 3 million new homes to be built by 2020.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/07/eco-towns-fail-carbon-neutral-test/feed/ Plan To Build The World’s First Zero-Waste, Zero-Carbon City Gets Financial Backing http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/29/plan-to-build-the-worlds-first-zero-waste-zero-carbon-city-gets-financial-backing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/29/plan-to-build-the-worlds-first-zero-waste-zero-carbon-city-gets-financial-backing/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:04:50 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/29/plan-to-build-the-worlds-first-zero-waste-zero-carbon-city-gets-financial-backing/ Abu Dhabi
General Electric and Mubadala Development have just announced a multi-billion dollar partnership that will give a huge financial boost to a plan to develop a clean-energy walled city in the United Arab Emirates. Masdar City, scheduled for completion in 2015, will get all of its energy from sustainable sources, and will create zero net greenhouse gas emissions. It will also be completely car-free.

As part of its partnership with Mubadala, GE will fund a giant research center in the heart of the city that will house a think tank of technologists working to develop sustainable energy and water technologies. The company will also commit up to $50 million to Masdar’s cleantech investment fund.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/29/plan-to-build-the-worlds-first-zero-waste-zero-carbon-city-gets-financial-backing/feed/ Green Building Tour: IDeAs Z-Squared Zero Energy Building http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/10/10/green-building-tour-ideas-z-squared-zero-energy-building/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/10/10/green-building-tour-ideas-z-squared-zero-energy-building/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:55:42 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/10/10/green-building-tour-ideas-z-squared-zero-energy-building/
Z-Squared is an example of an office building whose net energy consumption is zero. In addition to being a zero energy building, it is also a zero carbon building. “It’s one of the first commercial buildings in the United States to be designed to a ‘Z2′ energy efficiency goal; that is, net zero energy, zero carbon emissions.”

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