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Harvard Study: Green Buildings Deliver Nearly $6bn in Health and Climate Benefits
Green certified buildings are delivering billions of dollars in health, climate and energy-saving benefits, according to a major new study from Harvard University. Engineering giant United Technologies Corporation (UTC) commissioned a team of researchers at the university to study how…
Montana Solar Panel Installers Not Fazed by New Tariff
In one of President Donald Trump’s biggest trade agreements thus far in 2018, he’s imposed a 30-percent tariff on imported solar panels. Currently, 60 percent of solar panels are manufactured in China and other parts of Asia, and they’re cheaper…
IEA Highlights Chile’s Potential As Renewable Energy Behemoth
The International Energy Agency has this week published a new report highlighting the emergence of Chile as one of the world’s growing renewable energy destinations, thanks to second-to-none resources and increasingly forward-looking policies. In its second in-depth review of Chile’s…
Ivan Smiljkovic: A Bank with a Clear Development Orientation always Stands with Business People
The professional Jury of Novi Sad fair declared this year ProCredit Bank as the best bank in agribusiness standing commitment of this financial institution to support domestic agricultural producers who persistently and patiently develop their business. With Ivan Smiljković, a…
Aleksandar Vranić: I Would Like to See Post of Serbia Have an Electrically Powered Fleet
Aleksandar Vranić with an MA in Economics, employed in the Economic and Procurement Service in PE “Post of Serbia”, participated in the conference “The construction of electric vehicle charging stations in urban areas and road infrastructure” held in April 2017…
Miroslav Tadić: The United Nations Strongly Support the Transition of Serbia towards Ecomobility
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is helping the transition of the Republic of Serbia through the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which define priority areas of development in the world until 2030. Through a series of projects…
An Argentine Startup Makes Shoes from Discarded Tire Scraps and Employs Single Mothers
More than 100,000 tons of rubber tires are disposed of every year in Argentina. The majority of them are burned, contributing to the country’s already huge air pollution problem. So, when Alejandro Malgor and two of his friends, Ezequiel Gatti…