News & Events
There’s always a lot happening at FGBC and in the world of green building. Here, we’ve assembled information that will keep you abreast of recent developments in our organization and throughout our industry. We hope you find the news links interesting and helpful, and the event calendar a timely resource to help keep you plugged into other opportunities where you can continue to enhance your knowledge on the subjects of green building and sustainability.
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Senator Whitehouse Demands EPA Reverse Plan to Eliminate Climate Programs
[May 13, 2025] EPA plans to shut down key climate programs, including the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and Energy Star, sparking concerns over industry competitiveness, consumer costs, and transparency in emissions data.
The High Price of Politeness: Why Saying 'Please' to ChatGPT Costs Millions
[May 5, 2025] In a world racing toward automation, it turns out that good manners come at a price — a steep one.
Green Renovation Strategies for Commercial Spaces
[May 2, 2025] Smart renovations help businesses cut costs, boost comfort, and build a greener future—one upgrade at a time.
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Top Technology
New auditory brainstem implant shows early promise
[May 16, 2025] Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limitations of models currently in use. These implants may one day benefit people who can't receive a cochlear implant, such as those with Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and other severe inner ear abnormalities. In a new preclinical study, researchers report on benefits in large animal models, and based on the results, hope for future trials in humans.
Log in to your computer with a secret message encoded in a molecule
[May 16, 2025] Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time consuming. Researchers have now developed an alternative method to encode information in synthetic molecules, which they used to encode and then decode an 11-character password to unlock a computer.
Hexagons for data protection: Proof of location without disclosing personal data
[May 15, 2025] Location data is considered particularly sensitive -- its misuse can have serious consequences. Researchers have now developed a method that allows individuals to cryptographically prove their location -- without revealing it. The foundation of this method is the so-called zero-knowledge proof with standardized floating-point numbers.
Top Environment
Overlooked cell type orchestrates brain rewiring
[May 16, 2025] Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that norepinephrine acts directly on neurons.
Rising temperatures lead to unexpectedly rapid carbon release from soils
[May 16, 2025] How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and humidity?
Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago
[May 16, 2025] New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation between sediment changes and a marked period of global cooling that occurred in the Northern Hemisphere some 3.6 million years ago. The changes in sediments imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time. This crucial piece of work, which showed sediments changed in multiple sites east of the mid-Atlantic ridge but not west of that important geographical feature, opens multiple doors to future research aimed at better understanding the link between deep water currents, Atlantic Ocean heat and salt distribution and ice-sheet expansion, and climatic change.