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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How Community Solar Projects Are Democratizing Access to Clean Energy
[Jun 21, 2024] Community solar projects are breaking down barriers to renewable energy, making solar power accessible and affordable for a diverse range of communities.
EPA’s WaterSense Program Saved 1.2 Trillion Gallons of Water in 2023
[Jun 18, 2024] The WaterSense initiative conserves water and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
The Evolution of Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) and Its Environmental Impact
[May 24, 2024] Ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) significantly reduces emissions and environmental impact by lowering sulfur content and enabling advanced emission control technologies.
Environmental Protection News
Top Technology
New understanding of fly behavior has potential application in robotics, public safety
[Jul 26, 2024] Scientists have identified an automatic behavior in flies that helps them assess wind conditions -- its presence and direction -- before deploying a strategy to follow a scent to its source. The fact that they can do this is surprising -- can you tell if there's a gentle breeze if you stick your head out of a moving car? Flies aren't just reacting to an odor with a preprogrammed response: they are responding in context-appropriate manner. This knowledge potentially could be applied to train more sophisticated algorithms for scent-detecting drones to find the source of chemical leaks.
A rare form of ice at the center of a cool new discovery about how water droplets freeze
[Jul 26, 2024] Researchers explain a new mechanism for ice formation. Ice can form near the free surface of a water droplet via small precursors with a structure resembling ice 0. These are readily formed by negative pressure effects due to surface tension, creating ring-like structures with the same characteristics as ice 0, which act as seeds for nucleation, providing a mechanism for the bulk formation of ice.
Researchers develop state-of-the-art device to make artificial intelligence more energy efficient
[Jul 26, 2024] Engineering researchers have demonstrated a state-of-the-art hardware device that could reduce energy consumption for artificial intelligent (AI) computing applications by a factor of at least 1,000.
Top Environment
Climate is most important factor in where mammals choose to live, study finds
[Jul 26, 2024] Using data from 6,645 camera traps across the United States, researchers mapped populations of 25 mammal species. They determined that climate, not human activity, was the primary factor in mammals deciding where to live.
New understanding of fly behavior has potential application in robotics, public safety
[Jul 26, 2024] Scientists have identified an automatic behavior in flies that helps them assess wind conditions -- its presence and direction -- before deploying a strategy to follow a scent to its source. The fact that they can do this is surprising -- can you tell if there's a gentle breeze if you stick your head out of a moving car? Flies aren't just reacting to an odor with a preprogrammed response: they are responding in context-appropriate manner. This knowledge potentially could be applied to train more sophisticated algorithms for scent-detecting drones to find the source of chemical leaks.
Lampreys possess a 'jaw-dropping' evolutionary origin
[Jul 26, 2024] Lampreys are one of only two living jawless vertebrates Jaws are formed by a key stem cell population called the neural crest New research reveals the gene regulatory changes that may explain morphological differences between jawed and jawless vertebrates.