The world’s most sustainable office runs entirely on solar panels and rainwater collection

BY: MATTHEW CHIN In the Netherlands, the world’s most sustainable building shows how the working environment can also be environmentally friendly. The Edge is a 40,000 square metre office building and the headquarters of Deloitte, a company that specializes in…

California is giving free solar panels to poor households by taxing corporations for GHG emissions

BY: DANIEL KORN California is, by a wide margin, the best state in the US for solar energy. Over a million homes in the state have solar panels installed—compared to the second-best state, Nevada, which only has about 50 thousand…

Vancouver just solidified plans to run on 100% renewable energy

BY: JESSICA BEUKER In a time of climate crisis, any step is a foot forward. Understanding that cities and urban areas are responsible for 70-75 per cent of global C02 emissions, Vancouver has decided to join the face of change.…

For 75 days, Costa Rica has been powered using exclusively renewable energy

BY: TYLER FYFE Costa Rican Electricity Institute announced in a press release last week that 100 per cent of its electricity has come from renewable energy sources in the last 75 days. Since January 2015, surplus rainfall has supplied hydroelectric…