by creedla | Jan 29, 2016 | Enviroment, Green Construction
Mankind has known that sea water is undrinkable due to its excessive salinity, but that hasn’t stopped us from trying to find ways to desalt the sea. Since ancient times, distillation has been utilized to remove salt from the water, making it drinkable. Today, the...
by creedla | Jan 26, 2016 | Enviroment, Environmental News, Green Construction, Los Angeles Construction Projects
By now, most Americans have become familiar with those ubiquitous objects being placed on countless rooftops & utility poles around the country. Called photovoltaic solar panels (PV), these units use sunlight to create electricity through the use of a...
by creedla | Jan 26, 2016 | Enviroment, Green Construction
Our quest to erect great cities, and the buildings within, as self-righteous pantheons to our dominance over nature, caused us to learn something… It’s that we can’t dominate nature at all. As a result, modern societies the world over have been coming up with creative...
by creedla | Dec 21, 2015 | Green Construction, Los Angeles Construction Projects
The tragedy of Love Canal is so incredulous that most people cannot comprehend how such a disaster was allowed to occur. Yet, it is important to note the problem started well before 1970, the year of the first Earth Day, which means the Environmental Protection Agency...
by creedla | Dec 21, 2015 | Green Construction
Environmental awareness has come to the forefront of the world’s conscious in recent years. An innumerable number of products, services, and initiatives have flooded us with environmentally-friendly options that didn’t exist a decade ago. One area that has seen...
by creedla | Dec 3, 2015 | City Planners in Los Angeles, Green Construction, Los Angeles Construction Projects
What Are Urban Heat Islands Urban heat islands (UHI) are a consequence of our modern, developed societies. The term describes the phenomena whereby built-up urban areas are 2–5°F hotter than nearby rural areas. This results from the construction of buildings, roads,...
