Costa Rica is said to be the world’s happiest country, perhaps this is due to the ever so high life expectancy, beautiful scenery, variety of wildlife or because of its biodiversity. We’d like to think it’s because the small nation have not burned any fossil fuels to generate electricity for over 400 days in the last couple of years. Instead their electricity is entirely generated from renewable energy sources and has been for over 76 consecutive days so far this year, with more still to come.
Researchers within the Department of Food Science have established that exposing milk to light-emitting diode (LED) light sources for as little as four hours devalues its quality. It is believed that this exposure to LED light sources is more impacting than the microbial content that naturally forms in milk overtime.
The Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Ka’an Don Pablo Collection is an adults only all-inclusive holiday resort. The Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Ka’an Don Pablo Collection, and other Bahia Principe resorts around it, are situated in Mexico on the Riviera Maya, 66 miles (109 km) south of Cancun, along the coast.
Motors vehicles such as cars are a contributing factor to the overall negative impact we have on the environment. Motor vehicles emit greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and involve the burning of fossil fuels, which all contribute to air pollution and damage to the Ozone layer. These contributions may be one of the main causes for global warming.
Since their introduction over eight years ago, Display Energy Certificates (DECs) have helped to provide countless businesses with valuable information about their buildings energy consumption. In a recent article on the CIBSE Blog, CIBSE Research Associate in Energy Benchmarking Sung-Min Hong of University College London gives his thoughts on the value of DECs and their future.
