Resource recycling – manure into energy. The Microferm manure digestion installations of HoSt in collaboration with Jumpstart dairy company, FrieslandCampina, are a great success. HoSt is currently constructing the popular mono-manure digester at five different dairy farms in the Netherlands. And two have recently been succesfully completed. The...
Sustainability – forests have a major role to play in the transition to a carbon neutral economy. Forests have a central role to play in the transition to a carbon neutral economy, providing a multitude of services: economic; social and environmental. So, do we need...
Net-zero – focus on renewables; wind and solar energy. The U.S. wind industry installed nearly 2,000 MW of new wind power capacity in the third quarter of 2020, setting a record for third-quarter additions and bringing total American capacity to nearly 112,000 MW, according to the newly released Wind Powers...
WOBO members and fellow professionals consider a range of building types and products that are incorporated within those buildings. ICC’s evaluation and certification service provides support in the verification and acceptance of products. ICC’s goal is to provide a responsive, professional and expeditious service with...
By 2060, the world is projected to add 2.5 trillion square feet of new building space, doubling the current global stock. Most of this growth will occur in cities, which are responsible for over 66% of worldwide energy consumption and more than 70% of energy-related...
Every year, about 15 million citizens in Europe receive heat generated in Waste-to-Energy plants via district heating. The plants most often use high efficiency cogeneration, which makes them and their district heating networks highly efficient and recovering heat and cooling that would otherwise be wasted....
As professionals it is part of our role to ensure the environment and workplaces that are created provide are safe and support the health of those within the workplace. COVID-19 Guidance on Ventilation in the Workplace OSHA is committed to protecting the health and safety...
WOBO acknowledges the fluctuation in temperature and general atmospheric conditions that interact with society and found the work carried out by the Seismology Research Centre of interest in the identification and emergency management of both assets and the infrastructure. The Seismology Research Centre, or SRC,...
WOBO President Paul Myers and WOBO Governor David Gibson were provided with the opportunity to participate in the UNHABITAT World Cities Day 2020 Conference. The key elements under review included climate change, risk assessments, poverty and sustainability. The key theme was how to capture “the...
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