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- California ranch stormwater system uses water conservation tech Sat, 10 Jun 23, 1:30amRancho Los Cerritos is a 4.7-acre historic site and museum in Long Beach. Built in 1844, the two-story Monterey-adobe style home and grounds illustrate the local history of various Spanish, Mexican and European cultures that...
- New LEED-targeted student housing supports net-zero goals Sat, 28 Aug 21, 1:30amCalifornia State University Long Beach (CSULB) is setting the bar for campus buildings that serve the health of students and staff as well as the environment. The most recent student housing, completed by McCarthy...
- New LEED Platinum student housing supports net-zero goals Sat, 28 Aug 21, 1:30amCalifornia State University Long Beach (CSULB) is setting the bar for campus buildings that serve the health of students and staff as well as the environment. The most recent student housing, completed by McCarthy...
- A new LEED Gold civic center will reinvigorate downtown Long Beach Wed, 20 Jan 21, 3:30amAs part of Long Beach’s largest public-private partnership effort to date, international architecture firm SOM has helped inject new life into the downtown area with the Long Beach Civic Center Master Plan...
- Toyota is building a giant power station that turns biowaste into hydrogen fuel Sat, 2 Dec 17, 5:46amToyota is building a massive power plant that will churn out 1.2 tons of hydrogen every single day. That's enough for the daily driving needs of almost 1,500 cars. They described the project as the "world's first megawatt-scale...
- Siemens debuts first electrified eHighway in the US Fri, 10 Nov 17, 1:11amSiemens just launched a one-mile long demonstration site for its electrified eHighway system, the first of its kind in the United States. The eHighway demo is being run in California near the ports of Los Angeles and Long...
- Los Angeles Launches First Bicycle Friendly Business District Sat, 22 Feb 14, 2:41amLos Angeles is launching the city's first Bicycle Friendly Business District (BFBD) in Northeast L.A. that will serve as a pilot program for a larger citywide initiative in 2015-16. The public-private partnership aimed at...
- Dr. Baile Zhang Unveils Light-Bending ‘Invisibility Cloak’ at TED 2013 Thu, 28 Feb 13, 7:30amDr. Baile Zhang, an assistant physics professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has created a small, box-like “invisibility cloak” that uses optic crystals to bend light. The invention was...
- Radiation from Fukushima Disaster Found in California Kelp Wed, 11 Apr 12, 3:20amKelp Leaves photo from Shutterstock Ghost ships aren’t the only remnants of Japan’s March 2011 tsunami that are washing up on the shores of North America...
- (RE) Configured-Ecologies: Recycled Shipping Container Structures to Revive Long Beach Sat, 6 Aug 11, 7:30amThe city of Long Beach, CA recently asked firms WE-designs and XP& Architecture to come up with a landmark project on a low budget to revitalize its downtown area...
- Rolling Green-Roofed Environmental Center Made from 65 Shipping Containers Tue, 28 Jun 11, 1:59amThis incredible environmental center in Long Beach, California is made from shipping containers discarded at the world’s second busiest port. The eCORRE COMPLEX, The Environmental Center of Regenerative Research &...
- Google Unveils Self-Driving Prius That Can Race Around Rooftop Park Lot Wed, 9 Mar 11, 2:30amLast year we reported on Google developing a self-driving car that uses artificial-intelligence software to sense anything near it and makes decisions that would otherwise be made by the driver...