Dear Friends, Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is a “think & do” tank focused on improving air and water quality, sustainability and equity in a decarbonizing Bay Area. Below are select highlights from 2019. SSV positively impacted a range of issues from understanding the nuances of air quality and traffic patterns to encouraging 76-year “win-win-win” water […]
Photo of Climate Strike September 20, 2019 in Mountain View, CA. Many of use recognize we have a climate emergency. However, the CoP (Conference of Parties) in Madrid produced little to go forward with.1 The conditions are accelerating the Climate Emergency, but we are standing aside. Instead of action, we are letting the climate emergency […]
It is the Thanksgiving season, a time to count blessings. So, those who are concerned about minimizing GHGs (Green House Gases) are looking to REACH codes to reduce GHGs from buildings. They are thankful REACH codes can do this. So, how does that work? REACH codes amend the building code that determines how a building […]