Tag Archives: Norway
Hybrids and electrics dominated Norway’s car sales in March 2016
April 18, 2016Scandinavia continues to be the ruling sustainability belts from across the world, this time with Norway. Last month (March) over sixty percent of all cars sold in Norway were either hybrids or electric hybrids. The report presented by Dinside Motor … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged "Electric _vehicles", "hybrid car", Norway | Leave a commentClean energy is the new pledge of the Fortune 500
September 29, 2015It all starts with the big players when it comes to trends in the business world. So it goes with inspiring clean energy and sustainable efforts to preserve the planet. Some of the largest American companies including Walmart, Salesforce, Nike … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged Norway | Leave a commentNorway’s payouts and Brazil’s efforts reduce amazon deforestation by 75 percent
September 29, 2015Back in 2008, Norway, a country far away from all things amazon, decided to support Brazil’s rainforest with a payout of $1 billion to the latter. It’s been years and the Scandinavian nation is finally paying out its final $100 … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged Brazil, Deforestation, Norway | Leave a commentNorway is building the very first highway for bees
July 6, 2015Bees contribute greatly to the planet’s flora through pollination and by providing honey for greedy humans. Yet, all we know them for is their sting. Norway had decided to pay the bees their due with the announcement of the world’s … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Norway, Worlds_First | Leave a commentNorway’s wooden building to be the tallest in the world
April 21, 2010We’ve heard of wooden floorings in our homes before. A wooden building does sound weird though. Norway will soon have one of these. The Barents Secretariat Tower is what will be the tallest wooden structure in the world. 144 feet … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Norway, Wooden, World's_tallest | Leave a commentCOP15: Norway Unveils Energy-Efficient Sea Facing Office Building Design
December 8, 2009Well, Copenhagen Summit is throwing up lot of surprises but the only gloom lifting ones are the new green designs and products that are being unveiled while the debate rages on. Norway for instance has unveiled a complete energy-efficient office … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged "climate change", "emission cut down", "energy efficient building", "green design", Carbon_footprint, Cop15, Copenhagen, debate, Norway, Wind-Turbines | Leave a comment