• The WTC central chiller plant will circulate 30,000 gallons of Hudson River water every minute – enough to flush about 15,000 toilets.
• The electricity generated by the 1 WTC’s fuel-cell plant will be able to continuously light 52,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs.
• At least 75% of 1 WTC construction waste is recylced.
• Everything from the gypsum boards to ceiling tiles at the WTC contains a minimum of 20% post-industrial recycled content.
• At least 50% of the wood for 1 WTC comes from Forest Stewardship Council certified sustainable harvested forests.

• 1,739,046 kilowatt-hours of electricity conserved (1.74 Gigawatt-hours, which exceeded the goal by 74%)
• 1,554,814 gallons of water saved
• 2,642,287 lbs of CO2 diverted from the atmosphere
• $157,925 saved
• As a point of reference, the electricity conserved is the equivalent of taking 151 homes off the grid

Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

• 1774: USS Alfred, Navy’s first battleship, powered by wind and sails.

• 1955: USS Nautilus, first nuclear submarine

• 2009: First Navy aircraft engine tested on biofuel blend

• 2010: First flight of F/A-18 Hornet on biofuel blend

• 2016: The Great Green Fleet set to debut

The Green Fleet will include changes such as replacing incandescent bulbs with LEDs, cutting fuel consumption by 500 barrels per year; new coatings on hulls to keep them clean and thus reduce drag and increase fuel efficiency and slash fuel use by 10%;optimized ship routing that takes into consideration ocean currents and weather; hybrid-electric drive propulsion.

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• 41% of Americans, or 127 million people, live in areas with air that is often unhealthy to breath.
• This is according to the American Lung Association, which just released its annual ‘State of the Air’ report. The top 5 most polluted cities, as determined by year-round pollution, are in California. See top ten list below.
• California, and particularly it’s Central Valley, have the most polluted air in the country. In fact, 9 of the top 10 cities with highest level of ozone pollution are found there.
• Bakersfield, CA is the city with the most year-round particulate pollution in the country
• One bright spot: 22 of the 25 most polluted cities showed signs of improvement from last year’s report.

Top Ten list below.

Cities with the Most Year-Round Particulate Pollution
#1: Bakersfield-Delano, CA
#2: Hanford-Corcoran, CA
#3: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
#4: Visalia-Porterville, CA
#5: Fresno-Madera, CA
#6: Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA
#7: Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
#8: Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN
#9: Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN
#10: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD
#10 (It’s a tie!): St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL

Source

While natural gas leads the list, it does not represent a majority of the energy consumed. Click here for a graphic generated by the Wall Street Journal which served as the source for this information.

All figures are in British Thermal Units (trillions):

Nonrenewable sources: 66,968 (89.2% of total energy consumed)

• Natural gas: 24,781 (33%)
• Coal: 22,077 (29.4%)
• Crude Oil: 11,669 (15.5%)
• Nuclear: 8,441 (11.2%)

Renewable sources: 8,064 (10.8%)

• Biomass: 4,310 (5.7%)
• Hydroelectric: 2,509 (3.3%)
• Wind: 924 (1.2%)
• Geothermal: 212 (0.3%)
• Solar: 109 (0.15%)

Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art