GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A retrospective study of Portland’s iconic Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building sheds light on how the design and construction industry can do more to combat global warming.
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Australia's policies in response to climate change have been ranked last according to an assessment released during the COP26 global summit in Glasgow. The Climate Change Performance Index ranked 60 countries that contribute up to 92% of global CO2 emissions. Among the countries ranked, Australia ranked 54 in energy use, 52 in renewable energy, and even took the absolute lowest spot in climate policy.
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altenergymag
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
This name change reflects years of on-going diversification of Solar Power International (SPI), as the event shifted to accommodate emerging trends and complementary markets, including energy storage, microgrids and Internet of Things (IoT), wind energy, hydrogen and fuel cells, and electric vehicles.
U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Traditionally, the construction industry has been one of the most wasteful industries worldwide. Making up for 50% of trash in landfills and 40% of power use worldwide, it is, simply put, a very unsustainable industry. In response to this, the construction industry and homeowners alike are putting more effort into becoming environmentally friendly. If you.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Sponsored: With new insights that break the short-term view of the quarterly reporting cycle, sustainability will be as fundamental as technology in shaping a business’s success.
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Employee Engagement and Sustainability. The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed our lives and what we deem as necessary. Within a matter of months, we have quickly realized just how much of our jobs can actually be carried out online and at home. For many businesses, a remote workforce is the new norm. But for those returning to work, the office can be a thriving think tank rather than just a stale cohort of cubicles.
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U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Apart from developing sustainable habits at home, it’s also important to consider taking the same idea into travelling. According to the United Nations, international travel is expanding like never before, but unfortunately, this comes at an enormous social and environmental cost. When thinking about sustainable travelling and reducing our individual carbon footprints, flying less often.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Six leading private equity firms sign up to the Science Based Targets initiative, as the group issues new guidance to help the sector decarbonize.
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Becoming a sustainable business can seem complicated if all or the majority of your workforce is remote. But this shouldn’t deter you from taking the leap. Even if your company operates in different corners of the world, your employees can collectively oversee sustainability performance management from the comfort of their home offices. Here are best practices for companies with remote workers to follow when pursuing sustainability.
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
DEPCOM Power, expands its restoration and repowering services to minimize losses, boost performance of utility PV assets. DEPCOM's 3R business helps restore power after natural disasters. In a recent project, DEPCOM's equipment salvage and restoration efforts saved $6.5 million for the owner of a 92-MW flooded plant in the Southeast.
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
These days, technological advancements make it easy for us to manage our homes. From cooking to cleaning, there is a gadget or two that makes it easy to do our house chores. No wonder there is an increasing number of innovative home features being developed. What is a Smart Home? The simplest way to describe. The post Sustainable Living: 6 Reasons Smart Home is a Greener Home appeared first on U.S.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Sponsored: 3Degrees' Katherine Canoy details how organizations can address their value chain emissions through measurement, materiality, and engagement.
Solar Power World
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Abandoned steel mills are a common sight in the Rust Belt region. Communities formed around these factories as the steel industry boomed, employing thousands of people at a time, but many suffered economic collapse and began shuttering in the 1970s. Contractor’s Corner by Solar Power World · The Case for Solar: Covering rust with solar… The post Former steel mill covered in solar panels shines new light on Pittsburgh appeared first on Solar Power World.
Charged
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Austin’s Capital Metro Transportation Authority has ordered 26 of New Flyer’s Xcelsior CHARGE NG forty-foot electric transit buses, and four Xcelsior CHARGE NG sixty-foot buses. The five-year contract includes options to purchase up to 126 forty-foot and up to 15 sixty-foot battery-electric buses, and up to 427 chargers (197 depot plug-in chargers, 197 depot overhead chargers, and 33 en-route chargers).
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
Renewable Energy World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The US could meet its current electricity needs using low-carbon sources by 2035 if the progress made in the past decade continues, according to a new study. The new study, released by the Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group, states that the US needs to continue to expand its portfolio of renewables (wind, solar, geothermal) by 15% per annum, to achieve the 2035 milestone.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
As a headline, it is big, splashy and promising: a coalition full of financial giants pledges a colossal sum to address climate change. But can that pledge be counted on?
Green Living Guy
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Biologically speaking, a musculoskeletal system comprises bones, muscles, cartilage, tendons, and joints. It’s responsible for supporting an individual’s body, allowing it to move and prevent any infection or ailments in the organs. When a person starts experiencing complications in their musculoskeletal system, they require performing major steps for their spine care.
Charged
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
DFDS, a shipping and logistics firm based in Northern Europe, has placed an order with Volvo Trucks for 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks. Deliveries of the trucks will start in the fourth quarter of 2022 and continue throughout 2023. Volvo Financial Services will provide a financing solution.
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
The City Fix
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, cycling has become an even more popular, resilient and reliable travel option, and pop-up bike lanes have been increasingly common in major cities around the globe. Between March and July 2020, 394 cities, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Sponsored: While the world is well on its way to making advancements in electric vehicle technology, there’s one key piece of the decarbonization effort still left to tackle: heavy-duty vehicles.
Green Living Guy
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Global eco-consciousness is prompting people to search for ways to shrink their carbon footprints and reduce surface-level impacts. Adopting sustainability enhancing techniques and technology is about more than improving one’s personal effects, though. It is about conserving the worldwide ecosystem. Here are five ways to prevent neighborhood sewage pollution and increase environmental conservation.
Charged
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has won a $6-million grant from the California Energy Commission to install an EV fleet charging system that will be powered by a microgrid incorporating solar panels and storage. Earlier this year, Proterra delivered its 25th ZX5 battery-electric transit bus to LADOT in support of the agency’s transition to a fully electric fleet.
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The new BSL Battery BOX 48V LiFePo4 solar battery storage system is based on a new concept designed to meet a wider range of usage scenarios.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Two new international agreements are taking aim at one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonize.
Green Living Guy
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The energy efficiency of everyday items has been improving steadily for the last few decades and continues to be an essential part of cultural conversations. To determine how efficient your home electrical system is, you first need to understand what it means to be efficient and which factors affect home power consumption. You can then […]. The post Understanding and Improving Your Energy Efficiency appeared first on Green Living Guy.
The City Fix
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
While negotiations rage on, many world leaders have already left COP26 in Glasgow having said their piece about a low-carbon future for their country. No one can accuse them of being short on vision. But one thing is increasingly clear. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Charged
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
The DOE has announced $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory projects focusing on EVs, advanced batteries and connected vehicles. The DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory also announced the Li-Bridge, a new public-private partnership to bridge gaps in the domestic battery supply chain. The 26 national laboratory projects announced today will address four critical goals: Significantly reducing the cost and size of next- generation battery technology Advancing extreme fast charging to allow fo
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Consumers around the globe are craving more sustainable products, and brands are struggling to figure out how to deliver on their recycled content goals. Chemical recycling, also known as advanced or molecular recycling, will be a crucial part of the solution set for brands to meet plastics and packaging goals.
Green Living Guy
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Being safe in the wilderness – Why? Going out for an adventure in the wilderness, and experiencing our natural world first hand, can be one of the best experiences in life. Yet, the great outdoors is a very dangerous place for the inexperienced, and you need to be prepared before you head out to the […]. The post How to Safeguard Yourself in the Woods appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
ImpactAlpha, November 10 – Nelly Chatue-Diop was a teenager in 1994 when her family lost much of their savings overnight with the devaluation. The post African startups develop crypto tools for inclusive prosperity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The Canadian province of Québec seems to be an ideal location for large-scale battery production—it is rich in critical battery metals, and has plenty of cheap and clean hydropower. The provincial government is heavily incentivizing the extraction of key minerals such as lithium, nickel and graphite, and recently announced plans to invest up to 3 billion Canadian dollars (2.4 billion US bucks) in battery production.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
For corporate boards, the focus is shifting from how a company’s activities impact climate to how climate will potentially impact the company’s own financial performance.
Green Living Guy
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Nothing is more important than safeguarding the future of our planet. The first step to making a difference in the world is empowering yourself to be part of the solution, and the best way to do that is through gaining knowledge. You might think it’s hard to become more ecologically conscious, but gaining perspective can […]. The post How You Can Become More Ecologically Conscious appeared first on Green Living Guy.
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