Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 17, 2020
Social distancing is in full effect, but you can still celebrate Earth Day online and make a difference. Just because you can’t go outside in large groups this year doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of inventive ways to celebrate the environment. The 2020 theme for Earth Day is “climate action,” and while we aren’t able to come together physically this year, technology is presenting.
GreenBiz
APRIL 17, 2020
Asking these five questions during the COVID-19 shutdown could help your organization reset its power consumption habits to more energy-efficient levels for the future.
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Jim Conca
APRIL 14, 2020
The coronavirus packs an outer armament of 27 proteins, each one having a unique and complex 3D structure that can be targeted by scientists to stop the virus.But we have to image them correctly and that’s where PNNL’s Garry Buchko comes in with his nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2020
Latent distrust about safety won't disappear on its own, so advocates must prepare to double down on discussing the virtues of reusable bags, cups or containers.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 16, 2020
With an increased use of masks, gloves, wipes and paper towels, it is important for our health and our environment to dispose of these items properly.
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 15, 2020
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources unveiled emergency revisions this week that double the capacity of a state incentive program designed to spur small- and medium-scale solar projects. Under new regulations effective April 15, the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program, known as SMART, will increase from 1.6 gigawatts to 3.2 gigawatts, a change long sought by the solar industry.
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GreenBiz
APRIL 16, 2020
There's an emerging market to pay farmers to store more carbon in the soil by using improved agricultural practices. But some scientists are questioning whether these efforts will actually help slow global warming.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 13, 2020
Changing millenial needs inspired Medusa Group Architects' design for Akademeia High School, a Polish high school in Warsaw. As a result, their design of Akademeia High School, completed in 2015, encourages a welcoming and flexible “lifestyle atmosphere” where students would be encouraged to stay in school even after classes end.
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 11, 2020
With every state in America under a disaster declaration, the implosion for early-stage companies has been swift. According to a New York Times analysis , 6,000 people at 50 startups have lost their jobs since the middle of March. Once fast-growing companies are losing their revenue overnight. Startups in travel, consumer goods, or fintech are the hardest hit by the current economic freeze.
altenergymag
APRIL 13, 2020
- Ecolog Energy Solution™ (Powered by Printed Solar) aims at delivering solar energy with unprecedented affordability, ease of deployment and availability for all - The revolutionary technology is based on organic solar cells printed on an ultra-lightweight polymer film - Ecolog Energy Solution™ is set to disrupt the decentralized energy marketplace by printing energy and eliminating the need for consumers' upfront investment
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.
GreenBiz
APRIL 17, 2020
Eighty percent of a product’s environmental impact is decided on the design table but most apparel professionals weren't trained to design with the end-user or end-of-life of the garment in mind.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 15, 2020
This unique, bright orange shipping container home rests in the Colorado town of Salida. Read more about this unique, ready-to-rent home! Despite its relatively minimalist appearance, the Northbound Train was a project that took years to complete.
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 14, 2020
What happens to an office building’s electricity demand when almost everyone who works there is stuck at home? The coronavirus pandemic has forced broad swaths of the economy to shut down, as state after state forced non-essential businesses to close. The result has been significant drops in electricity demand in big commercial centers like New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area , and forecasts that commercial energy usage across the country will decline by 4.7 pecent this year.
altenergymag
APRIL 14, 2020
Argonne’s thermal energy storage system, or TESS, was originally developed to capture and store surplus heat from concentrated solar power facilities. It is also suitable for a variety of commercial applications, including desalination plants, combined heat and power (CHP) systems, industrial processes, and heavy-duty trucks.
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.
GreenBiz
APRIL 11, 2020
The 2020s will be the worst of times for those clinging to the old order, yet potentially the best of times for those embracing and driving the new.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 16, 2020
Sleek, modern, flexible and off-grid — this new, futuristic housing concept from Stockholm-based IO House has just about everything you would wish for in a small home.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 13, 2020
Read time: 6 mins The finances of the oil and gas industry are so dismal that the major banks that have funded the money-losing fracking boom are now exploring taking the unusual step of taking over the oil companies that can not afford to pay back the bank’s loans. Reuters reported that banks are exploring the option of seizing oil company assets because the more traditional route of bankruptcy will result in huge losses for the banks — while seizing assets and holding them until oil prices inc
Impact Alpha
APRIL 14, 2020
In the month since SXSW canceled its annual arts and tech festival in Austin, Texas, artists and other creatives have been on the front line of COVID-19 economic collapse. Investments in food, fashion, media and creative manufacturing and community spaces will be key to an inclusive economic response and recovery. Social distancing and sheltering in.
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?
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
What would happen if more people than ever before demanded goods aligned with a sustainable, low-carbon economy? Our economy would transition swiftly.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 13, 2020
To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2019, Hong Kong studio Daydreamers Design crafted a glowing lantern-inspired pavilion that also raises awareness of environmental issues.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 17, 2020
Read time: 6 mins Oil companies have long been aware that their products cause global warming and the impacts, including from rising seas, could be catastrophic. From a scientist who warned executives in 1959 that New York could be submerged, to a confidential 1988 Shell report that raised the possibility of abandoning inundated low-lying areas, the industry has shown clear internal acknowledgement of the potential consequences of unabated fossil fuel burning.
Impact Alpha
APRIL 17, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 17 – Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett had a jump on COVID-19. The viral immunologist has been studying coronaviruses like SARS and MERS since she arrived at the National Institutes of Health in 2014. Now, as scientific lead on the Coronavirus team at the NIH, she plans to make COVID-19 a preventable disease by fall. The post Agent of Impact: Kizzmekia Corbett, National Institutes of Health appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2020
The environmental movement largely has failed to connect with people of color and marginalized urban communities. By confronting issues from contaminated water to climate change, hip hop music can help bridge that divide and bring home the realities of environmental injustice.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 17, 2020
The quality of your indoor air is important. From food odors to fogged windows, learn about the signs that your air quality could use some help.
Solar Power World
APRIL 15, 2020
By Jared McKenzie, CEO, Headline Solar Like most solar power companies across the globe, would-be clients of Headline Solar are simply not thinking about installing solar panels right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty about the future, and most people are rightly focused on the immediate needs of their family. Clean electricity is not… The post People may not be thinking about solar power during a pandemic, but soon everyone will appeared first on Solar Power World.
Charged
APRIL 13, 2020
Munich-based aviation company Lilium is developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed to serve regional air travel markets. The company recently completed a $240-million funding round led by Tencent, with participation from other existing investors, including Atomico, Freigeist and LGT. The new funds bring the total sum raised to date to over $340 million.
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
Nuclear plants, CCS and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritized over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 15, 2020
Earlier this year, Chilean architecture firm Cristobal Vial Arquitectos completed Casa Rural #01, a solar-powered holiday home oriented for views of the Pacific Ocean and optimal passive solar conditions. Located just outside the coastal town of Matanzas in Navidad, the building was designed for a reduced environmental footprint, from the use of elevated foundations that minimize site impact to the rooftop solar panels that meet all of the home’s electrical needs.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 13, 2020
Read time: 10 mins Confirming fears, cases of COVID -19 have been spreading at an alarming rate in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley , an 80 mile stretch along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is lined with refineries and petrochemical plants. . From a safe distance, I met with activists in St. James Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish, both located on the river’s banks and where predominantly black communities have been fighting for clean air for years.
Solar Power World
APRIL 16, 2020
New Sunrun customers can now have rooftop solar and Sunrun’s Brightbox home battery services from as little as $0 down and at a $1 monthly rate for the first six months. This new product is available in all markets nationwide where Sunrun offers rooftop solar, as well as markets where the company offers its Brightbox… The post Sunrun now offering residential solar + storage for $1/month for first six months appeared first on Solar Power World.
GreenBiz
APRIL 15, 2020
What is old is new again for the food industry as consumers become aware of the virtues of turning damaged apples and other fruit into purees, canned foods, breakfast items and other products.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 15, 2020
The tiny home features modern technologies including solar power options and keyless entry.
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 16, 2020
Air pollution in some cities is half what it was a year ago, according to new data from the satellite that has been documenting the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on air pollution across the world.
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