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Exploring the Field of Environ Engineering: Safeguarding Our Planet for Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Air Quality Control : Environmental engineers devise strategies to monitor and improve air quality. They design landfills that minimize environmental impact and explore innovative recycling methods and waste-to-energy technologies. Composting and anaerobic digestion are also used to treat organic waste sustainably.

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Unveiling the Benefits of Community Solar: A Step Towards a Sustainable Future

The Environmental Blog

Many people don’t have access to solar because they rent, live in multi-tenant buildings, or their roofs are unsuitable for installation. Community solar makes renewable energy accessible to all and helps reduce the energy burden of low-income households. Learn more about the benefits of community solar.

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Syria’s solar-powered EV provides a ray of hope for locals

Smart Energy International

An electric vehicle has become a symbol of hope for healthcare workers in northern Syria. Years of ongoing conflict has left more than four million people in the region without access to critical health services. Now a landmark project aims to break this diesel dependency by utilising solar-powered electric vehicles.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Electricity Active Surfaces develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. The startup is part of ACCEL Year 2.

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SEF Weekly: $369bn US clean energy package and energy interconnection

Smart Energy International

In this edition of Smart Energy Finance (SEF) Weekly, the US Senate is set to pass a new clean energy bill that boasts $369 billion into clean energy and energy security. 369 billion into US energy security and clean energy programmes. 369 billion into US energy security and clean energy programmes.

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Frances Sawyer Is Helping Rural Electric Co-Ops Lead on Clean Energy

Elemental Excelerator

The Elemental Policy Lab Fellow is working with rural leaders and electric cooperatives to accelerate federal funding implementation. Picture this: It’s 1937, and more than half of all American households have had electrical power since 1925. In March 1938, with a $200,000 loan made possible by Franklin D.

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Kansas City achieves LEED Gold with LEED for Cities

Greenability Magazine

We’re working with community partners to ensure we’re building a more resilient energy system for the future.” The certification helps jurisdictions achieve high performance in critical human and environmental health areas. Cimarron Bend III, the wind resource, accounts for 20% of the city’s electricity usage.