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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

Innovation in the building sector is critical to achieving decarbonization, as the sector is responsible for 40 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions. To change this, we need innovations that reinvent how buildings and their materials are planned, built, sourced, and managed. and Houston, Texas, Jan. billion in funding.

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

In 2022, four projects were each awarded grants of between £150,000 – £300,000, from 245 applications, to develop their innovative solutions that challenged the ‘make…use…throw-away’ culture of modern society. The £1 million fund was made possible by the sales of 10p plastic bags through the John Lewis Partnership.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Three Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. Global Algae Innovations (San Diego, California, U.S.) “These innovative companies use it as a feedstock, capture the accumulated waste of the past 150 years, and convert it into useful products.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. Somerville, Mass. and New York City, N.Y., Osmoses (Boston, U.S.) With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass. billion in funding.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. With that mindset, Dillinger led the design of Levi’s innovative Wellthread shirts, jackets and jeans, which launched in 2015.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

Business Green

Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., With that mindset, Dillinger led the design of Levi's innovative Wellthread shirts, jackets and jeans, which launched in 2015. In 2011, it introduced the use of mushroom-based cushioning to ship servers. works hands-on with denim, zippers and buttons.

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How Dell and Levi’s envision the future of repair

AGreenLiving

Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled. In 2011, it introduced the use of mushroom-based cushioning to ship servers. iFixit has directions for that, too.