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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — April 2022

Greentown Labs

Energy Dome is partnering with Ansaldo Energia to bring energy storage facilities to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Greentown alum Biobot Analytics was listed as one of Time Magazine’s “Time100 Most Influential Companies of 2022.” Infinite Cooling received an Edison Award. Awards + Recognition.

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Lost revenue is biggest Covid risk facing utilities

Envirotec Magazine

South Africa launches WBE programme. Two sector experts from the Water Research Commission of South Africa, shared details of South Africa’s recently launched national wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) programme for Covid-19. The mechanism used to cool the sludge generates waste heat, much like your refrigerator does.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat. As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface. Other animals can sweat a bit, but not like us.

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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. Governments need to commit to further decarbonising the power, as well as heating and cooling energy supply. With large growth projected in the buildings sector, emissions are set to rise if there is no effort to decarbonize buildings and improve their energy efficiency.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

Dryad is now working on ten proof-of-concept deployments with forest owners in the US, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Africa. In June 2021, Dryad was named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report. Mass production of the sensors and gateways will begin shortly in Germany.

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Using AI to Help the World Thrive

Andrew Winston

Google’s AI was able to slash energy use for cooling by an impressive 40% , saving significant money and carbon emissions. In 2014, IBM launched a 10-year, $100 million project to use its Watson cognitive computing system to help Africa solve business and social challenges. Follow Andrew on Twitter @AndrewWinston. Get your copy here.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

She’s also a prolific writer and the editor of a fortnightly magazine on politics and environment, Down to Earth , published in New Delhi. Two core programs: the electrification of healthcare facilities and a focus on clean cooling, for which the organization estimates that more than 2.2 Sustainable Development Goal 7.