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UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality

Envirotec Magazine

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. million UK homes are hazardous to health, with a cost to the NHS of more than £1 billion per year.

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Generating electricity using low-grade heat recovered from lignin-derived membranes

Envirotec Magazine

Lignin is traditionally considered a waste product by the pulp and paper industries. A new study explores an apparently sustainable method of efficiently converting waste heat into electricity using certain wood products, while minimising costs and environmental impact.

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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings

Envirotec Magazine

The Power-to-X unit being demonstrated. Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Why capture CO2 from buildings? Petri Laakso of Soletair.

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Could EV batteries have a second life in stationary storage?

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Connected Energy. By Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, a firm with expertise in using batteries for energy storage. Indeed, the global energy storage market is set to grow by 21% annually to 2030, according to BNEF while concerns over the supply of critical minerals to manufacture new batteries persist.

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The rise of smart water

Envirotec Magazine

The Earth is a closed ecosystem dependent upon this finite resource, which will have to sustain generations to come. With a burgeoning human population, the lightning pace of industrialization, and now climate change, the stress on freshwater water availability has never been so great. Smart water metering. Smart water quality.

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Xavier Creative House: An Award Winning Sustainable Marketing Agency Supporting the Healthcare Industry

Green Business Bureau

Xavier Creative House is a sustainable marketing agency. Xavier Creative House (XCH) is a sustainable marketing agency operating in the healthcare industry, specializing in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. Adopting a holistic approach to bring sustainable design to healthcare marketing.

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Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, 13 companies selected from the Sustainable Innovation Fund will work with Innovate UK KTN and their partners growth studio and the ecosystems to further develop propositions and prepare to raise external capital.

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