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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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Hydrogen meters – the next evolution of gas meters

Smart Energy International

Hydrogen meters are under development and testing in the prospect of hydrogen blending into the gas distribution networks for supply to consumers. The reason for modifications, simply, is the different energy characteristics of hydrogen compared to natural gas. Its energy content is about only one-third that of natural gas.

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Building the business case for satellite IoT

Envirotec Magazine

Eric Menard is Vice President Strategy and Business with Swiss satellite communications firm Astrocast. Weather monitoring stations are transforming the efficiency and environmental performance of remote copper mines and helping farmers to safeguard crops and livestock in a changing climate.

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Water challenge presents opportunity for cross-sector innovators

Envirotec Magazine

Innovators from multiple sectors including energy, manufacturing, transport and food and beverage, could have the opportunity to share their condition monitoring solutions with every water company in the UK and Ireland. As such, the sector represents a major market for innovators. “We

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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The State of Green Business 2021. Adapted from the 14th annual State of Green Business report, our annual report card on progress by the world’s largest companies. Such turmoil easily could have spelled the end, or at least the pause, of anything having to do with business and sustainability. Two words: business fundamentals.

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Innovative solutions found for offshore wind workforce during pandemic

Envirotec Magazine

As the offshore wind sector adjusts to working with increased physical separation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, G+ Global Offshore Wind Health & Safety Organisation, in partnership with ORE Catapult, KTN and the Workboat Association, has recognised five organisations for initiatives to improve operational safety.

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US tech partnership to advance utility water loss detection and metering

Smart Energy International

A partnership between The Water Tower (TWT), a US-based innovation centre, and Olea Edge Analytics, will aim to advance new metering technologies to support the water industry. The City of Irving, Texas, recently tested the Olea technology through a pilot programme on some of its large water meters.