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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

Envirotec Magazine

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. To help businesses create their individual decarbonisation strategies, Siemens has published a new whitepaper suggesting a range of specific steps towards carbon neutrality. Shift to low-carbon heat.

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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

At the end of the year, Time Magazine named 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as their youngest “Person of the Year” ever. Nature magazine chimed in, saying that we’re hitting “ climate tipping points ” and the bank HSBC estimated trillions of dollars in potential health costs. The climate protest movement explodes.

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Kansas City’s new airport terminal celebrates sustainability in a big way

Greenability Magazine

Energy Efficiency A variety of energy saving measures were incorporated into the airport design including LED lighting and controls, high-efficiency HVAC equipment, smart building controls, and a high performing building envelope. For passenger vehicles, there are 62 EV charging stations in the new garage and 8 spaces in the surface lot.

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A Blockchain Crash Course: How It Can Enable the Clean, Smart Grid

Andrew Winston

But big companies and startups alike are exploring how blockchain could change everything from contracts, corporate compliance, and auditing to digital identity and voting, supply chain tracking, and even building a smart, carbon-free electric grid. So we’ll know how much progress on carbon reduction we’re really making.