The City Fix

APRIL 4, 2024

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Hub Controls ’ award-winning personal energy-management system, Hub Controller, saves customers money by knowing when their heating and cooling systems need to run—and, more importantly, when they can be turned off. Aquasaic , an ACCEL Year 2 startup, is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The study details how increasing incidences of heat stress are leading to worsening working conditions, increasing the risk of short and long-term health complications for workers, and undermining productivity in many markets around the world. Dasgupta said.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

I solemnly commit to do what is necessary, at the speed, scale and scope that is necessary, to ensure we don’t go back to a broken system — an overheating, divided, unequal world — and build a resilient, equitable, healthy world in its place. Will they continue with health care and wages as usual? The stakes are high. Further, faster.

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The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

These systems are essential for minimizing the environmental impact of waste-to-energy processes, ensuring that the transition to cleaner energy sources doesn’t come at the cost of air quality or public health. This process provides a renewable energy source and reduces reliance on fossil fuels, leading to a decrease in carbon emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 3, 2022

Resilient power – solar photovoltaics paired with battery storage (solar+storage) – has gained traction as more municipalities, affordable housing developers, and community leaders become aware of the economic, environmental, and health benefits of resilient power. You can learn more about these great projects here.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010. The plan has been through several iterations over the past decade — and one of the latest initiatives is a focus on “cool roofs.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

Through the WCS Group Training Academy, she is working towards being able to assess more complex systems such as hospitals and cooling towers. She said: “I find the context of my role in society – protecting public health and the environment – extremely satisfying.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, continuous cooling of plastics during injection molding can be precisely controlled using heat pumps. Industrial customers also may seek on-site distributed generation or storage for resilience, economic benefits and energy management — policies and regulations should support such investments. Contributors. Ed Rightor.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. We need to build resilience into both physical and social structures of our cities.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2020

Beyond the sad sight of hungry blackbirds looking for insects in plastic grass, the rise in artificial surfaces is increasingly a concern for both climate resilience and human health. These include potential savings for the NHS by improving mental health, air quality and urban cooling.

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Mosaic

JANUARY 4, 2024

Not accounting for the fewer repair costs expected for higher-quality systems, and the increased comfort and health benefits of going electric. New appliances, new heating and cooling systems, solar panels, EV chargers: the possibilities seem endless, (and expensive.) Here are four facts to get you started!

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Greater community resilience – Sustainable buildings also support community resilience to withstand the impacts of climate change. WELL Certified buildings nourish physical and mental health, and enhance the mood and performance of its occupants. parks, bridges, trails, etc.),

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 13, 2022

Recipients are expected to receive new heating, cooling, and hot water systems that use heat pump technology, electric appliances as well as weatherization and upgraded infrastructure, said the companies. EBCE is providing $1.4 million in project financing incentives to fund the initiative, which equates to about $23,000 per home.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. We invest in transformative technologies to create a systems change for a more resilient, equitable future.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

But the Mayor's office said that increasing tree cover in the city could help combat the ‘urban heat island' effect that results from the sun's rays being absorbed by hard surfaces instead of trees, plants and grass, thereby helping to cool the city and make London more resilient to flooding.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The government has been urged draw up a robust 'National Heat Risk Strategy' to tackle the growing threat hot weather is posing to the UK's buildings, infrastructure, and public health, following estimates that at least several hundred people have been killed by high temperatures this summer.

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Grist

AUGUST 2, 2023

The idea, akin to public cooling centers, is to upgrade air-filtration systems or provide portable air cleaners to community gathering spaces, creating indoor oases where residents can go to get respite from hazardous air. In both places, residents often rely on opening windows to keep cool inside.

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Mosaic

JANUARY 17, 2024

And that's without accounting for fewer repair costs due to higher-quality systems, not to mention the increased comfort and health benefits of going electric. New appliances, new heating and cooling systems, solar panels, EV chargers: the possibilities seem endless (and expensive.) Here are four facts to get you started!

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. In 2022, an estimated 600,000 people were exposed to rising seas along these coastlines.

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Mosaic

MAY 8, 2022

From home automation and EV chargers to solar, battery storage and electric heating and cooling systems, homeowners are looking for ways to cut costs and make their homes cleaner. This approach can help contractors increase their margins by closing bigger jobs, and help homeowners make their homes more comfortable, resilient and valuable.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s time for Louisiana leadership to prioritize resilient solutions – solar photovoltaics paired with battery storage ( solar+storage ) paired with energy efficient housing – over continued fossil-fuel investment. Look to Resilient Power Solutions. The Better Public Health Option. Fossil-Fuel Failures.

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

Lest we forget, last summer's heatwaves across Europe - made five times more likely to occur as a result of climate change - were estimated to have caused an additional 900 deaths in the UK, according to by Public Health England (PHE).

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

The number of heat-related deaths could triple by 2050 if action is not taken to make the UK's homes better at keeping citizens cool during periods of extreme heat, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has this week warned. He confirmed that 13 people had died in rivers, reservoirs, and lakes in recent days, including seven teenage boys.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

LineVision calculates a dynamic line rating, which allows utilities to accurately understand how much energy they can safely transmit and take advantage of the wind’s cooling effect, increasing capacity on existing lines by up to 40 percent, according to LineVision CEO and Co-founder Hudson Gilmer.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Since that time the city has done a number of things to improve community resilience, but we expect more heatwaves in the future as the world continues to warm — so we have to constantly update our policies and prepare for extreme heat,” he added.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Britain's cities need "urgent" transformation over the next decade and beyond if the country is to meet its 2050 net zero targets and create cleaner, safer, and climate resilient spaces for citizens. Two new studies sets out proposals for how to future-proof UK cities and deliver net zero targets. The decade ahead is crucial.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

First, the decision creates a $100 million equity resilience program to promote battery storage as a means of providing backup power for vulnerable customers in high fire threat areas. What's new. Our most recent action regarding the program adopts several significant changes. California faces unprecedented risks from wildfires.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 30, 2020

Indeed there is nothing new to online exhibitions and fairs – back in 2014 we used Hyperfair for a number of events, complete with in-world talks, exhibitors and social events a few years ago with (Construction21 and Others) see Sustainability made Cool? We will undoubtedly see a rise in mental health, anxiety and domestic violence.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2023

Water influences every business in every process - from physical risks of flooding and droughts and in supply chains, to water used in industrial processes, mining or for cooling in power stations and data centres. Water is also essential for the health and productivity of employees and customers.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That's why forward-looking companies are investing in their value chains and working with suppliers to build resilience and prepare for the worst. Planting native tree species can reduce flood risk and cool city streets. It will impact supply chains, product availability, food production and economic growth.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The cooling effect of community orchards, as well as their potential to capture carbon and reduce air pollution, make them a great contribution to climate change solutions – particularly in urban areas! Through practical orchard design and site management measures, we are making our orchard ecosystems as resilient as possible.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Here are eight ways to improve your home’s air quality that are recommended by Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas State University, EPA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health. Missouri residents can order a free radon testing kit from the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Across the 1,500 pages of the climate advisory body's latest UK climate risk assessment - which it carries out every five years - it sets out in stark detail the challenge to build in resilience and adaptation into UK infrastructure, and just how far behind government policy currently is on these issues.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 3, 2021

And because water heats up more slowly than land, the canal water flowing beneath the panels could cool them by 10 degrees F, boosting production of electricity by up to 3%. Combining solar power with battery storage can help build microgrids in rural areas and underserved communities, making the power system more efficient and resilient.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Overall, they don't do much to decarbonise the bulk part of our food production or improve the health and well-being of marginalised communities (aside from the folks they may employ in their plants). Centreing climate resilience and adaptation. So what's really the impact of these impact investments? A clear path to net-zero.

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