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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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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Charged

JULY 20, 2021

This is where Fermata Energy comes in, providing data and support to calculate when the organization should manually reserve the vehicle. During the mid-June heat wave, Denver set up 10 cooling stations at recreation centers. Installing V2B or V2G systems at such community centers could be hugely helpful.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Energy Well Texas offers mid-sized batteries and solar panels that during blackouts can power needed medical devices, basic lighting, heating in winter, cooling in summer, cell phone charging, cooking, and water boiling. Resiliency + Adaptation. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer.

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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? Further, faster.

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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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Grist

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Huaxin: the what Support: you haven’t been to the community resilience center in your town? And they may also be a key part of climate resilience. “Resilience is not just around surviving a disaster, it’s around thriving in our everyday lives.” The vision Support: this recipe is really good by the way.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2021

Enviro Power Technologies is replacing aging heating equipment with its breakthrough SmartWatt heat and power technology—providing energy solutions servicing millions of homes, businesses, and their power utilities in lowering utility bills and increasing resiliency and reliability. Electricity. Transportation.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The 33,000-square-foot building now sports solar panels that drive mechanical heat pumps, which work in tandem with a closed-loop ground heat exchange system to provide all-electric heating and cooling. Previously, natural gas accounted for about 65 percent of the building’s $65,000 annual energy costs.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

In thermal energy storage, they have found a powerful long-duration storage solution that helps them do everything from integrating renewables more profitably to increasing resiliency during power disruptions, as well as participating in multiple utility programs in ways they couldn’t before.

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Defend Our Future

APRIL 7, 2023

This means governments addressing the climate crisis, and organizations like Defend Our Future advocating for solutions, must center community needs and community voices. Georgina comes to us with a strong background in community organizing and a particular passion for how educational and environmental inequities intersect.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

We went to a dinner where on the same floor of the hotel there were three dinners by separate organizations – one on climate finance, one on food security, and another on gender equality.   Over 60 countries pledged to reduce emissions in the cooling sector to provide universal access to cooling. 

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Greenability Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Then you can move then to a cool, dry storage area for use all winter. Photo: Julie Koppen, Greenability publisher, harvested 35 pounds of organic sweet potatoes from her small, urban garden. The trick is trying to not damage them in the process. Do not wash your sweet potatoes until you’re ready to use them.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

As you start planting your fall garden, you can find cool season vegetable plants at the Kansas City Community Gardens Fall Plant Sale going on now. The garden has broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, chard and kale plants for sale in three-packs for prices ranging from $0.50

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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. Fossil-Fuel Failures. It’s time to look to alternatives.

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Low Impact

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Eat seasonally – ideally sourcing food directly from local, organic producers – and you can play a role in halting both the exploitation of people, and the excess consumption of non-renewable resources. Learn new skills to help you boost your resilience and live more sustainably in future. Credit: Muradi on Unsplash.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Using materials and products with longer lifespans and more resilience to change will reduce future carbon impact. As the climate crisis has moved further up the agenda, many organizations have set their own green targets alongside the UK target of net-zero. Rebuild vs retrofit. The vast array of benefits of going green.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

So, here are some ideas for starting over with an edible fall garden that’s ready to plant when temperatures cool and pests die back. Working outdoors as the weather cools is not only pleasant, but it can be very productive. As many of us have experienced firsthand, summer gardening can be grueling. Why indoors?

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

” In response, the trio of designers created a visually striking proposal that focuses on resilience in terms of environmental sustainability, future-proofing and knowledge sharing. ” Related: First passengers make history on BIG-designed Hyperloop Pegasus pod At the heart of the design is the concept of resilience.

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Sustainability Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

For example in Phoenix, AZ, a state with little rainfall and affected by the mega-drought, Google opened a data center that uses one million gallons of water per day to cool the facility. There are also companies that can help businesses reclaim and reuse gray water for irrigation, cooling towers, laundry, and toilets.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Innovation Award for the fellow who recommends the most creative approach to reducing a host organization’s emissions or an innovative solution for overcoming barriers. Radhika also manages a global coalition of over 30 leading organizations to spur innovation in the air conditioning industry through the Global Cooling Prize.

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CleanTech San Diego

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Aquacycl – Aquacycl provides the only technology for treatment of high-strength organic wastewater without dilution. The program provides free resources through a consortium of regional partner organizations to help energy entrepreneurs successfully bring their innovations to market. Helicoid’s beachhead market is wind turbine blades.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

Ventilated subterranean caves that house the barrel storage spaces take advantage of the natural soil temperature to minimize mechanical cooling. The solar-powered winery also features integrated night cooling to further reduce energy demands.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 17, 2023

fresh off the press Defend officially launched Seeding the Future , our campaign to bring IRA investments in heat resilience, u rban t ree p lanting and green spaces to the communities that need them most. A LOT has happened since the start of 2023, so I won’t waste any time , let’s div e into it all !

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

This conference will feature 12 hand-selected, timely and relevant topical tracks designed to keep your experience organized and productive. Electric Vehicles and Beyond In a decarbonized world everything will be electric, from industrial appliances, to transportation to heating and cooling and more.

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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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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Then we saw pitches from Greentown members: Infinite Cooling , which is mitigating water scarcity by helping power plants and other industrial processes dramatically reduce their water consumption and water treatment costs by recovering water from their cooling tower exhausts.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

Second + Delaware apartments in the Kansas City’s River Market area were designed to be highly energy efficient for low-cost heating and cooling. The world’s largest Passive House Institute certified project opens in August with 282 luxury apartments that will operate on 92-percent less energy than comparable buildings.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

When most people think about good design, they do not think about the speed of a sailfish, the strategy of serotinous pine cones or the resilience of a Joshua tree in the desert. The competition and accelerator is organized by the Biomimicry Institute. (I

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

When most people think about good design, they do not think about the speed of a sailfish, the strategy of serotinous pine cones or the resilience of a Joshua tree in the desert. The competition and accelerator is organized by the Biomimicry Institute. (I

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CleanTech San Diego

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Aquacycl – Aquacycl provides the only technology for treatment of high-strength organic wastewater without dilution. The program provides free resources through a consortium of regional partner organizations to help energy entrepreneurs successfully bring their innovations to market. Helicoid’s beachhead market is wind turbine blades.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When the cycle is finished, what remains are inorganic minerals and a sterile mix of water and basic organic compounds such as salts, sugars, peptides and amino acids. So, it’s cool to present an option that makes being greener so easy.”. The remaining water is sterile and is released back into the water system.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2021

And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. He applied after hearing about a friend’s positive experience working with the organization.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

Creating and activating a renewables strategy should be an essential part of most organizations’ climate goals and abatement strategies. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376 Sources: Deloitte Analysis, P.L. 117-119 , WH IRA Guidebook , IRC. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, Deloitte 2023 Renewable Energy Industry Outlook , H.R.5376

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2022

Native plant seeds are perfect for winter sowing because many need a cool, moist stratification period to germinate. Plus, it’s fun! There are many plants that can be seeded in winter. Most flowers, herbs and vegetables will do well.

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