Fashion's latest trend? Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling
GreenBiz
JANUARY 22, 2020
Less than 1 percent of clothing material today is refashioned to produce new clothing. This is one potential solution.
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Hundreds of red plastic crates are repurposed into a public mosque in Indonesia
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
One green-thinking firm, Parisauli Arsitek Studio, has managed to find a way of giving new life to hundreds of discarded plastic crates.
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How companies can source cotton more sustainably
GreenBiz
JANUARY 22, 2020
Natural and renewable, it’s a popular choice for brands and consumers looking to make more sustainable fabric choices, but cotton comes with its fair share of social and environmental risks.
Modular homes in Sweden are specially designed for solar panels
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
Swedish firm Street Monkey Architects has unveiled new solar-powered, prefabricated modular homes in Örebro, Sweden.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Climate Change is Impacting You in Ways You Haven’t Even Noticed
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 22, 2020
Many of us are aware that climate change has massive implications, many of which have already transformed our planet. Cities have recently experienced immense floods – carbon emissions are on the rise and ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted almost entirely. As time goes on, these issues will only get worse unless we take the necessary measures. But if that’s not enough to turn you into an activist, here’s this – climate change directly harms people around the world.
Circularity analysis details alarming trend as global resource consumption passes 100 billion tonnes a year
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 22, 2020
Separating recyclable materials in a local cooperative in the Glicerio neighborhood in São Paulo in 2017: The report also points to a number of encouraging ‘bottom-up’ initiatives, that are advancing circularity in certain regions of the world. Circular economy strategies essential as reuse of resources falls to 8.6%. The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of materials a year for the first time ever but reuse of resources has gone into reverse, according to a report from impact organ
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Why exploring multiple futures is vital in our response to the climate crisis
GreenBiz
JANUARY 22, 2020
While we can’t predict the future, we can get imaginative and creative with what it could look like.
The Union Flats is a LEED Platinum-certified housing community
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
Prefab architecture and energy efficiency go hand-in-hand at The Union Flats, one of the largest completed modular housing developments in Northern California. Located in Union City directly across a new public plaza and the local BART station, the transit-oriented community celebrates walkability and the outdoors with its amenities and proximity to green space.
Could these strategies fix capitalism?
GreenBiz
JANUARY 22, 2020
A radical transformation of our economic systems is now inevitable.
Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
Seaweeds are becoming quite the catch for health- and eco-conscious brands and consumers.
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
Capital Dynamics Buys 400MW Eland From 8minute, Continues US Solar Spree
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 22, 2020
Investment firm Capital Dynamics added another of the largest U.S. solar projects underway to its growing portfolio, announcing Wednesday the purchase of the 400-megawatt Eland project in Kern County, California from 8minute Solar Energy. The ground-breaking Eland project is due to reach full commercial operation in 2023 some 70 miles outside of Los Angeles, and will feature a 300 megawatt/1,200 megawatt-hour energy storage facility, making it one of the country's largest solar-plus-storage
"We Need Real Zero"
Fairsnape
JANUARY 22, 2020
Once again Great Thunberg has shaken our thinking on carbon with her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. With our focus on “net zero emissions” “low carbon economy” and “carbon neutrality” are we cheating and fiddling around with numbers? are we “offsetting emissions” by just paying someone else to plant trees whilst we carry on as normal?
Vehicle Fuel Economy – Innovative Materials and Processes That Lighten the Load
CleanTech Group
JANUARY 22, 2020
Previously reserved exclusively for expensive sports cars and Formula 1 vehicles to increase speed, vehicle lightweighting has become a key focus area for.
AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
Outside-the-box mounting applications can expand solar’s reach
Solar Power World
JANUARY 22, 2020
Solar components are often built with specific tasks in mind. Helical piles and ground screws are driven into the earth to secure racking, and roof mounts are attached to structural supports and flashed to prevent leaking. Since panels are placed on a variety of surfaces, not every mounting technology will work in every application —… The post Outside-the-box mounting applications can expand solar’s reach appeared first on Solar Power World.
Fertilizer feeds humanity — and it’s destroying the Gulf of Mexico
Grist
JANUARY 22, 2020
View the video in your browser American farmers’ use of fertilizer to grow crops results in a yearly oxygen-starved dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico that kills fish, shrimp, and other sea creatures. But that’s not the only environmental issue fertilizer is responsible for. It also can contaminate drinking water, turn into smog, and contribute to climate change.
IDH raises €100 million to catalyze smallholder farmer finance
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 22, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 22 – Some 270 million smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America produce over 70-80% of the world’s food. Yet they lack access to capital. At Davos, Netherlands-based IDH announced its €100 million FarmFit fund will take high-risk positions in investments that help farmers invest in their farms and boost resilience and The post IDH raises €100 million to catalyze smallholder farmer finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
IREC Clean Energy States Honor Roll features New York, Colorado and more
Solar Power World
JANUARY 22, 2020
At the start of the new year, IREC reflects on the various clean energy policy and regulatory efforts happening across the country, and recognizes those states that have demonstrated notable achievements and/or movement toward clean energy goals. This year’s Clean Energy States Honor Roll notes states to keep an eye on in the year to… The post IREC Clean Energy States Honor Roll features New York, Colorado and more appeared first on Solar Power World.
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
Noticing Nature: Secret Sauce for Sustainability
Fairsnape
JANUARY 22, 2020
How welcome is the current explosion in the media (books, guides, blogs, articles, tv and radio programmes) on the benefits of connecting with nature. The first of the 2020 brilliant Out Of Doors series of programme on BBC Radio Scotland was dedicated to connectivity with nature, mostly through trees, in Scotland and beyond, a connectivity that spanned music and art as well as mental and physical health benefits.
Janngo raises €15 million for African startups targeting SDGs
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 22, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 22 – The Capital Startup Fund is the second for Janngo, an Abidjan- and Paris-based tech ecosystem builder and investor (a pilot fund has been deployed in West Africa). At Davos, Janngo’s Fatoumata Ba announced her intent to marshall €60 million for social enterprises across Africa, at least half of which will be The post Janngo raises €15 million for African startups targeting SDGs appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
GEM Energy to install First Solar Series 6 solar panels at Northwest Ohio technical high school
Solar Power World
JANUARY 22, 2020
Construction begins this spring on a $2 million solar array that will provide nearly 60% of the electricity needs for Penta Career Center, a career technical high school serving 1,400 students in Northwest Ohio. GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, is the design/build contractor and tradespeople from two other Rudolph Libbe Group companies, GEM… The post GEM Energy to install First Solar Series 6 solar panels at Northwest Ohio technical high school appeared first on Solar Power World.
Path to 100: New Data Shows Illinois’ Renewable Energy Boom Will Create $5 Billion in Private Investment Before Going Bust in 2021
altenergymag
JANUARY 22, 2020
An analysis of Illinois Power Agency data shows that wind and solar projects contracted in Illinois between 2017 and 2019 will create nearly $5 billion of private investment as well as more than 14,500 new direct and indirect jobs by the end of 2020. But the industry will lose jobs after 2020 due to a funding cliff in the state’s renewable energy policy.
Agents of Impact respond to the call for new tools to reshape finance (Part 1)
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 22, 2020
ImpactAlpha’s What’s Next series, produced in partnership with the Global Impact Investing Network, provides a platform for practitioners and experts to reflect on the future of impact investing. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 22 – Plutocrats and political leaders in Davos this week are grappling with a widespread feeling that capitalism must change. ImpactAlpha’s readers already are drawing on their The post Agents of Impact respond to the call for new tools to reshape finance (Part 1) appeared first on Imp
Annual Clean Energy States Honor Roll Released by IREC
altenergymag
JANUARY 22, 2020
This year's Clean Energy States Honor Roll notes states to keep an eye on in the year to come for more promising developments in 2020 and beyond.
Out The Private Jet, In The 5-Star Airship: Luxury Aviation In The Time Of Flight Shame
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 22, 2020
Sales of private jets are skyrocketing but luxury aviation won’t remain immune from the consequences of the flight shame movement much longer.
Bloomy releases Battery Simulator 1200 software update for BMS testing
Charged
JANUARY 22, 2020
Bloomy, a provider of automated testing, data acquisition and control systems, has released the third version of the Soft Front Panel for its Battery Simulator 1200, which provides 12 programmable cells that sink and source current for testing battery management systems. The new update is designed to simplify the program and allow PC users to connect, monitor, and control multiple Battery Simulator 1200s over CAN and Ethernet ports.
APS plans to retire coal by 2031, reach 100% clean energy by 2050
Solar Power World
JANUARY 22, 2020
Arizona Public Service announced a goal to deliver 100% clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. The company has been on a trajectory of increasingly clean energy through solar power innovation, major investments in energy storage technology, carbon-free nuclear operations and advances in energy efficiency solutions. The goal includes a nearer-term 2030 target of achieving… The post APS plans to retire coal by 2031, reach 100% clean energy by 2050 appeared first on Solar Power
GEM Energy to start construction of Penta Career Center solar array in Spring 2020
altenergymag
JANUARY 22, 2020
GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, will begin construction in Spring 2020 on a $2 million solar array that will provide nearly 60 percent of the electricity needs for Penta Career Center, a career technical high school serving 1,400 students in northwest Ohio.
EVmatch pilots MUD charging solution with two Vermont utilities
Charged
JANUARY 22, 2020
The mission of California-based startup EVmatch, a charging solution provider that was profiled in the latest issue of Charged , is to make charging stations more readily available to EV drivers. The company offers two solutions: a peer-to-peer sharing platform that makes private chargers available to the public; and a subnetwork platform, which allows a customer to create a small EVmatch network within their property.
Enphase Energy Partners with Installers to Provide Flexible Solar and Storage Solutions to New-Home Builders
altenergymag
JANUARY 22, 2020
Enphase home energy storage and solar systems allow residential developers the ability to precisely right-size solar and storage systems for new homes. Under California’s solar mandate, for example, residential developers can deploy Enphase solar and storage systems to leverage the new standard’s flexibility measures to customize new home energy budgets for their prospective homebuyers.
Why Is Cold Weather In January So Confusing For Some People?
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 22, 2020
Cold weather in January doesn't disprove climate change. Yet, people still say it. Two cognitive biases may explain why.
MOSAIC SURPASSES 100,000 SOLAR HOMES AND $3 BILLION IN LOAN FUNDING
altenergymag
JANUARY 22, 2020
Expansion of home improvement business, strong sales of new solar lending products and new leaders begin 2020 with record-breaking momentum
Silicon Ranch planning 35-MW solar array through Tennessee utility’s renewables deal
Solar Power World
JANUARY 22, 2020
A landmark agreement announced Wednesday between Nashville Electric Service (NES), Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will bring new, large-scale renewable energy to the Tennessee Valley through TVA’s Green Invest program. TVA has awarded Nashville-based solar developer Silicon Ranch a contract to build, own and operate a 35-MW installation in Bedford County, Tennessee,… The post Silicon Ranch planning 35-MW solar array through Tennessee utility’s renewabl
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