What the IPCC report means for corporate boards
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
We need climate-competent boards to demand and oversee that companies will keep their commitment to a net-zero future.
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California Dixie fire growing too fast for warning systems
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 11, 2021
The Northern California Dixie Fire that erupted last month continues to make history. The elusive fire officially became the largest active wildfire in the U.S. last weekend.
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The Energy Trifecta: Finding the Right Energy Balance for Your Organization
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
Date/Time: September 9, 2021 (3-4PM ET / 12-1PM PT) Simply announcing corporate sustainability goals is one thing. But when it comes to achieving those goals, organizations often find themselves in a balancing act with three competing drivers: sustainability, affordability and resiliency. How exactly are businesses, universities and municipalities supposed to drive fast and furious carbon reduction goals while still reducing costs and ensuring more reliable backup power for their operations?
House Lhotka brings energy-efficient home design to the Czech Republic
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 11, 2021
Sustainable construction is on the mind of builders, architects, engineers, residential homeowners and businesses around the world. A project by SOA architekti in collaboration with Richter Design reflects this mindset with green design elements and privacy in an open and well-lit home.
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.
The good, the bad and the urgent with climate finance in 2020
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
Last year developed nations were supposed to funnel $100 billion in climate finance to developing countries. What happened?
The Met Gala is featuring a fully vegan menu for 2021
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 11, 2021
When models, designers and Hollywood celebrities converge on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute for this year’s exclusive Met Gala, they’ll be snacking on a 100% vegan menu.
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ESCAPE to this eco-friendly tiny living community in Tampa
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 11, 2021
ESCAPE Homes has introduced their first mid-century modern tiny home, built specifically for the expansion of Tampa Bay Village.
Could car subscriptions be the next big thing for EVs?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
In this future, no one owns cars but we're still driving them.
In Our Nature delves into animal life from the Serengeti to US
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 11, 2021
"In Our Nature," a new six-episode digital series, takes viewers to settings in Tanzania and the U.S. and features gorgeous animals and fascinating info about their lives. And you can watch it free on YouTube.
Why rural America is key to climate change policy
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
Investment in rural America will fuel the new climate economy
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.
SolarEdge Announces 6.2MW Ground Mount Solar Project in Rhode Island
altenergymag
AUGUST 11, 2021
• Hartford Pike to produce a total of 7,943,636 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of annual solar production, including 4,384,800 KWh of community solar for over 700 local residents and businesses • SolarEdge system chosen to overcome challenging aspects of the rural install, maximizing energy yield and reducing lifetime O&M costs
Central banks can prevent the next climate-sparked financial crisis
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
Where do "green quantitative easing" and a “brown-penalizing factor" fit in?
An Ethical Guide to Toilet Paper
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 11, 2021
Before 2020, few of us gave much serious thought to toilet paper. It came from the supermarket, went down the toilet, and that was that. With last year’s lockdowns, however, it somehow became the most highly sought-after and frequently sold-out household staple. Although the dreaded TP drought never came, the panic continued for months. People turned up early at their local Woolworths and waited in long lines at supermarkets to buy toilet paper in bulk.
Building a sustainable construction company from the ground up
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
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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.
Initiative launches to help recycle cosmetics samples packaging
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2021
An apparent industry-first initiative aims to help beauty influencers and media recycle empty packaging and containers produced every month from beauty samples and cosmetic tester pots. SEEN AGAIN is the work of returns management platform ReBOUND Returns , working with beauty specalist agency SEEN Group and HANDLE Recycling. It encourages all promotional beauty products sent out by SEEN Group to be returned when empty in a specialist recycling bag, bearing the legend “SEEN X HANDLE”
Sustainability In The Film Industry and Video Production: How TV, Movies and Media Can Be A Platform For Good
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 11, 2021
The age of media, TV and video production has proven to be one of the most influential periods for society with its ability to move the masses and send messages instantaneously. The influence of movies and media can also be used as a platform for positive change, and that is through “sustainability placement”. Sustainability placement, similar to product placement, is a term used to describe the intentional addition of props, sets, scripts and other production elements that showcase some form of
LG COMMITS TO MOST AGGRESSIVE TARGET FOR REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS
altenergymag
AUGUST 11, 2021
By Aligning with ‘Business Ambition for 1.5°C’. LG Joins Movement to Support Science Based Target Initiative.
7 Places in the World That Have Sustainable Green Living
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 11, 2021
As the Earth makes orbit after orbit around the sun and years continue to grace us, our global population continuously rises, as do our technological advancements. Consequently, our planet has never been under so much pressure, and the importance of taking care of it, protecting it from global warming, and loving the Earth we live […]. The post 7 Places in the World That Have Sustainable Green Living appeared first on Green Living Guy.
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?
80 Acres Farms raises $160 million to scale vertical farming
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 11, 2021
ImpactAlpha, August 11 — Vertical farming ventures are raking in capital on the promise of increased food security and decreased carbon emissions. One. The post 80 Acres Farms raises $160 million to scale vertical farming appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
7 Tips to Go Green With Your Very Own Net-Zero Home
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 11, 2021
With the world facing an unprecedented climate crisis, living a sustainable lifestyle is a necessity rather than a choice. We need to look at adopting a green lifestyle to save energy and reduce our carbon footprint, wherever possible. If you’re passionate about all this, then switching to a net-zero home can make your lifestyle more sustainable. It is […].
EIA: Renewables will make up 23% of U.S. electric power generation next year
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 11, 2021
Electric power generated from renewable energy sources in the U.S. will rise to nearly 23% in 2022, according to short-term guidance released Tuesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Renewables – including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy – became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020 , trailing only natural gas.
Here Is a Beginners Guide to the Simple Life
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 11, 2021
Many people claim to long for the simple life while pursuing anything but. It is less about hypocrisy and more about role models. They know all about the daily grind but have no idea what the simple life looks like when done right. They are all too aware of what the life of poverty and […]. The post Here Is a Beginners Guide to the Simple Life appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Sprint Power develops components for wireless charging trial for fleet vehicles
Charged
AUGUST 11, 2021
Sprint Power, a British firm that specializes in electrified propulsion systems, power electronics and battery systems, is leading a UK government-backed project that aims to demonstrate the suitability of wireless charging technology for fleet vehicles. Funding for the wireless charging project has been provided by Innovate UK , a public body designed to drive research and development into new technologies.
How You Can do Your Part to Preserve US National Parks
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 11, 2021
The National Parks of the United States run the gamut. From ocean preserves to mountain wildernesses, your pass to the National Parks can get you into any ecosystem you can imagine. You can also study them virtually if you can’t get away in person. Get a Pass A National Parks Pass is easy to purchase […]. The post How You Can do Your Part to Preserve US National Parks appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Growing interest in renewable electricity from SMEs
altenergymag
AUGUST 11, 2021
Research from Cornwall Insight's ‘TPI satisfaction survey'* found a growing interest in renewable electricity amongst businesses and Third-Party Intermediaries (TPIs). The ‘TPI satisfaction survey' details TPIs' views on the services they receive from energy suppliers. The 2020 edition asks which suppliers "meet TPI needs" best and how much they value renewable energy.
Keysight launches battery test system using high voltage SiC technology
Charged
AUGUST 11, 2021
Keysight Technologies has announced a new test system for high-voltage battery packs (up to 1,500 volts). The Scienlab SL1700A Series uses silicon carbide (SiC) technology, which Keysight says will boost efficiency and energy recovery. The system gives users control of the climate chamber, conditioning of the device under test, and the battery management system.
Global Wind Service to install first in the world Siemens Gamesa 5.X turbines in Sweden
altenergymag
AUGUST 11, 2021
After the successful test installation of the new Siemens Gamesa 5.X turbine in collaboration with other ISP’s at Høvsøre test site in Denmark earlier this year, Global Wind Service (GWS) has been chosen as partner for the installation of the very first 5.X turbines at Skaftåsen and Björnberget in Sweden.
Crowley to build and operate electric tugboat for Port of San Diego
Charged
AUGUST 11, 2021
Tugboats may be the next transport segment to start going green. Crowley Maritime Corporation will build and operate an all-electric harbor tugboat called eWolf for the Port of San Diego. The eWolf is an 82-foot vessel with 70 tons of bollard pull. It will operate at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, and will be operational by mid-2023.
Matthew Gurch Joins Stoel Rives as Corporate Practice Partner and Member of Energy Group
altenergymag
AUGUST 11, 2021
Stoel Rives LLP announced today that Matthew J.B. Gurch, who has more than a decade of experience in domestic and international project finance, has joined the firm as a partner in its corporate practice group and as a member of the firm's Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group, based in Washington, D.C.
Betting on batteries: Phillips 66 is building a U.S. supply chain to support electric vehicles, storage
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 11, 2021
Phillips 66 — the Houston-based energy corporation with oil refineries and hundreds of gas stations under its control — is betting on battery storage with its latest investment. The company announced Monday the acquisition of a 16% stake in Austrian battery material supplier NOVONIX Limited, valued at $150 million. Read more: Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
Advancements in utility-scale solar inverter design give developers plentiful options
Solar Power World
AUGUST 11, 2021
Utility-scale solar projects are getting bigger and bigger, with the largest project approved in the United States (as of August 2021) coming in at a whopping 690 MWAC. Choosing the best inverter is increasingly important to generate the massive amount of energy these projects strive for. Project developers select inverters before they even submit an… The post Advancements in utility-scale solar inverter design give developers plentiful options appeared first on Solar Power World.
DOE awards $43 million to support battery manufacturing innovations
Charged
AUGUST 11, 2021
The DOE has announced a new $42.3-million funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0002553 ) to support manufacturing innovations for energy technologies to drive reductions in carbon emissions. The latest FOA is focused on three topic areas: Manufacturing process innovation, including drying process improvements, advanced tooling solutions and sustainable chemistry practices; Advanced materials manufacturing, including the development of aluminum-cerium alloys and materials designed to withstand harsh serv
Innomost secures €5 million to turn timber waste into cosmetics
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 11, 2021
ImpactAlpha, August 11 – Finnish company Innomost uses materials from sustainable forestry and timber operations to replace fossil fuels, plastics and palm oil. The post Innomost secures €5 million to turn timber waste into cosmetics appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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