Fri.Dec 25, 2020

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Proposed skating rink uses melted ice to sustain wetland habitats

Inhabitat - Innovation

Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, this $40 million venue in London will feature two Olympic-sized ice rinks and use ice from the facility to benefit the sustainability and biodiversity of the building site.

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40MW Solar Plant Raised & Mounted by SolarTerraceĀ® by PVezRack

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Clenergy ground solar mounting system PV-ezRackĀ® SolarTerrace II-F™ (STII-F) has been selected for two large-scale interconnected solar plants - Kawauchi Onakago Solar Power Plant and Kawauchi Otsube Solar Power Plant, with a total capacity of 40MW.

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This plastic-free, organic personal care kit is 'All Good'

Inhabitat - Innovation

When they say itā€™s All Good, this ethical body care company means itā€™s good for you and the planet.

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A friendly rescue dog inspired this sustainable home remodel

AGreenLiving

This property in Lithuania is shared by ā€œthe real owner of the area,ā€ a rescue dog named Brownie. According to the architects at Arches, the firm responsible for the sustainable home remodel , the calm dog was the first to greet them when they initially came to visit the site. Apparently, Brownie had been there longer than the current owners. Years ago, the former owners noticed a lost stray on their property and decided to feed and shelter the dog while letting him come and go as he pleased.

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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.

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A friendly rescue dog inspired this sustainable home remodel

Inhabitat - Innovation

Cedar House helps celebrate the natural context of its surroundings, including Brownie the loyal watchdog.

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How To Maintain Your Fish Pond Without Using Electricity

AGreenLiving

Pond maintenance might be easy for experts but itā€™s rather … The post How To Maintain Your Fish Pond Without Using Electricity appeared first on Earth 911. The rest is here: How To Maintain Your Fish Pond Without Using Electricity.

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This plastic-free, organic personal care kit is ā€˜All Goodā€™

AGreenLiving

When they say itā€™s All Good, this ethical body care company means itā€™s good for you and the planet. In addition to the company’s notable organic products previously highlighted in a variety of publications, All Good has now taken the extra step to remove all plastic from the products and shipping packaging in its newest two releases. All Good began in 2006 with the mission to do good.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E Christmas Ad ā€” Cool, Fun, Great Start (& A Tad Confusing)

CleanTechnica

A few days ago, I saw a Ford Mustang Mach-E ad for the first time on YouTube. My first impression was that it was a great ad.

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Proposed skating rink uses melted ice to sustain wetland habitats

AGreenLiving

Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, the $40 million Lee Valley Ice Centre in London will feature two Olympic-sized ice rinks and use ice from the facility to benefit the sustainability and biodiversity of the building site. Along with sustainable design features like high performance insulation and rooftop solar panels , the facility’s melted ice will be filtered through reed beds to create new wetland habitats onsite.

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Tesla Model 3 = 31% of UK Electric Vehicle Sales

CleanTechnica

It's notoriously hard to get good model-specific plugin vehicle sales stats out of the UK. However, the UK government recently published figures for October 2019 through September 2020. The figures show that the Tesla Model 3 accounted for 30.69% of new registrations of fully electric vehicles.

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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.

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500,000 EV Charging Stations Plan Update

CleanTechnica

Thanks for your input on the draft EV charging plan we are putting together for the Biden administration. I've read through the comments and e-mails, and in the second draft for a charging plan, we will be incorporating most of the changes you all suggested. Here are the top two questions we got.

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Greenstand App Assists In Planting Over 500,000 Trees

CleanTechnica

The Greenstand app verifies that new trees have been planted and helps tree planters get paid for planting.

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An Automaker Is Born ā€” The Early Days Of Tesla (New Book Excerpt)

CleanTechnica

It sometimes happens that a symbolic event marking the end of one era neatly coincides with an event that ushers in the next, although no one notices the concurrence at the time. In late 2003, a brief renaissance of electric vehicles came to an ignominious end, as GM rounded up and smashed its EV1 electric cars. Just a few weeks later, three Silicon Valley entrepreneurs sat down for a fateful lunch.

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A Holiday Message To CleanTechies ā€” Letā€™s Lead The Way To Justice

CleanTechnica

Rise up! Celebrate the gift of cleantech by caring and sharing with others.

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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.

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What About Florida? Solar Energy & Regulatory Backwardness In The Sunshine State

CleanTechnica

In the 93-page report, Parker examines the matter of solar energy resources and hurricanes in the Sunshine State, and then takes a look at rooftop solar power potential, electricity costs, and average energy usage of Florida homeowners.

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Comparing Tesla to AOL in 1999 Is Silly

CleanTechnica

Earlier this month, I shared my thoughts about a CNN article that stated that Tesla (TSLA) short sellers lost more than the entire US airline industry in 2020. In that piece, I also shared some thoughts from Jim Chanos, one of Tesla's most notorious and outspoken short sellers, who happens to still believe that Tesla will fail.

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Itā€™s Time For Pollution-Free Vehicles & Fuels

CleanTechnica

President-Elect Biden has laid out a bold commitment to address our climate crisis. His goal is to make the United States a leader in addressing climate change by putting our nation ā€œon an irreversible path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050.ā€ For the transportation sector.

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Early Test Drive Of The Ford Mustang Mach-E From Tesla Mag

CleanTechnica

The folks over at Tesla Magazine, a France-based news site that covers all of Elon Musk's companies, recently got to experience and test drive the Ford Mustang Mach-E. Armand TaĆÆeb, CEO of Tesla Magazine, told me that their full review will be out next month, but was delighted to share a sneak preview with CleanTechnica as well as his thoughts on Ford's newest electric vehicle.

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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?

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Ignorance And Want ā€” A CleanTechnica Christmas Story To Share With Your Family

CleanTechnica

This year's performance of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens can be streamed free online. It's a great way to celebrate Christmas -- and remember what it represents.

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Cambridge To Post Warning Stickers On Gas Pumps

CleanTechnica

Cambridge, Massachusetts will be the first US city to require warning labels on gas and diesel pumps.

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