Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 25, 2020
Set approximately 1,200 meters above sea level in a rural area, the remote property has no electricity, water supply or even other buildings nearby. As a result, the architects created TREE Sukkasem VILLA, a self-sustaining home that combines traditional Thai design and contemporary elements.
Charged
MAY 25, 2020
Los Angeles-based Nanotech Energy, a major supplier of graphene, has raised $27.5 million in a Series C funding round. The company’s US-made Nanotech Energy Graphene Super Battery is designed to be non-flammable, and Nanotech claims it will deliver better longevity and much faster charging than current batteries. “We are confident that we have a one-of-a-kind, industry-changing product that will impact the technologies and bottom lines of multiple end-user markets,” said Chairman and CEO Dr.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 25, 2020
The new dorm complements the boarding school's existing architecture while raising the bar for sustainable design.
altenergymag
MAY 25, 2020
Schletter Group, the international manufacturer of solar-mounting systems, remains on a growth course: with the relocation of its Shanghai site to a new plant, the company is significantly expanding its production capacities in China.
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.
Business Green
MAY 25, 2020
Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups. More than 40 million healthcare professionals from around the world have urged global leaders to build a healthy, climate-friendly economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, in an open letter today backed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) among a raft of other influential groups.
Charged
MAY 25, 2020
Severn Trent, a provider of water for around 8 million people in the Midlands of England and part of Wales, is working toward electrifying its entire vehicle fleet by 2030. It has selected Amsterdam-based EVBox to provide 352 charging points at operational sites, offices and transport workshops throughout its service area. EVBox has installed over 100,000 charging points across more than 55 countries, including residential, commercial, public and fast charging products.
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AGreenLiving
MAY 25, 2020
This article is the fourth of five in a series … The post Adapting to Climate Change appeared first on Earth911.com. See original here: Adapting to Climate Change.
Eco-Business
MAY 25, 2020
President Rodrigo Duterte, who previously denounced any reclamation activity in Manila Bay due to the potential environmental impacts, has more recently given mixed messages on the issue as the administration looks for funds for its pandemic response.
AGreenLiving
MAY 25, 2020
Near Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal-based ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski has recently completed the Mitchell Family House, a new and energy-efficient student housing complex for the Bishop’s College School. Built to house 270 students from 37 countries, the brick-clad dorm complements the century-old private boarding school’s existing architecture while raising the bar for sustainable design with its emphasis on energy efficiency.
Eco-Business
MAY 25, 2020
A future where shipping no longer imperils people, oceans and the climate is one mariners dream of. But what does a transition to sustainable shipping really mean?
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.
AGreenLiving
MAY 25, 2020
When Mr. Phol asked Bangkok-based architecture studio TOUCH to design for him a private home in Thailand’s north-central province of Petchabun, the brief came with a challenge — the home would have to operate entirely off the grid. Set approximately 1,200 meters above sea level in a rural area, the remote property has no electricity, water supply or even other buildings nearby.
Eco-Business
MAY 25, 2020
Companies are seeking to press ahead with investments on community lands or even take advantage of the pandemic to avoid the usual authorisation requirements.
Low Impact
MAY 25, 2020
This is the third in a series of articles about community wealth building and mutual credit , by Dave Darby and Dil Green of Lowimpact.org and the Open Credit Network. Mutual credit. Mutual Credit is a payment system which operates through rolling credit on the basis of a degree of trust. In varying forms, it has a long pedigree. As David Graeber lays out in his ‘Debt – the first 5000 years’, versions of credit-based, open currencies have been the typical system throughout much of history,
Eco-Business
MAY 25, 2020
The good news is that carbon dioxide emissions have fallen in line with global agreement. But we have chance to thank for that.
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.
Business Green
MAY 25, 2020
The government's Resources and Waste Strategy provides a blueprint for building a circular economy out of the Covid-19 crisis, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray. During the pandemic, Twitter has provided some much-needed light relief. One of the best has been concerts by people playing music in their own homes and gradually coming together to produce some truly beautiful music.
Eco-Business
MAY 25, 2020
The 4th WeGO Awards is a triennal competition that recognises and promotes local governments with exemplary projects and solutions that use ICT to help improve the quality of life of citizens.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
One of the main players in the South African EV space is GridCars. Established in 2009, GridCars has grown to become South Africa’s largest Electric Vehicle Charging Service Equipment (EVSE), Charging Station Infrastructure and Management Systems firm.
Eco-Business
MAY 25, 2020
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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?
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Volvo will partner with Luminar to embed its lidar units in future Volvo cars beginning in 2022.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
India’s massive solar power park scheme holds immense investment potential, a recent study has found.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Lordstown Motors is pushing to build 30 pre-production versions of its Endurance electric pickup truck before the end of the year. It expects to build 20,000 of them in 2021.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Graphene is the nanomaterial of the next millennium and it could make the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle dream come true.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Austria is yet another European country to pass up 5% plug-in vehicle market share in 2020. The market is actually at nearly 7%, one of the highest plug-in vehicle market shares in the world, thanks to April showing 7.5% share, according to our friends at EV Volumes.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Germany's highest civil court has ruled that owners of Volkswagen diesel vehicles are entitled to monetary compensation.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Nanotech Energy says it has developed a graphene lithium battery that can charge up to 18 times faster than a conventional lithium-ion battery and has higher energy density. But it offers no documentation of its claims.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Norway remains one of the most fascinating auto markets in the world. With a 70% plug-in vehicle market share in the first 4 months of 2020, there is nothing that comes close to it. That isn't an overnight figure either — the country has been far ahead of any other market in terms of plug-in vehicle market share for several years.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Some days if feels like things aren't made to last. Cell phone replacements, for one — how many does one have to have? Wind turbines, however, show a refined aging that suffers little efficiency loss over time.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
Energy giant Total Group and engineering firm Gaussin are working together to create the world’s first 100% electric fuel truck for the aviation industry.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
I believe there are police officers everywhere who want to switch to electric cars — or are at least interested in finding out more about them. In Europe, the Hyundai Kona EV is a particularly popular model with the police.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
While it may seem like the whole world has come to a standstill, NASA is notably continuing to prep for one of the most important missions in recent memory, set to launch on the 27th of May, coinciding with the week of Memorial Day.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
California wants more EVs for Uber and Lyft, and may have a plan to make that happen. Despite the ongoing pandemic, though, California believes now is the time for Uber and Lyft to get their act together environmentally.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
The Volkswagen ID lineup, led by the ID.3, has been getting a good deal of attention outside of EV world and all across the auto industry, including winning several recent design awards.
CleanTechnica
MAY 25, 2020
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