When circularity meets climate tech
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2022
Climate tech designers should take a cue from consumer electronics companies such as Dell and Sonos.
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University under a hill in India has a green roof
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2022
India's new Prestige University designed by Sanjay Puri Architects features a fully walkable angled green roof that is accessible to staff and students from the ground. The building may look like a Minecraft creation, but it's a full university sliding seamlessly under the landscape beneath a rooftop composed of squares of green planted turf.
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The year ahead for water: Extreme decentralization, digital and hydration
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2022
These three trends fueled by increasing investor interest will continue to challenge and disrupt the water sector status quo.
CLOUDROOM's bioclimatic design highlights the climate crisis
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2022
Students and design/consulting company Ecosistema Urbano worked together to design this futuristic, outdoor, sustainable classroom created in Columbus, Indiana. The project, called CLOUDROOM, is a bioclimatic design for an outdoor classroom. It's an installation that aims to inspire a rethink of educational spaces and raise awareness about today's climate crisis.
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.
Timberland wants your boots back
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2022
The company launched a takeback program and wants to extend the life of its footwear, apparel and accessories.
This frying pan gives new life to recycled aluminum
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2022
For most people, using cookware is a way of life. Even if you make little more than scrambled eggs, pots and pans are a basic requirement for every kitchen. Inasmuch, the type of pans you use has the power to positively or negatively impact the planet and your health.
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Basketball museum is meant to be viewed from all angles
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2022
The Lithuania House of Basketball Museum is a focal point in the town of Kaunas. The museum sits near the medieval Kaunas castle and Santaka park, where the two largest Lithuanian rivers converge.
We read this 130-page report on climate regulation so you don't have to
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2022
What does the US regulatory brain trust say when talking among themselves about climate?
SUSTAINABLE DEBT ISSUANCE BREEZED PAST $1.6 TRILLION IN 2021
altenergymag
JANUARY 12, 2022
Total sustainable debt issuance through 2021 exceeded $4 trillion, demonstrating the popularity of environmental, social and governance borrowing
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.
Generating Energy from Waste: How to Make it Happen
U.S. Green Technology
JANUARY 12, 2022
The world is growing old, and the conventional energy forms are becoming extinct. Although these energy forms have served us for so long, they also contribute to global concerns. The major problems caused by these energy forms are global warming and greenhouse effects. Therefore, the move towards unconventional and alternate energy sources is crucial.
Extreme cold closes schools and COVID testing sites
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2022
On Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Health announced that the state's COVID-19 would close due to extreme cold weather. The sites include Claremont, Manchester, Newington and Nashua. The announcement mirrors several other northeastern states closing schools due to subzero temperatures.
GREENPOWER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO MANUFACTURE ZERO-EMISSION, ALL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES IN WEST VIRGINIA
Green Living Guy
JANUARY 12, 2022
Charleston, West Virginia, January 12, 2022 – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) (“GreenPower”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission, electric-powered medium and heavy-duty vehicles. For today they joined Governor Jim Justice. That’s in announcing that it has entered into a lease/purchase agreement. That’s for a manufacturing facility in South Charleston, West […].
Lightning eMotors reveals all-new Lightning eChassis for commercial EVs
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2022
Commercial EV builder Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV) has introduced an all-new rolling chassis purpose-built for commercial EV applications. The Lightning eChassis, which was developed in collaboration with Mexican automotive supplier Metalsa , will be available for Class 4 and Class 5 commercial electric chassis cab, stripped chassis and cutaway chassis configurations.
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.
Expanding Islands in the South Pacific
Planet Pulse
JANUARY 12, 2022
In early 2015, an underwater volcano in the South Pacific explosively erupted, forming a new island within the Polynesian nation of Tonga. Scientists initially thought that the island would vanish within a matter of months, which is often the case for small volcanic islands due to the erosive power of ocean waves. But seven years later, the island not only still stands—it has grown dramatically.
Northvolt assembles first battery cell at factory in northern Sweden
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2022
Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt has assembled the first battery cell at its Northvolt Ett gigafactory in northern Sweden. According to Northvolt, the prismatic cell is “the first to have been fully designed, developed and assembled at a gigafactory by a homegrown European battery company.”. The company developed the cell at its factory in Västerås, Sweden, which has been in production since early 2020.
Industry Leaders Invest $95 Million in Viridi Parente
altenergymag
JANUARY 12, 2022
Funding to Accelerate Commercial Deployment of Fail-safe, Point-of-Use Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Technology
How Tesla’s in-house software helped it weather the chip shortage
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2022
For months, the auto industry has been crying the blues, as a shortage of computer chips forced it to suspend production, in some cases for months, leading to empty dealer lots and skyrocketing prices. But one company seemed to sidestep the whole crisis—Tesla has been breaking records quarter after quarter, and sold nearly twice as many vehicles in 2021 as it did in 2020.
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?
It’s alive: The groundbreaking research on the microbes in wildfire smoke
Grist
JANUARY 12, 2022
This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity. At a prescribed burn site in rural Idaho, a team of fire scientists are using a tricked-out drone to hunt for life in the smoke. What they discover could have big implications for our world, and our health. Inside the cloud of smoke, amid all the dust and ash, are hundreds, or even thousands, of different bacteria and fungi.
Migration surge spurs impact funds to target financial services for people on the move
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 12, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 12 – The record number of people who have been displaced from their communities by conflict, climate, crime and poverty is making. The post Migration surge spurs impact funds to target financial services for people on the move appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Wallbox’s latest Quasar 2 bidirectional home charger allows an EV to provide backup power
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2022
Charing station manufacturer Wallbox (NYSE: WBX) has introduced a new generation of its bidirectional home charger for the North American market. In service areas that offer time-of-use rates, EV owners can schedule charging sessions at times when rates are low and discharge their car battery to power their home when rates are high. Users with solar panels can also store excess energy in their EVs during low usage periods and discharge it at other times.
Generate acquires Atlas Organics amid growing demand for composting
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 12, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 12 – Sustainable infrastructure company Generate Capital has acquired Atlas Organics in a deal that will inject $200 million into the. The post Generate acquires Atlas Organics amid growing demand for composting appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Italian charging operator Free To X joins Hubject’s roaming network
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2022
Free To X, a new Italian charging provider, has partnered with eRoaming provider Hubject in order to extend access to its high-power DC charging sites to all EV drivers within Hubject’s intercharge network. Free To X aims to deploy 100 public fast charging stations by 2023, covering 2,900 km along the main Italian highways. Each site will offer 4 to 8 charging points, and the average distance between sites will be 50-60 km.
GreenSpark Solar Selected to Compete at 2022 Solar Games
altenergymag
JANUARY 12, 2022
Rochester Area Solar Company to Compete in National Solar Games
Planet to Launch 44 SuperDove Satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket
Planet Pulse
JANUARY 12, 2022
Planet’s Flock 4x, consisting of 44 SuperDove satellites, is set to launch this Thursday, January 13th on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-3 SSO. This marks the first satellite launch under our new multi-year, multi-launch rideshare agreement with SpaceX. With this launch, Planet will have more than 240 satellites in orbit. Flock 4x is set to replenish our existing SuperDove fleet which makes up a portion of the larger constellation.
Aqua-Spark backs Lake Harvest to expand sustainable aquaculture in Africa
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 12, 2022
ImpactAlpha, January 12 — Aqua-Spark is launching a subsidiary to help build out local and regional aquaculture supply chains in Africa. The investment. The post Aqua-Spark backs Lake Harvest to expand sustainable aquaculture in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Elon Musk and Bill Walton voice their opposition to proposed California solar rule changes
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 12, 2022
Tesla’s Elon Musk and solar evangelist Bill Walton called on California officials to reject proposed changes to the state’s residential solar rooftop rules. Not mincing words, Musk called the proposal a “bizarre anti-environment move” by state regulators. Tesla launched a web page for customers to use to voice their opposition to the plan to Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
Webinar: How to be a net zero winner for long term success
altenergymag
JANUARY 12, 2022
Energy intensive businesses are invited to a free webinar on Tuesday 25 January (11am - 12pm) to learn more about cost effective ways to deliver on their net zero ambitions.
Novo snags $90 million to provide banking services for U.S. small businesses
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 12, 2022
ImpactAlpha, January 12 — Miami-based neobank Novo provides bank accounts without fees or minimum balances for approximately 150,000 small businesses owners, entrepreneurs and. The post Novo snags $90 million to provide banking services for U.S. small businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
AI Clearing Announces AI Surveyor Platform Edition Purpose Built for Large Solar Infrastructure Projects
altenergymag
JANUARY 12, 2022
-Solar is one of the fastest-growing construction infrastructure segments and could supply more than 40% of the nation's electricity by 2035 -Unique platform uses well-trained AI models to recognize key objects installed during solar farm construction and deliver reports within less than 24 hours -AI Clearing is currently involved with solar projects of a combined generating capacity of 1.
Investing in people on the move, digitalizing hardware stores in Colombia, sustainable aquaculture in Africa, Jigar Shah on catalytic climate capital
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 12, 2022
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Refugee Lens Migration surge spurs impact funds to target financial services for people on the move. The record. The post Investing in people on the move, digitalizing hardware stores in Colombia, sustainable aquaculture in Africa, Jigar Shah on catalytic climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Clarion Energy Welcomes David Wagman, Kevin Clark, and John Engel to Esteemed Content Team
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 12, 2022
Clarion Energy announced today three new additions to the already acclaimed media content team. David Wagman, Kevin Clark, and John Engel are joining the team to continue to effectively meet the needs of our global customers through a wide range of media outlets. David Wagman joins as the Vice President of Content, managing strategy and direction for POWERGEN International®, DISTRIBUTECH International®, HYDROVISION International®, and related media brands.
Tul raises $181 million to digitalize independent hardware stores in Latin America
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 12, 2022
ImpactAlpha, January 12 – Bogotá-based Tul helps Colombia’s mom-and-pop hardware stores source products from large construction suppliers like ArcelorMittal and Cemex. It launched. The post Tul raises $181 million to digitalize independent hardware stores in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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