Why sustainability professionals should drive green consumerism
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
What would happen if more people than ever before demanded goods aligned with a sustainable, low-carbon economy? Our economy would transition swiftly.
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The Scientists Taking Atomic-Level Pictures Of The Coronavirus
Jim Conca
APRIL 14, 2020
The coronavirus packs an outer armament of 27 proteins, each one having a unique and complex 3D structure that can be targeted by scientists to stop the virus.But we have to image them correctly and that’s where PNNL’s Garry Buchko comes in with his nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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How COVID-19 will redesign urban mobility
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
Despite the hard transportation times for public transit and micromobility, it's not all doom and gloom.
Why Empty Office Buildings Still Consume Lots of Power During a Global Pandemic
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 14, 2020
What happens to an office building’s electricity demand when almost everyone who works there is stuck at home? The coronavirus pandemic has forced broad swaths of the economy to shut down, as state after state forced non-essential businesses to close. The result has been significant drops in electricity demand in big commercial centers like New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area , and forecasts that commercial energy usage across the country will decline by 4.7 pecent this year.
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.
Small low carbon tech is better for decarbonization than mega projects, study suggests
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
Nuclear plants, CCS and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritized over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea.
Expandable camper converts into a two-story home via a pop-up roof
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 14, 2020
This wooden, off-grid camper can expand into a two-story tiny home.
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Awair tracks 5 elements of air quality in your home
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 14, 2020
For San Francisco-based company Awair, “knowledge is power” when it comes to air quality.
The pandemic as prism for urban mobility
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
Despite the hard transportation times for public transit and micromobility, it's not all doom and gloom.
How to volunteer during COVID-19
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 14, 2020
If you feel inspired to help, here are some safe ways to volunteer your time and skills to those in need during COVID-19.
This tech breakthrough could revolutionize lithium extraction
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
One huge potential benefit: reduced production costs for electric vehicle batteries.
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.
Iberdrola Plans to Take Top Spot in US Offshore Wind (and Keep It)
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 14, 2020
Spanish utility group Iberdrola wants to be the biggest player in the U.S. offshore wind market, but it will need to go through early market frontrunner Ørsted to get there. Iberdrola, among the world's largest wind power generators, plans to streamroll its way through the coronavirus crisis, with CEO Ignacio Galán announcing plans this month to increase investment in renewables projects and continue adding jobs as soon as the public health crisis is over.
What past disruptions teach us about reviving supply chains after COVID-19
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
In the long term, the need for visibility into supply chain data, and ability to provide services digitally across borders, whether for telehealth or education, is clear.
Could Full Decarbonization Depend on New Nuclear or CCS?
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 14, 2020
The path to a fully decarbonized energy system in Europe could depend on technologies that are out of bounds in today’s market, a consultancy forecast suggests. The major decarbonization pathways modeled by Afry (formerly AF Pöyry), an international engineering, design and advisory firm, envision big contributions from either new nuclear or carbon capture and storage (CCS) — neither of which is an energy system front-runner at present.
Resilience after recession: 4 ways to reboot the U.S. economy
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2020
It's important to choose wisely.
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.
Breakthrough technology from Argonne National Laboratory captures wasted heat from industrial applications so it can be used later as energy resource
altenergymag
APRIL 14, 2020
Argonne’s thermal energy storage system, or TESS, was originally developed to capture and store surplus heat from concentrated solar power facilities. It is also suitable for a variety of commercial applications, including desalination plants, combined heat and power (CHP) systems, industrial processes, and heavy-duty trucks.
Investments in the creative economy will help drive an inclusive COVID recovery
Impact Alpha
APRIL 14, 2020
In the month since SXSW canceled its annual arts and tech festival in Austin, Texas, artists and other creatives have been on the front line of COVID-19 economic collapse. Investments in food, fashion, media and creative manufacturing and community spaces will be key to an inclusive economic response and recovery. Social distancing and sheltering in.
New electrolyte could lead to safer high-voltage batteries
Charged
APRIL 14, 2020
Researchers from The University of Tokyo claim to have successfully increased a lithium-ion battery’s voltage and its ability to suppress dangerous conditions that affect today’s batteries. Their paper is published in Nature Energy. “A battery’s voltage is limited by its electrolyte material. The electrolyte solvent in lithium-ion batteries is the same now as it was when the batteries were commercialized in the early 1990s,” said Professor Atsuo Yamada.
Sustainable investments are growing, and outperforming, in a volatile market
Impact Alpha
APRIL 14, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 14 – Companies that merely pay lip service to stakeholders risk exposure in a crisis. Companies that take care of their employees, effectively manage risk and efficiently use resources tend to hold up. Evidence is mounting that investments in sustainable businesses are performing well – on a relative basis – through the COVID. The post Sustainable investments are growing, and outperforming, in a volatile market appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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?
Medical Cannabis Adds Deep Inspiration To Hope Grows For Autism
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 14, 2020
Four years ago, my son, Leo, was struggling so with anxiety, OCD and epic meltdowns as a result of his symptoms associated with autism.
The Brief: Creative recovery, Iowa’s soil wealth, sustainable investments in volatile markets
Impact Alpha
APRIL 14, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impacts! Agents of Impact Call No. 15: Making the mark in impact management. Join Tideline’s Christina Leijonhufvud and impact investors Nuveen, LeapFrog Investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for an inside look at best practices in impact management. The Operating Principles for Impact Management, introduced a year ago by the International Finance Corp., have emerged as the.
ABB wins $100 million framework contract to strengthen South America’s power grid
altenergymag
APRIL 14, 2020
ABB Power Grids partners with ISA in building a reliable and efficient power grid, improving the quality of life of millions of people in South America
Natufia's hydroponic garden embraces farm-to-table eating
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 14, 2020
Natufia is embracing farm-to-table dining with a hydroponic garden that fits into nearly any kitchen.
Mississippi PSC approves largest utility-owned solar project in the state
Solar Power World
APRIL 14, 2020
The Mississippi Delta will soon be home to the largest utility-owned solar farm in the state, after receiving approval from the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Recurrent Energy will build the 100-MW project on behalf of Entergy Mississippi. The project should be complete by no later than mid-2022. Once built, Entergy will assume ownership for the… The post Mississippi PSC approves largest utility-owned solar project in the state appeared first on Solar Power World.
How Satellite Data Can Help with COVID-19 and Beyond
Planet Pulse
APRIL 14, 2020
In a world turned upside-down by the global COVID-19 pandemic, we at Planet are regularly asked how daily satellite monitoring of the Earth might be helpful. We’d like to share some perspective with you about the role satellite imagery and analytics can play in responding to disease outbreaks in general, and to the current pandemic in particular, as well as some of what Planet will be doing to help in the months to come.
LEED Platinum Sonoma Academy building takes cues from Californias landscape
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 14, 2020
Sonoma Academy aims for excellence with a new education center that is sustainable at every turn.
Tackling Inequality in Cities Is Essential for Fighting COVID-19
The City Fix
APRIL 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a disruptive new normal for everyone through shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. Social distancing is a critically important response. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
From One Startup to Another: Making the Most of this Moment
Greentown Labs
APRIL 14, 2020
Darryl Pollica, president and CEO of Ivys Energy Solutions. Longtime Greentown Labs member Darryl Pollica shared his experience navigating the impacts of COVID-19 with the Greentown community at our March Town Hall. Pollica, who serves as the President and CEO of Ivys Energy Solutions and as a Community Board Member on Greentown’s Board of Directors, is getting creative with how his team can strengthen Ivys’ product and business while physically distancing.
Powin releases large-scale lithium energy storage system with 20-year guarantee
Solar Power World
APRIL 14, 2020
Powin Energy has unveiled three new products, Stack225, Stack230 and Stack230P, its first products utilizing CATL battery cells. All three products were designed by Powin around CATL’s large form factor cells, utilizing Powin’s patented StackOS battery management and controls software. Powin’s proprietary Stack products can perform a wide variety of in front of the meter, behind… The post Powin releases large-scale lithium energy storage system with 20-year guarantee appeared first on Sola
High-Speed LA-To-Las Vegas Virgin Train Wins $600 Million California Bond Allocation
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 14, 2020
California's allocation represents about half the total construction cost of the privately backed 180-mile railway.
CCC to push UK government to deliver climate-resilient coronavirus recovery
Business Green
APRIL 14, 2020
Committee on Climate Change plans to shortly offer advice to ministers on building an economic recovery consistent with the UK's 2050 net zero target. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is to present advice to the government on supporting a resilient, low carbon economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis as part of its annual assessment of the UK's progress towards its 2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions goal this summer.
Smart Grid Flexibility Markets – Entering an Era of Localization
CleanTech Group
APRIL 14, 2020
As renewable energy power continues to proliferate, localized, real-time flexibility at both the supply and demand level is becoming instrumental. Project Drawdown ranked.
Low Carbon Farming unveils plans to deploy wastewater-heated greenhouses nationwide
Business Green
APRIL 14, 2020
Enormous greenhouses the size of the O2 Arena could allow the UK to become self-sufficient in tomatoes and cucumbers, according to Low Carbon Farming. More than 40 giant wastewater-heated greenhouses could help curb the UK's reliance on imported vegetables and significantly shrink the British horticulture sector's carbon footprint, according to developer Low Carbon Farming.
Genoa transport operator to purchase 14 Irizar electric buses
Charged
APRIL 14, 2020
Transport operator ATM Genoa has acquired 14 Irizar ie 10.8-meter electric buses. Each bus has 350 kWh of battery capacity, 220 km of range, three doors, 20 seats, and a capacity of 81 passengers. A 180 kW motor provides 1,500 Nm of torque. The buses will be charged overnight via nine interoperable chargers with Combo 2 connectors, also developed and manufactured by the Irizar Group.
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