Can we flatten the curve on climate?
GreenBiz
APRIL 7, 2020
Can we extend that meme to climate change and make it as ubiquitously understood and accepted as it is for the coronavirus?
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Tiny timber cabin opens up to the French countryside
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 7, 2020
At just 376 square feet, La Petite Maison is compact, but floor-to-ceiling glass panels, multiple sliding glass doors and an open courtyard strategically connect the home's interior to its quaint surroundings.
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5 communications tips to market sustainability
GreenBiz
APRIL 7, 2020
Research shows three factors keep consumers from choosing products that are better for the environment: confusion; trust gaps; and not enough information. Here's how to get around that.
Abandoned fuel tanks retrofitted for new Shanghai art museum
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 7, 2020
On the banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River, Beijing-based practice OPEN Architecture has transformed five giant aviation fuel tanks into Tank Shanghai, a new contemporary art museum and open park. Developed over six years, the adaptive reuse project not only creates a new cultural asset for the city, but also helps reconnect residents to the waterfront.
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.
Green hydrogen could curb one-third of fossil fuel and industry emissions by 2050
GreenBiz
APRIL 7, 2020
That's according to a BloombergNEF report that calls policy support for the hydrogen economy "insufficient.".
Climate Week NYC to go ahead in September 2020
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 7, 2020
On 6 April, climate-action non-profit The Climate Group announced that Climate Week NYC will not be postponed and will take place as scheduled on September 21-27, 2020. The organisers say Climate Week NYC will launch a virtual platform that will host all major events to ensure that delegates and speakers can join irrespective of any restrictions at the time.
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How Corona virus is Disrupting Waste & Recycling
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 7, 2020
The escalation of COVID-19 across the globe has hampered recycling efforts in Europe and North America. With most European nations—and many American states—preventing citizens from shopping on the high street, and some preventing all outside activities apart from shopping for essential goods or seeking medical treatment, it’s clear things have changed.
WJA system backs water jetters carrying out Covid-19 essential services
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 7, 2020
The Water Jetting Association has put in place an essential services notification system to assist its members in confirming that they have the right to travel during the Covid-19 emergency. A form can be carried by personnel who work for Water Jetting Association (WJA) members to show police and other authorities they are authorised to travel on behalf of designated essential services and businesses.
How EcoAthletes plans to go to bat for the climate
GreenBiz
APRIL 7, 2020
A new group aims to create a roster of professional sports figures evangelizing for public engagement on the climate crisis.
Ecology consultant appointed on Severn Trent Water & Hafren Dyfrdwy Framework
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 7, 2020
(L-R) Nick Sanderson, Anthony Mellor and Oliver Ramm. Ecology consultants, RammSanderson has been appointed onto a framework of suppliers to Severn Trent Water (STW) and Hafren Dyfrdwy (HD), the firm announced on 6 April. The company has also had its contract with Western Power Distribution extended. The STW & HD appointment means that the company is approved to supply ecological and arboricultural services on STW & HD projects for up to the next three years as part of the AMP 7 progra
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.
WoodMac: Coronavirus Will Undercut North American Power Demand Through 2021
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 7, 2020
North American power markets are in uncharted territory. Wood Mackenzie projects significant pullbacks in the larger North American economy and corresponding impacts to demand for power. WoodMac's current baseline view of the economy forecasts a sharp recession over the next several quarters and a strong recovery starting in 2021. However, the path of gross domestic product may end up being worse than this baseline despite fiscal and monetary stimulus efforts.
Making stronger concrete with ‘sewage-enhanced’ steel slag
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 7, 2020
A magnified image of the new concrete variant. A group of researchers say they have shown how a by-product of steelmaking can be used to both treat wastewater and make stronger concrete, in a zero-waste approach to help advance the circular economy. Produced during the separation of molten steel from impurities, steel slag is often used as a substitute aggregate material for making concrete.
How to stock a vegan pandemic pantry
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 7, 2020
Find out what to stock in your vegan pantry, plus where to find these items online.
Bringing people together to deliver clean water in Tanzania
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 7, 2020
Situated in the mountains of north-western Tanzania, the rural district of Karagwe was once an influential kingdom where wealth was measured in cattle. While agriculture remains one of Karagwe’s key sources of income, the area also faces a major water shortage. Here, Johan Kerstell, Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resources at Sandvik Group, explains how bringing people together can help overcome such challenges.
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.
California: We Need 1GW of New Long-Duration Energy Storage by 2026
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 7, 2020
California officials expect that the state needs 1 gigawatt of new long-duration energy storage by 2026 to advance its clean-energy transition. That figure emerged in the “reference system portfolio” that the California Public Utilities Commission approved on March 26. The grid planning document calls for no new gas plants, although almost all of the existing capacity is expected to remain online throughout the decade.
An origami-like CLT roof crowns this office in Japan
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 7, 2020
UENOA created a unique office with geometric CLT roof.
EIA: Coronavirus Depressing US Power Demand, Slowing Renewables Buildout
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 7, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic will depress U.S. electricity markets and hurt generators in 2020, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says — even the fast-growing wind and solar power sectors. On Tuesday, the EIA revised its forecast for the U.S. electric power sector generation to include the COVID-19 outbreak’s massive economic disruptions.
How investors can manage risk and keep impact on track during the COVID crisis
Impact Alpha
APRIL 7, 2020
For the last few weeks as the COVID-19 crisis ramped up, we have seen a number of transactions – most in the traditional investment arena – that are being put on hold or called off entirely during this crisis. In the coming weeks it’s very likely that we’ll all hear about many more such instances. . The post How investors can manage risk and keep impact on track during the COVID crisis 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?
Vestas Cancels 2020 Guidance as Coronavirus Clouds Wind’s Near-Term Future
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 7, 2020
Vestas, the world's leading supplier of wind turbines, canceled its 2020 financial guidance on Tuesday, saying the coronavirus pandemic is driving too much uncertainty to produce reliable numbers. The first quarter of 2020 played out more or less to expectations, Vestas said, but beyond that, the Danish company cannot make useful forecasts. “The situation changes daily and my colleagues’ ability to adapt fast and follow our extensive safety measures have been key to keeping perfo
Visa Foundation to provide $210 million for COVID relief, with a gender lens
Impact Alpha
APRIL 7, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 7 – Visa Foundation has committed $210 million for COVID relief. A $10 million initiative will offer immediate emergency relief to charities delivering health services and food on the frontlines of the global crisis. Over five years, Visa Foundation will provide $60 million in grants to non-governmental organizations supporting small and micro business.
MAHLE opens battery module testing and development facility
Charged
APRIL 7, 2020
MAHLE Powertrain has opened a new facility for the extensive testing of EV battery modules. The facility, based at the company’s Northampton technical center, enables the strip-down and disassembly of modules and compact vehicle batteries for post-test assessment, and provides a climate-controlled environment to carry out real-world simulated testing with the aim of streamlining the test and validation stages of emerging technologies.
Bronx Zoo tiger tests positive for coronavirus
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 7, 2020
Nadia tested positive for COVID-19 but is expected to recover.
'Significant milestone': Renewables becomes Britain's main power source for the first time
Business Green
APRIL 7, 2020
EnAppSys quarterly update confirms renewables delivered nearly 45 per cent of UK power mix during the first quarter. The flurry of clean energy and emissions records that have toppled in recent months continued this week, with confirmation renewables generated more electricity than any other UK power source in the first three months of the year. The milestone was highlighted in the latest quarterly energy market report from analyst firm EnAppSys , which detailed how renewables generated 35.4TWh
Residents and Businesses Can Earn Cash for Energy Saving Actions Through Innovative “GridRewards” Pilot Program
altenergymag
APRIL 7, 2020
Sustainable Westchester introduces the GridRewards program in partnership with technology provider Logical Buildings through its SmartKit AI™ app platform for smart meter utilization and demand response participation in the Con Edison utility area in Westchester County.
Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?
Business Green
APRIL 7, 2020
There are similarities between the coronavirus and the climate emergencies, but what should really scare us are the differences. Over the past fortnight the coronavirus pandemic has triggered a surge in hot takes highlighting the unnerving similarities between the global public health emergency and the worsening climate emergency that runs alongside it.
New Jersey’s SREC program officially closes April 30, 2020
Solar Power World
APRIL 7, 2020
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) this week declared that 5.1% of the retail electricity sold in the state is generated from solar power and therefore directed its staff to close the state’s Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) Registration Program effective April 30, 2020. “While today marks the end of one chapter, it also… The post New Jersey’s SREC program officially closes April 30, 2020 appeared first on Solar Power World.
New BYD sub-brand will produce components for clean energy vehicles
Charged
APRIL 7, 2020
Chinese EV-maker BYD has launched a new sub-brand called FinDreams, which will produce core components for clean energy vehicles. FinDreams has five subsidiaries, which will specialize in different fields of auto manufacturing, including batteries and powertrains. Industry experts say BYD’s move is part of its global expansion strategy. “For the overseas market, the independent system has more autonomy, greatly increasing the cooperation possibility and the degree of freedom,” said the Shanghai-
Exeter's roadmap to net zero submitted to City Council
Business Green
APRIL 7, 2020
Decarbonisation plan focuses on reducing the city's energy consumption, ramping up renewables, electrifying public transport, reducing waste and sustainable travel and healthier living. A plan detailing how Exeter could reach 'carbon neutrality' has been submitted to the City Council, building on the city's declaration of a climate emergency last year and exploring how it could meet its target to become a net zero city by 2030.
15 Essential Tips For New CIOs
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 7, 2020
In-coming CIOs have the unique opportunity to look the current configuration and practices of the IT team and make innovative changes.
Sunrun cuts staff, implements “contact-free” installation services during COVID-19 pandemic
Solar Power World
APRIL 7, 2020
The nation’s leading residential solar installation company has announced layoffs and other cost-cutting measures amidst economic concerns related to coronavirus. Sunrun has cut $30 million in “labor-related cost actions” as other media outlets have reported nearly 100 layoffs at the company. This comes after Sunrun expected a 15% increase in installations this year over 2019.… The post Sunrun cuts staff, implements “contact-free” installation services during
Joules Accelerator & the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster Select Next Cohort of Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Energy Innovation in the North Carolina Cleantech Corridor
altenergymag
APRIL 7, 2020
Eight startups offering ‘net zero’ technologies for energy efficiency, smart grids, and renewables will be featured at an April 22 online event
Monthly EV market share in Germany tops 9 percent, led by Tesla Model 3
Charged
APRIL 7, 2020
Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, has been slower than some of its neighbors to embrace EVs, but things seem to be changing fast. In March, plug-in vehicles accounted for a record 9.2% of the total auto market (as reported by CleanTechnica ). The balance between pure EVs and PHEVs was about even. For the first time, sales of PHEVs overtook sales of old-fashioned hybrids.
The truth about coronavirus, air pollution and our health
EDF Voices
APRIL 7, 2020
A few month’s improvement of air pollution won’t resolve the underlying health conditions that make many people more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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