Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 5, 2021

Ryan Honary talks to Inhabitat about how he is using technology and artificial intelligence to better predict and mitigate wildfires.

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Technology 280

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 5, 2021

Image credit: Scott Sherrill-Mix , CC BY-NC 2.0 license). A few tips on the unlikely waste items that can help make nutrient rich compost for the garden, are offered by horticultural experts at GardeningExpress.co.uk. Making your own compost can take up to a year and a good mix of carbon and nitrogen rich – or brown and green – materials are needed.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 5, 2021

It was an abandoned tramway. Then it become a temporary outdoor space during the pandemic. Now it's a permanent community park in Precollina, Italy.

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altenergymag

JULY 5, 2021

The On Board Charger Market growth driven by growing demand for electric vehicles across the world and increase advancement in EV and HEV charging system maximize power saving with increasing power density performance of the batteries.

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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.

Energy

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 5, 2021

A Tesla battery, rainwater tank and solar panels help the Garden House stand out as a sustainable powerhouse.

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altenergymag

JULY 5, 2021

Centrica Business Solutions has published a free new guide that sets out 9 practical and cost effective actions organisations can take to reduce carbon emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Sustainable Greenhouses and Nurseries: Green Everywhere Possible. Nurseries and greenhouses are directly connected to making our world greener and healthier. If you own a nursery or greenhouse, it is the time to get serious about incorporating sustainability into your business practices.Eco friendly greenhouses and nurseries are retail plant growers that are making extra efforts to become a sustainable business and improve upon their business practices; steps to achieve this can include converti

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altenergymag

JULY 5, 2021

By connecting the devices and software platforms of both companies, Q CELLS and Samsung Electronics will build ‘Zero Energy Homes’ for energy independence and carbon reduction, creating synergy in the global residential energy market.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Sustainable Construction: Builders Need to Go Green. Sustainable building practices are becoming increasingly common throughout the construction industry. This new emphasis on sustainable construction has created a robust green building and production network which is now one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy. To pave the way for future generations to live in harmony with the environment, it is critical that we incorporate sustainable building and distribution practices such as

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 5, 2021

Last week Mortenson said it has started work at Terra-Gen’s 60-MW Oasis Wind project located in Mojave, California. The work involves the repowering of a project first operational in 2004. Mortenson will replace sixty 1-MW turbines with seventeen state-of-the-art, 3-MW class turbines. The repowered project will consist of six Vestas V112-3.45 MW turbines with 112-meter rotors at a 94-meter hub height, and eleven V136-3.6 MW turbines with 136-meter rotors at an 82-meter hub height.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Benefits of Green Business Bureau and LEED Certifications. Businesses today need more than good products and services to succeed – they need purpose. Whether that be by supporting the local community or launching a larger initiative to support the world as a whole, smart business leaders understand the importance of making a difference, big and small.

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Charged

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers at RMI , a non-profit energy consultancy, analyzed 101 million miles traveled by ride-hailing drivers, and found that many in Los Angeles lack charging stations in the low-income neighborhoods they serve. This pattern could skew the benefits of EVs to wealthier enclaves. In a new report, EV Charging for All, the authors suggest that electrifying ride-hailing fleets, as Uber and Lyft have pledged to do, combined with coordinated investment, could accelerate an equitable transition to

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 5, 2021

Supermarket chain Morrisons is set to be snapped up by a group of US investors that includes a subsidiary of fossil fuel giant Koch Industries, known for funding numerous climate science denial groups across the country. The £6.3 billion takeover bid of the UK’s fourth largest supermarket group, which campaigners fear could represent a “worrying shift”, is being led by US private equity firm Fortress Investment Group, owner of Majestic Wine.

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Charged

JULY 5, 2021

Production of BMW’s fifth-generation high-voltage batteries and battery modules for use in the BMW iX and i4 is now underway at the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing, Germany. At the same time, the company is increasing production capacity for its fifth-generation electric motor, which has been built in Dingolfing for the iX3 since 2020, and will also power the iX and i4.

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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.

Sustainability

Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

The talks between Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel late last week may have proved somewhat fraught, with the UK and EU remaining at loggerheads over the post-Brexit enforcement of the Northern Ireland protocol the UK government signed up to last year. But there was a significant source of agreement between the two leaders, as they teamed up to publicly back a new £1.4bn project to connect the UK and German energy markets for the first time.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Sustainable Greenhouses and Nurseries: Green Everywhere Possible. Nurseries and greenhouses are directly connected to making our world greener and healthier. If you own a nursery or greenhouse, it is the time to get serious about incorporating sustainability into your business practices.Eco friendly greenhouses and nurseries are retail plant growers that are making extra efforts to become a sustainable business and improve upon their business practices; steps to achieve this can include converti

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Waste management company's boats on the Thames to run on greener fuel that it claims can reduce CO2 emissions by 90 per cent. Tug boats which ferry household waste down the River Thames to feed a power plant in east London are set to run on biofuels, with waste management firm Cory claiming the switch will slash both CO2 emissions and air pollution.

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U.S. Green Technology

JULY 5, 2021

Instagram is a social media platform and a giant in its own right. With over 6-million active followers, it is the most popular social media platform in the world. Instagram had started its journey as a simple photo-sharing platform almost a decade back. However, it has now transformed into a force to be reckoned with. The post Can You Make Educational Content On Instagram Popular?

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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?

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Documents obtained by green group's investigations unit reveals housebuilder told government its plan to slash emissions by at least 75 per cent by 2025 were 'too ambitious'. UK housebuilder Taylor Wimpey called for the government's climate proposals for buildings to be watered down, arguing plans to curb emissions and enhance insultation across new build properties were "too ambitious", an investigation from Greenpeace's investigations unit Unearthed has found.

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U.S. Green Technology

JULY 5, 2021

When you just kickstart your career, it is natural to spend more and focus less on savings. However, Paul Haarman suggests otherwise – he says young adults should start working on their financial wellness since day one. But how? The financial experts say that lack of primary education and fundamental knowledge about investments leave several young. The post Start your career with expert investment tips from Paul Haarman appeared first on U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Networks operator plans major investment push to prepare grid for surge in power demand from heat pumps and electric vehicles. UK Power Networks (UKPN) has published the details of its draft business plan for the period from 2023 and 2028, setting out its goal to put "customers and communities at the heart of net zero". The plan, published late last week, confirms the company's intent to increase investment in its electricity networks by seven per cent over the next price settlement period, know

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CleanTech Group

JULY 5, 2021

For three days, Cleantech Forum Asia hosted local, regional and international players in the energy sector. Here are some key takeaways from the.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

WHO and UNICEF warn world is on track to miss Sustainable Development Goals covering access to water services. It has been one of the most important public health messages since the COVID-19 pandemic began but a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF shows that, as the crisis began, three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home.

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Terra Infirma

JULY 5, 2021

I was sponsored through University by the Ministry of Defence. Initially, I had no problem with this – after all, every country has the right to defend itself and there are plenty of very real bad guys out there. But over time, particularly when I continued working for the Ministry after University, I grew uneasy, partly due to squeamishness at the grim reality of developing machines to cause maximum damage to other human beings, but, possibly worse, I hated either justifying my career to other

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

European energy giant inks three year partnership with leading distributed solar charity to help boost clean energy access across Africa. Europe's largest renewable energy supplier has announced a new partnership with international development charity SolarAid, which will see it donate £2m over a three year period to help provide access to solar light and power to families and communities in sub-Saharan Africa affected by Covid 19.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 5, 2021

If you’re not familiar with the term, placemaking is an idea that is sliding into the central focus spot when it comes to urban planning. It’s a people-centered approach to planning the usage of public spaces and was essential in developing the now permanent Precollinear Park in the center of Corso Gabetti and Ponte Regina Margherita in Turin, Italy.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Dedicated hydrogen investment fund HGEN plans to launch initial pubic offering on London Stock Exchange in July with backing from energy giant INEOS. HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc (HGEN) has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange this month in a bid to raise £250m towards its hydrogen investment strategy, with the green investment firm eyeing significant growth opportunities in the fledgling sector.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 5, 2021

The world is indeed lucky when our most brilliant minds choose to work for the common good, rather than chasing money or becoming master criminals. So Inhabitat wants to thank young Ryan Honary for his work on an early detection system for wildfires. Sickened by the losses people sustained in the 2018 Camp Fire, California’s deadliest wildfire, Honary turned his attention to how to mitigate future disasters.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Andrew Warren explores the potential future for building Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) as the UK shifts towards lower carbon home heating. The days of the gas boiler being the means by which practically all British buildings are heated are looking increasingly numbered. The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is one of the most important House of Commons committee.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 5, 2021

Ecolabels and sustainability certifications are supposed to make shopping your values easier. But there are… The post Direct Trade Takes Consumers to the Source appeared first on Earth911. Read the original: Direct Trade Takes Consumers to the Source.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Party's longest-serving leader to leave role this summer, triggering fresh leadership election which is expected to be held later this year. Jonathan Bartley is to step down as co-leader of the Green Party after five years in the role, he announced this morning. Bartley, who is the Green Party's longest-serving leader, said he was "immensely grateful for the opportunity to put the climate emergency front and centre on the political agenda", but that quitting the role would allow more time to spe

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AGreenLiving

JULY 5, 2021

This seemingly small, shingle-covered home in Melbourne, Australia may not look like a sustainable powerhouse, but in reality it is generating 100kwh of energy per day with a 26kwh Tesla battery. This number stands out compared to the 19kwh of energy the average Australian house uses per day. Known as the Garden House, the modern abode has an impressive set of sustainability features.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

The field of robotics can support the renewable offshore energy sector in its commitment to environmental responsibility, writes Professor David Flynn of the National Robotarium. As we approach the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, to be hosted in Glasgow in November, the UK is leading the charge towards net zero, having cut emissions more than any other G20 country.

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