GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Why Gen Z voices matter in making business sustainable. Isabel LoDuca. Mon, 10/19/2020 - 01:00. Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2015, are current consumers, future business leaders and the future of this world. Yet, Gen Z is unlike any other generation to date. With buying power of more than $140 billion , Gen Z is the fastest-growing consumer segment with unique purchasing values in mind and the willingness to act upon them.

Sustainability 463

Sustainability Ethics Climate change Health 463

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The Finnish Post wanted to get the memo out about the climate crisis, but instead of using the internet, it went old school with snail mail. A series of new postage stamps designed by Finnish studio Berry Creative sends the message using a ubiquitous product coupled with basic science.

Climate change 276

Climate change 276

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

U.S. homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Each of these statistics points to different solutions for reducing buildings’ carbon footprint. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Proponents of swimming with dolphins cite the thrill of feeling a human-animal connection that verges on spiritual and even claim health benefits like reducing stress and boosting T cells. Animal rights supporters claim that promoting dolphin swims is cruel, unnatural, unsafe for people, and ruins dolphin family life. But what if you could swim with robot dolphins?

Health 225

Health 225

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

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Onshore wind turbines can be found everywhere from the tropics to the Arctic. Three decades ago, developers started putting them on fixed foundations out at sea, sparking the rise of the offshore wind market, which built 6.1 gigawatts of new capacity in 2019. More recently, the wind industry embarked on an even more ambitious endeavor: putting turbines on floating platforms in the water, rather than fixed foundations.

Europe 130

Europe Energy Energy Technology 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Every year as part of Studio 804, University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design graduate students design and build an energy-efficient home for the community — and this year’s home not only achieved LEED Platinum certification but also comes with an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) to fight suburban sprawl.

Energy 180

Energy Energy 180

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

As a design exercise, California-based architecture firm Jeff Barrett Studio has reimagined Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House for the modern times with a sustainable redesign that includes onsite renewable energy and modular construction.

Sustainability 158

Sustainability Construction Energy Energy 158

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

“The trailers will provide a vast amount of information that we’ve never had before,” said project sponsor Laura Evans. The need for a bespoke monitoring system led utility firm Northumbrian Water to the development of a pair of towable trailers equipped with analytical equipment for continuous measurement. It was a design task for which they approached instrumentation expert Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM).

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Pollution Technology Demand 130

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Solar PV Mounting Systems Market by Products Type (Rooftop, Ground), by Technology (Fixed, Tracking), by End-user (Commercial, Residential, Utilities), by Region (North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, South America) - Global Forecast 2020 to 2027

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South America North America Asia Africa 148

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

We’re giving away park passes to Yosemite, Olympic and Zion National Parks plus $1,000 toward travel expenses. Enter for your chance to win!

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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.

Transportation

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The transaction will accelerate EDFR growth in the PJM wholesale electricity market to meet the growing demands of corporate and utility customers seeking cost-effective renewable energy sources.

North America 116

North America Demand Electricity Energy 116

Solar Power World

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Toledo, Ohio, has a long history with cadmium-telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar. The “Father of Commercialized Solar,” Harold McMaster, first commercialized CdTe modules through his company Solar Cells Inc. (SCI) in the late ’90s in Toledo. SCI later became First Solar, which is today the world’s largest thin-film solar producer with 1.9 GW of manufacturing capacity… The post Meet the latest U.S. thin-film solar panel manufacturer: Toledo Solar appeared first on Solar Power Worl

Solar Power 127

Solar Power 127

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The 75 MW or 4-hour 300 MWh energy storage system is a retrofit addition to the Mustang solar plant in King's County, California, which was originally developed by Canadian Solar's wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy, LLC ("Recurrent Energy").

Energy 122

Energy Energy 122

Charged

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A Birmingham-based stamping specialist is pressing the button on a £1-million project to develop a new process to support the UK’s acceleration into the EV market. Brandauer has secured over £300,000 of funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help it set up a high-volume electric motor stack line to produce the thin laminates required by the automotive and aerospace sectors.

Automotive 111

Automotive Electricity 111

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

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The IMO FireRaptor is the first ever NEC2017 and NEC2020 compliant module level rapid shutdown product tested and certified for AFCI interference under UL's PVRSS certification with the Fronius PRIMO inverter range.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 19 – This is a big week for the impact investing industry. In non-COVID times, SOCAP convenes in San Francisco, welcoming industry veterans and newcomers alike to one of the largest and longest-running conferences in the impact circuit. The event has consistently been a meeting and breeding ground for knowledge sharing and community.

Investment 98

Investment 98

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Q CELLS has initiated penalty proceedings in the Regional Düsseldorf Court on September 28, 2020 against JinkoSolar GmbH (“Jinko”) which has been ordered by the Court to stop offering, selling or importing the modules that infringe on Q CELLS’ European Patent, EP 2 220 689 (EP ‘689 patent).

Patents 112

Patents 112

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 19 – Poor, senior and rural Americans lack adequate access to affordable oral healthcare. Government programs like Medicare and Medicaid often do not cover dental care for adults. Louisville, Ky.-based Kare Mobile, a mobile dentistry provider, serves under-represented communities with an app-based scheduling system, and back-end support for dentists that want to build.

Startups 96

Startups Investment Government 96

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?

Carbon

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The global submarine power cables market is estimated to reach USD 19.57 Billion in 2024 at a CAGR of 12.7%. Increasing adoption of offshore wind farms, growing demand for renewable grid connections, and expanding offshore oil and gas platforms are expected to drive the market during the forecast period. However, authorization process of the project and initial installation cost of the product is expected to restrain the market during the forecast period.

Demand 102

Demand 102

Charged

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Electric bus maker BYD has secured its first order from Finland. Nobina , a bus transport group that operates throughout the Nordic region, has ordered 64 BYD e-buses for service in Helsinki and 42 for service in Turku. Nobina’s order for its Helsinki fleet includes 20 of BYD’s 40-foot low-floor models and 44 60-foot articulated models. Deliveries are to begin in 2021.

Electricity 101

Electricity Logging Europe Transportation 101

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Charity also piloting £1m 'emergency tree fund' to help councils increase woodland cover, arguing more trees are crucial to UK's 2050 net zero target. The Woodland Trust has unveiled an ambitious plan to plant 50 million trees by 2025 in a bid to tackle climate change and put the UK on track to meet its net zero emission target. In a new campaign launched this morning, the conservation charity has pledged to dramatically boost the number of trees it plants annually in order to expand critically-

Climate change 101

Climate change Carbon Cooling Government 101

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact Call No. 24 earlier this month. Now we just have to put the pieces together. “The people on the (Zoom) chat can fix this,” said energy strategist Michael Liebreich, as dozens. The post Call No. 24: Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’ (video) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Solar Power 93

Solar Power Health Energy Energy 93

Bidgely

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Empowering the World with Personalized Energy and Data Driven Decisions. The 2020 Bidgely Engage Virtual conference is in full swing, bringing together more than 200 energy industry leaders from around the world to discuss #FutureReady strategies for harnessing the power of AI in the face of unprecedented global change. With events in North America, Japan (held in Japanese), APAC and Europe, Engage is a global forum for leaders tackling the greatest challenges of today.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Resilience 78

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 19 – Burlingame, Calif.-based electric bus maker Proterra has raised $200 million, backed by Cowen Sustainable Advisors, Soros Fund Management, Generation Investment Management, and Broadscale Group. Obvious Ventures was an early investor (see, “Talking trillion-dollar sustainability disruptions with Obvious Ventures’ Andrew Beebe”).

Electricity 90

Electricity Electric vehicle Sustainability Investment 90

Bidgely

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Empowering the World with Personalized Energy and Data Driven Decisions. The 2020 Bidgely Engage Virtual conference is in full swing, bringing together more than 200 energy industry leaders from around the world to discuss #FutureReady strategies for harnessing the power of AI in the face of unprecedented global change. With events in North America, Japan (held in Japanese), APAC and Europe, Engage is a global forum for leaders tackling the greatest challenges of today.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Resilience 78

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Call No. 24: Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’ (video). The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics in Africa, Asia and elsewhere were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact Call No. 24 earlier.

Health 88

Health Asia Africa Electricity 88

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps accused of backtracking on support for cycling and walking in letter to councils emphasising government's support for motorists. The government is facing accusations of rowing back on its support for cycling and walking, after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on Friday warned councils to consider the needs of motorists when designing active travel schemes, in an apparent reversal from his previous advice urging local leaders to prioritise cyclists and pedestrians

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Government Transportation Policy Pollution 95

GatesNotes

OCTOBER 19, 2020

We’ve set a release date, and you can pre-order it now.

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Mosaic

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Installer partners to benefit from lower finance rates arising from strong demand for Mosaic’s high-quality assets. OAKLAND, Calif. , Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mosaic, a leading provider of financing solutions for residential solar and energy-efficient home improvement projects in the U.S., announced two new competitively priced solar loan products—a 0.99 percent APR 20-year loan and a 1.99 percent APR 25-year loan.

Batteries 85

Batteries Energy Energy Demand 85

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Firm says it has a "duty" to develop solutions that can reduce carbon footprint of UK's housing stock, warning that existing housing supply poses "considerable threat" to UK's net zero plans. Engie has launched a new low carbon housing retrofit service, in a bid to help local authorities, housing associations and other housing providers decarbonise their stock in line with national, municipal and corporate net zero commitments.

Carbon 92

Carbon Fossil fuels Government Technology 92

Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Almost every low carbon forum I get involved in gets obsessed with technology. And when the Duke of Cambridge announced his Earthshot prize to fund a total of 50 Sustainability solutions £1m a pop, there was an implied assumption that this was all about harnessing technology – just like the ‘moonshot’ 50-60 years ago. Other conversations revolve around “we need more windfarms/insulation/electric vehicles/hydrogen vehicles [delete as applicable]” Frankly, the technol

Climate change 84

Climate change Electric vehicle Technology Sustainability 84

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Although crucial to net zero, uptake of digital technologies is being hamstrung by policy shortfalls, underinvestment, and skills shortages, Green Alliance warns. The government must leverage the power of digital technologies in the raft of much-needed net zero policies and strategies it is expected to unleash in the coming months if it is to drive a green recovery to the coronavirus crisis, according to Green Alliance.

Policy 91

Policy Government Technology Carbon 91

altenergymag

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Certificate of System Conformance Enhances Capabilities of the Company’s Fleet of PowerPod Systems

Batteries 105

Batteries 105