The path to personal sustainability in ESG
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2021
The good news: Sustainability professionals are in greater demand than ever before. That's also the bad news.
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Annual Amazon deforestation rate hits highest levels in a decade
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2021
A new report by Brazilian research institute Imazon shows that the Amazon forest has experienced the highest level of annual deforestation in a decade. Despite global calls for action, poor policies championed by President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil have contributed to increased deforestation.
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Are your ESG investments ‘sustainable grade’?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2021
As investor interest in ESG issues increases, the practice of careless labeling is growing. Here’s one proposal for mitigating that problem.
Unprecedented rainfall hits snowy summit in Greenland
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2021
On Greenland’s highest summit, snow is the norm. But on the weekend of August 14-15, it rained. A lot. Seven billion tons of water hit the ice sheet for the heaviest rainfall since researchers started keeping records in 1950.
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.
What we can learn from space trash
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2021
Next time you look up at the night sky and consider your place in the universe, consider that there are 8,000 metric tons of junk swirling around above you.
Butterfly Effect bridge offers safe passage for pollinators
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2021
As a result of the Our Energy Our Landscape design challenge, Dutch design studio VenhoevenCS, landscape architecture agency DS Landschapsarchitecten and solar energy firm Studio Solarix have developed the Butterfly Effect, a concept design that can produce energy and a safe route for insects.
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Higg provides a sustainability report for consumer products
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2021
Even companies with good intentions when it comes to monitoring materials and manufacturing may be contributing to the problem more than they think. Higg is a technological solution to this problem that addresses the issue by providing a score for a product’s impact.
Is Europe’s carbon market finally taking off?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2021
A maturing industry, increasing prices and a planned carbon tax could be spurring an explosion in the carbon market.
The International Garden Festival presents new 2021 installations
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 23, 2021
It's about more than fun and flowers. The International Garden Festival draws attention to freedom, confinement and our undeniable connection with nature.
Tracking grid stability: $15M fundraiser for tech firm
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 23, 2021
UK and Finland based grid technology firm Reactive Technologies has completed a $15M fundraiser, its biggest so far, with new investors including BGF, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and power management company Eaton. Reactive says it will use the proceeds to export its technology to countries around the world that are experiencing rapid renewable energy growth, with grid stability already starting to suffer from the accompanying loss of inertia.
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.
American Clean Power Association to further expand with U.S. Energy Storage Association merger
altenergymag
AUGUST 23, 2021
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) and the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) today announced that ESA’s member companies approved the merger to join ACP effective January 1, 2022.
Proterra to power Taylor container handler and forklift
Charged
AUGUST 23, 2021
Commercial EV innovator Proterra (NASDAQ: PTRA) and heavy-duty equipment manufacturer Taylor Machine Works have announced a new partnership to power Taylor’s next-generation ZLC-series electric container handler and ZH-series electric forklift using Proterra’s battery technology. The two companies will collaborate on strategies to deliver charging and infrastructure solutions to help ports and other customers electrify their heavy-duty material-handling machinery.
How Can We Make Our Buildings Green?
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 23, 2021
We are very much in an exciting time when it comes to constructing new buildings, and they are becoming greener than ever. Most buildings sites use A class hoarding services, which can often hide the great work being done, but once we see those buildings in the flesh, we get a chance to see most […]. The post How Can We Make Our Buildings Green?
Gentherm’s localized heating and cooling system can save energy vs central HVAC
Charged
AUGUST 23, 2021
Thermal management technology provider Gentherm has received a production vehicle award for its ClimateSense technology, which is used in an all-new 2024 EV from a global automaker. ClimateSense is Gentherm’s proprietary vehicle “microclimate” solution. It consists of thermal products, integrated electronics, embedded software and “a thermo-physiology-based, human-centric approach.”.
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.
How to Make Schools More Eco-Friendly
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 23, 2021
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or student, you can promote more green & eco-friendly environment. The world is facing problems related to sustainability and environmental consciousness. In keeping an eco-friendly atmosphere, one can start from their home and schools. According to reports, one can follow a sustainable routine in schools, from planting more trees to […].
Pneumatic Tube Trains and AVs to the Rescue? Smarter Planning for New Mobility
The City Fix
AUGUST 23, 2021
When shopping for a car, you’ll find numerous websites and guides that provide detailed information on their costs and performance, plus ratings and reviews. However, there is much less data about emerging transportation technologies and services that are poised to. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Go Cashless Go Green: Do Online Payments Guarantee Sustainable Societies?
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 23, 2021
Regardless of credit cards, online payments and contactless payments have taken over. There is no doubt that cash-dependent purchases still hold a major sector of some businesses. Whether we wish to change that narrative for the sake of our convenience is a different question, but the need of the era is to address how paper […]. The post Go Cashless Go Green: Do Online Payments Guarantee Sustainable Societies?
How EPCs can command the growing energy storage market
Solar Power World
AUGUST 23, 2021
By Dhruv Patel, senior VP of renewable energy and storage, McCarthy Building Companies Last year was a standout for energy storage. U.S. installations of advanced energy storage — almost entirely lithium-ion battery systems — exceeded the 1-GW mark in 2020, and the national Energy Storage Association (ESA) anticipates adding 100 GW of new storage resources… The post How EPCs can command the growing energy storage market appeared first on Solar Power World.
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?
In-Charge Energy to supply charging systems to 500 US Nissan dealerships
Charged
AUGUST 23, 2021
In-Charge Energy , a provider of turnkey fleet EV infrastructure solutions, is working with Nissan North America to install charging hardware and software at more than 500 dealerships across the US. The upgraded chargers are part of the automaker’s preparations for the new 2022 Ariya electric crossover , which is scheduled to go on sale later this year.
It’s time to integrate children’s issues in ESG frameworks
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 23, 2021
Interest in ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing has exploded in recent years, as investors look to encourage positive change on the part. The post It’s time to integrate children’s issues in ESG frameworks appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Canadian utility creates marketplace for DER households using blockchain technology
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 23, 2021
Canada’s largest municipally-owned electric utility has launched a pilot program that allows customers with distributed energy resources (DERs) to participate in an energy marketplace using blockchain technology. Alectra has launched a transactive software platform, GridExchange, to enable customers with solar panels, battery storage, and electric vehicles to participate in a marketplace.
Kokam Supplies Battery Energy Storage System to Electricité De Tahiti: Virtual Synchronous Generator to Help Decarbonize Electricity Generation
altenergymag
AUGUST 23, 2021
Kokam's Lithium-ion NMC battery technology cost-effectively provides high-power output to replace the network's spinning reserve diesel generators
Offshore wind could help solve California’s reliability problem, report finds
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 23, 2021
Offshore wind development offers an answer to California’s reliability problem, and could greatly help the state reach its net-zero goals, according to a new report. The University of Southern California’s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy report, California’s Offshore Wind Electricity Opportunity , states that offshore wind could provide $1 billion in resource cost savings, improved reliability of services and more stand capacity factors, and thousands of ne
The Reconstruction: Leadership for criminal justice reform from those most affected by mass incarceration (podcast)
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 23, 2021
ImpactAlpha August 23 – The overhauling of U.S. systems of mass incarceration to advance justice in criminal justice requires the leadership of people. The post The Reconstruction: Leadership for criminal justice reform from those most affected by mass incarceration (podcast) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Broad Reach Power adding 1,000 MW energy storage to Texas grid
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 23, 2021
Broad Reach Power is on a battery buying spree. The Houston-based independent power producer – owner of 13 gigawatts of utility-scale solar and solar projects across four states – entered into an agreement with Sungrow Power Supply Co. to purchase 1,000 MW/1,200 MWh of energy storage technology to build out six standalone battery storage projects in Texas.
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service to use Planet Basemaps to Support their 2021 Growing Season Assessment
Planet Pulse
AUGUST 23, 2021
Planet Federal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Planet Labs Inc., a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has inked a deal with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to integrate Planet Basemaps into NASS’s robust data collection and analysis processes. With Planet data, NASS will begin exploring higher spatial granularity and timely assessments of the 2021 growing season.
Makhers Studio is building affordable housing from recycled shipping containers
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 23, 2021
ImpactAlpha, August 23 — The Atlanta-based company raised $250,000 from RSF Social Finance, to lease its first manufacturing facility in Atlanta to build. The post Makhers Studio is building affordable housing from recycled shipping containers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Greentown Labs’ Sector Pitch Day Tackles Decarbonizing Transportation
Greentown Labs
AUGUST 23, 2021
At Greentown Labs, we understand that collaboration is critical to climate action. Global decarbonization will require entrepreneurs, corporates, investors, and policymakers to work together on developing and scaling solutions across the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors: agtech + water, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation. That’s why we convene our startups, partners, and the investor community four times a year for our Sector Pitch Day series, each time diving into the
Monday Flashback Story : Sustainable Heritage Building of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Econaur
AUGUST 23, 2021
“Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus” This famous landmark which has become a symbol of the city was built as the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. The railway station was built to replace the Bori Bunder railway station, in the Bori Bunder area of Bombay, a prominent port and warehouse area known for its imports and Continue reading.
As Subsidies Roll in, the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Winning Efforts to Cast Blue Hydrogen as a ‘Clean’ Fuel
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 23, 2021
As global efforts to ramp up the hydrogen industry gain support with big government subsidies, new research casts increasing doubt on the climate credentials of the main recipient of that support, so-called “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from natural gas and paired with carbon capture technology. Hydrogen, an energy carrier proposed for helping transition the world away from fossil fuels, is well-suited for the oil and gas industry’s public relations machine.
5 High Efficiency HVAC Trends in 2021
Mosaic
AUGUST 23, 2021
Several trends are emerging in the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) industry, from technologies designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy consumption and costs, to offerings that improve homeowners’ overall quality of life. Additionally, after spending more time at home, people are looking for ways to make their houses cleaner and more comfortable — and many are willing to pay more for the comfort, convenience and savings that high efficiency products and services prov
The Brief: Restoring justice in criminal justice (podcast), digital transformation in Latin America, recycled housing, children and ESG
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 23, 2021
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: The Reconstruction Leadership for criminal justice reform from those most affected by mass incarceration (podcast). The overhauling of. The post The Brief: Restoring justice in criminal justice (podcast), digital transformation in Latin America, recycled housing, children and ESG appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
'Symbolic moment': Alok Sharma triggers demolition of West Yorkshire coal plant
Business Green
AUGUST 23, 2021
COP26 President presses detonator for chimney stacks at Ferrybridge C power station, hailing the blast as a tangible sign of the ongoing demise of coal power. COP26 President Alok Sharma this weekend pushed the button to trigger the demolition of the former Ferrybridge C coal-fired power station, hailing the event as a symbolic moment in the UK's drive to secure a global phase out of coal power ahead of the vital Glasgow Climate Summit in November.
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