GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

Meet Nexii, the green construction company allied with Michael Keaton. Heather Clancy. Thu, 07/29/2021 - 00:01. Green construction startup Nexii first caught my attention back in the spring when the Canadian company announced a partnership with actor and Pennsylvania native Michael Keaton. The initiative — the creation of a manufacturing plant for Nexii’s "sustainable concrete" alternative Nexiite — will bring at least 300 new jobs to a redeveloped brownfield site in the "Steel City" of Pittsbur

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

In recent years, connected technology has grown in popularity in the consumer space, from tracking a delivery on our phones to monitoring our heart rate on our wrists. Similar technology has made its way to the industrial sector, where it can enhance gas detection and play a major role in emissions reduction programmes. Connected safety enables companies to use cloud-based software and data to connect workers and workplaces in real-time.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 29, 2021

A Maui parrotbill that was thought to have died over one and a half years ago has been spotted on the slopes of a Maui volcano.

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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.

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altenergymag

JULY 29, 2021

-Strategic alliance enables SunPower to offer at-home EV charging as solar and EV adoption grow among like consumers -Homeowners can power EVs with electricity generated by their rooftop solar system, lowering household electricity costs and reducing strain on the grid

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Electric vehicle Electricity 167

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 29, 2021

Orange Architects decided to take a different approach to the villa’s design in order to save space with the use of prefabrication and flexible design.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 29, 2021

3D-printed houses and other structures are becoming increasingly more common, but none have a creation story quite like The House of Dust.

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Technology 252

Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

In 2020, renewables generated a record 834 billion kWh of electricity, or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the U.S., according to the Energy Information Administration , coming in second to natural gas at 1,617 billion kWh. Renewable energy sources include wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and geothermal energy. Only natural gas produced more electricity than renewables in the U.S. in 2020.

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Electricity Natural gas Nuclear Power Hydropower 139

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 29, 2021

If you didn’t know that Wasara plates are meant to be thrown away, you wouldn’t want to let them go. Designed to be elegant and beautiful, Wasara plates are compostable and disposable.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

Most people today know home solar can help you save on energy costs while reducing your carbon footprint. Plus, when you combine solar panels with a battery you don’t have to suffer through a power outage whether it’s caused by a storm, overwhelmed power grid or cyberattack. However, there are still homeowners with unshaded roofs or plenty of unshaded land for a ground mount to power their homes with sunshine who won’t even look into going solar.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 29, 2021

An Argentinian lagoon turned hot pink last week from chemical pollution. And it stinks.

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Pollution 277

altenergymag

JULY 29, 2021

Colorado's New Pikes Peak Visitor Center Now Complete

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Charged

JULY 29, 2021

Electric aircraft manufacturer Eviation Aircraft has unveiled the design for its Alice all-electric plane. The production configuration, optimized based on real-world lessons learned and customer feedback, will define Alice’s path to its first flight later this year, to be followed by certification and entry into service, which is expected in 2024. Alice, a nine-passenger, two-crew-member aircraft, is powered by two magni650 electric propulsion units from electric propulsion system manufacturer

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Electricity Fossil fuels Batteries Sustainability 119

Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Social entrepreneurs in Asia, sub-Saharan African and Latin America have for decades prioritized communities, employees and long-term growth over short-term. The post Social enterprises provide models for stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Asia 119

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.

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Charged

JULY 29, 2021

Following the May 2020 launch of the Marengo Charging Plaza, the City of Pasadena, California is planning another large public fast charging stations. The new Arroyo Parkway Charging Depot, located near the beginning of the 110 Freeway, will include some 26 DC fast charging stations, some of which will be Tesla Superchargers. Design and engineering firm Stantec will assist with the design of the DC fast chargers, and will also be responsible for engineering the power switch gear, associated stru

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Electricity 116

Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Mowi ASA, the Norwegian fish farming giant, raised €200 million from investors last year in what was the seafood industry’s. The post Green bonds or greenwashing? Growth of aquaculture poses risks for ocean health. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 29, 2021

What is Indoor Environmental Quality? Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) determines the quality inside a building or a workspace which encompasses numerous factors such as air quality, thermal conditions, day lighting, noise levels, ergonomics, and their effects on the occupants health, well being and efficiency. Plan of action for addressing IEQ involves protection of human life Continue reading "How Indoor Environmental Quality impacts Health and Productivity at Work".

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Health 105

Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 28 – The MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar Network formed the Catalytic Capital Consortium, or C3, to expand the use of. The post Catalytic Capital Consortium seeks best practices for flexible finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Charged

JULY 29, 2021

Circuit breakers are everywhere, providing critically important electrical safety in buildings, vehicles and electrical devices of all kinds. However, this mechanical technology has remained mostly unchanged for a century. Atom Power believes that this lack of innovation is hindering the clean-energy transition, and that digitizing power systems to enable smart communication between electrical sources and end-use equipment is essential.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 29 — COVID-19 accelerated demand for educational technology to respond to social distancing and school closures. Class is taking Zoom up. The post Class Technologies bags $105 million to improve virtual learning on Zoom appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 29, 2021

The visualizations in this post were created by Planet’s Robert Simmon and Leanne Abraham. . On April 21, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for the Russian River Watershed following two years of critically dry conditions in the region. The watershed is an essential zone within the northern Sonoma and southern Mendocino counties , covering 1,485 square miles of land and serving as the primary source of drinking water for 600,000 people.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Home Energy Monitoring 101

Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 29 — The New York-based company’s software helps over 2,000 barbershop owners in North America and the U.K. with online scheduling. The post Squire scores $80 million to help barbershops manage their businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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North America 105

Greentown Labs

JULY 29, 2021

We’re proud to support more than 180 climatetech startups as they develop their technologies, scale their businesses, and grow their teams—and they certainly do grow their teams. #Greentown10 is a year-long celebration of the startups, partners, ecosystem collaborators, and other climate champions who have worked together over Greentown’s first decade, and this month, we’re focusing on #ClimatetechCareers.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 29 — New York-based Energy Impact Partners is supplementing its strategy of enlisting corporate partners to invest in energy-transition technologies. The. The post Elevate Future Fund raises more than $60 million for diverse founders of climate startups appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Solar Power World

JULY 29, 2021

For the 10th anniversary of the Top Solar Contractors list, we’re sharing Q&A’s with the people who make the industry run every day. Read more interviews here. How’d you get started in solar? My start in solar was as a supporter. My then-boyfriend, Ethan, always wanted to own his own business and he had a… The post People of the 10th anniversary Top Solar Contractors list: Hilary Fiene, Stateline Solar appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Capitalism Reimagined Social enterprises provide models for stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets. Social entrepreneurs in Asia, Africa and. The post The Brief: Stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets, inclusive climate transition, barbershop tech, virtual learning, green bonds or greenwashing? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Solar Power World

JULY 29, 2021

For the 10th anniversary of the Top Solar Contractors list, we’re sharing Q&A’s with the people who make the industry run every day. Read more interviews here. How’d you get started in solar? I grew up in war-torn Bosnia where I was raised in extremely challenging environments. As a young boy, I witnessed certain things… The post People of the 10th anniversary Top Solar Contractors list: Arnel Catic, Tron Solar appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Solar Power 98

altenergymag

JULY 29, 2021

Industry Professionals Across the Nation Recognize Cantsink for its Solar Expertise and Service Levels.

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Solar Power 122

Solar Power World

JULY 29, 2021

For the 10th anniversary of the Top Solar Contractors list, we’re sharing Q&A’s with the people who make the industry run every day. Read more interviews here. How’d you get started in solar? Fresh out of college, my now-wife and I moved to Hells Canyon in Idaho and homesteaded off the grid for eight years.… The post People of the 10th anniversary Top Solar Contractors list: Nils Behn, Aegis Renewable Energy appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

North Yorkshire power plant once dependent on 10 million tonnes of coal annually now produces 12 per cent of UK’s renewable electricity, according to Drax Group. The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire, once the largest coal power station in Western Europe, has slashed its emissions by 90 per cent in less than 10 years and can now claim to be a "purely renewable power generator", according to its owners.

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altenergymag

JULY 29, 2021

Raychem RSTF separable connectors facilitate 66 kV grid extension with easy installation in compact switchgear

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Energy Energy 113

Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

Crown Estate announces 300MW of new projects have progressed to final stage of leasing assessment. The Crown Estate has progressed three floating wind projects forward to the next stage of assessment in its leasing process, marking another major step forward in scaling up the nascent renewable power technology. Together the projects - which are earmarked for sites in the Celtic Sea off the coasts of Devon, Cornwall and Wales - amount to a potential 300MW of power capacity from wind turbines whic

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Innovation Wind power Technology Construction 99

Solar Power World

JULY 29, 2021

For the 10th anniversary of the Top Solar Contractors list, we’re sharing Q&A’s with the people who make the industry run every day. Read more interviews here. How’d you get started in solar? Kenyon: I was accepted into the Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s military transition assistance program called Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellowship.

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