Thu.Feb 07, 2019

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Oh, The Water Systems We'll Need.

Varuna

As the sources of water continue to become scarce ?—?especially with the rise in populations, urban growth and climate change?—?the water utility’s role in ensuring people get potable water becomes ever more critical. Every step along the process of sourcing, collecting, treating, storing and distributing water to a customer’s home has to be upgraded to cater to these changes.

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This Could Be Apple’s Greatest Accomplishment

Jigar Shah

In an interview with CNBC last month, Tim Cook — CEO of Apple, the first American company ever to cross $1 trillion in value — said something interesting, if not surprising. “I believe if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’ It will be about health.” In other words, Cook believes that Apple’s most important accomplishment will not be our collective addiction to small screens like the iPhone and iPad , but

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Evaluating Water Tech (A Guide For Water Utility Production Teams)

Varuna

As the world rushes forward into the future, it feels like the water industry is being left behind. But that is not quite the case. To those on the inside, doing the great work of providing clean potable water for our homes, it feels like every other company is coming in trying to sell technology. Some of the technology is directed at customers and some is directed at the utility producing the water.

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Home Improvement Loans Through Mosaic vs Putting Renovations On Your Credit Card

Mosaic

You’ve got a world of possibilities to consider when renovating your home. You need to think about not only your design sensibilities – farmhouse chic or mid-century modern? – but also your values, through choices like sustainable materials and energy efficiency. You also need to think about how you’re going to pay for these home improvements, and homeowners today have more options than ever.

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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.

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Updating The Water Utility With Low-Capital Tech. For The People.

Varuna

Every step along the process of sourcing, collecting, treating, storing and distributing water to a customer’s home has to be upgraded to cater to the changes we are seeing with water production/distribution. With the rise in populations, urban growth , and climate change action has to be taken soon. The EPA suggests that, over the next 20 years, $472.6Bn is needed to maintain and improve the drinking water infrastructure in the US.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Position: Operations Director. Job Description: The Operations Director will lead the development, documentation, training, and enforcement of processes to improve all regular operations of SCRAP. To Apply: Please click here to view full job description and to apply. About SCRAP SCRAP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in the 1970s and located in the Bayview District of San Francisco.

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SCRAP

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Position: Operations Director. Job Description: The Operations Director will lead the development, documentation, training, and enforcement of processes to improve all regular operations of SCRAP. To Apply: Please click here to view full job description and to apply. About SCRAP SCRAP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in the 1970s and located in the Bayview District of San Francisco.

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Updating The Water Utility With Low-Capital Tech. For The People.

Seyi Fabode

People vector created by rawpixel.com?—? www.freepik.com Every step along the process of sourcing, collecting, treating, storing and distributing water to a customer’s home has to be upgraded to cater to the changes we are seeing with water production/distribution. With the rise in populations, urban growth , and climate change action has to be taken soon.

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This Could Be Apple’s Greatest Accomplishment

Jigar Shah

In an interview with CNBC last month, Tim Cook?—?CEO of Apple, the first American company ever to cross $1 trillion in value?—?said something interesting, if not surprising. “I believe if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’ It will be about health.” In other words, Cook believes that Apple’s most important accomplishment will not be our collective addiction to small screens like the iPhone and iPad , but