Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Waste concrete from demolished buildings is to be reinvented and made into new custom-made outdoor memorials and public garden furniture with the help of 3D printing, in a new £6m project. Currently, around 65 million tonnes of demolition waste enters landfill across north west Europe (NWE) each year, whilst demand on natural resources for the production of new building materials remains high.

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Waste Waste Europe Recycling 292

Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

By Justin Ehren, Melink Solar & Geo Although fires from rooftop PV systems are incredibly rare, some building owners may have concerns, especially after hearing about a high-profile case in 2018 when seven of Walmart’s rooftop solar systems caught fire. Because solar panels have live wires, there is always going to be some level of… The post The facts on the fire risks of rooftop solar arrays appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? Jim Robbins. Thu, 11/19/2020 - 01:30. This article originally was published on Yale Environment 360. Saudi Arabia is constructing a futuristic city in the desert on the Red Sea called Neom. The $500 billion city — complete with flying taxis and robotic domestic help — is being built from scratch and will be home to a million people.

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Hydrogen Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 505

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insiders predict agricultural companies could become major adopters of solar power in Africa as farmers seek to improve the cost and reliability of energy supplies. According to a report from GreenCape, a non-profit organization, the market for renewable energy in agriculture last year was worth up to 960 million South African Rand ($61 million at today’s rates) in South Africa alone.

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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

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

First houses heated by hydrogen gas are showcased, with the use of innovative prototype boilers. Boiler manufacturers Baxi Heating and Worcester Bosch have installed hydrogen burning boilers at ‘HyStreet’, in specially built demonstration houses at DNV GL’s specialist test site at Spadeadam in Northumberland. The site has been used to complete over 200 tests, researching and proving the safety of converting homes and gas networks to hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Home Energy Monitoring Natural gas Building Energy Monitoring 299

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Dome Lombok enjoys stunning ocean views, permaculture gardens, a farm-to-table restaurant, an organic juice bar, an outdoor cinema and a swimming pool.

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Organic 278

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

China could have a crucial role to play in the development of a global hydrogen economy, with its massive demand for decarbonization technologies likely to drive large-scale deployments that will help cut costs around the world, according to oil major Shell. Shell signed off its first commercial hydrogen project in China last week, as it continues to build out its hydrogen business on several fronts.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A development on the west coast of Saudi Arabia is to become the world’s largest battery storage facility and is part of an initiative to power the entire 28,000km2 coast with renewable energy, 24/7. The development will seemingly include 50 hotels when complete, and will be powered solely by wind and solar energy. The complex will rely on the world’s largest battery storage facility at 1000MWh, which is being supplied by the Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC).

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Batteries Energy Energy Carbon-neutral 264

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A dome home in Turkey uses natural materials and passive design elements for a simple, affordable and sustainable profile.

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Sustainability 278

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

How effective stakeholder engagement shaped Samsonite’s ESG strategy. Christine Rile…. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00. In March, Samsonite announced "Our Responsible Journey," a new global sustainability strategy that outlines its commitments across four priority areas: Product Innovation; Carbon Action; Thriving Supply Chain; and Our People, including engagement, development, diversity and inclusion.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

In the 1960s, scientists who worked for General Motors and Ford discovered that the exhaust from their cars was very likely changing the climate. They made presentations at conferences. They briefed senior executives. And then, they were publicly contradicted and their work was suppressed. We’ll talk to Maxine Joselow, the journalist who reported the story for E&E News over many months.

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Smart Cities IoT Global warming Climate change 240

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

An innovative, industry-leading digital approach to explosion risk assessment has seen a win for Yorkshire Water, which was named as Digital Initiative of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA). Judges commended the development and implementation of a digital model, in collaboration with Stantec, fed with geographic and risk data for Yorkshire Water’s catchment assets in compliance with the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR).

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Construction Innovation 264

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Environmental stewardship comes alive in spectacular fashion at the new Westwood Hills Nature Center.

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Fashion Energy Energy 266

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

How AI and Robotics are Transforming Recycling. Date/Time: December 10, 2020 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). The challenges facing recycling in the U.S. may seem daunting but cross-sector collaboration is providing a path forward on many of its toughest issues. This kind of collaboration - CPG companies working hand-in-hand with technological innovators, MRF operators and investors - will be critical to solving logjams and current hurdles to improving recycling in the United States.

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Recycling Recycling Sustainability Innovation 382

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

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

GP JOULE Canada Corp. completes construction of Alberta's first merchant PV project. The EPC and racking company partnered with developer Elemental Energy and the local community to safely install the 25MW system, on time and on budget — despite COVID-19 restrictions. Prioritizing community engagement, the project created 100 local construction jobs and employed regional subcontractors and services to install the bi-facial PV system.

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Construction Energy Energy 195

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Businesses who fail to act on decarbonisation risk exposing themselves to potential risks from policy-driven increased operating costs, increased energy costs or increased compliance costs. In addition, decarbonisation is not just an objective imposed by policies such as the Paris Agreement: with the right approach, it also creates tangible business opportunities that go beyond long-term financial savings.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 236

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The report shows that most corals are dying because of climate change and its effects.

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Climate change 249

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Episode 246: Celebrating the sustainability profession, the 'clean fight'. Heather Clancy. Fri, 11/20/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (3:45). Joe Biden’s environmental priorities: The first 100 days. How circular cities can put people first. With these emerging leaders, building the future of the clean economy starts now. Features.

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Sustainability Logistics Hydrogen Transportation 376

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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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A new material for wind blades that can be recycled could transform the wind industry, rendering renewable energy more sustainable than ever before while lowering costs in the process.

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Recycling Recycling Sustainability Energy 192

CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Since 1765, various industrial revolutions have dramatically changed the landscape of manufacturing, enabling scaled-up production that requires less and less manpower. Today, a.

Energy 147

Energy Energy 147

U.S. Green Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Everyone loves the holiday season, and many people greatly anticipate this time of year, but the holidays are often associated with less than green habits. Decorating the house, cooking a family dinner, decorating the tree, stuffing stockings, exchanging gifts, and more are all pillars of the holiday season, but we typically don’t think about how. The post Tips to Make Your Holidays a Little Greener appeared first on U.S.

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Technology 145

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Cargill’s Ryann Sirolli on how their 10 million acre initiative creates impact through agriculture. This video is sponsored by Cargill. . . “Agriculture is a means for us to achieve and make real impact in some of the world’s most pressing challenges around climate, water, feeding and clothing the world, and more.” . . Jim Giles, Senior Analyst, Food & Carbon Systems, Greenbiz interviews Ryan Sirolli, Global Row Crop Sustainability Director, Cargill, during VERGE 20, which took place 10/26-10/

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Agriculture Carbon Sustainability 359

altenergymag

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Medical devices are crucial in providing medical services as well as in monitoring patients. These devices should be of high quality and should be powered by genuine battery packs.

Energy Monitor 148

Energy Monitor Batteries 148

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Read time: 15 mins This article was published as part of the launch of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database , where you can find a record of companies and organisations’ current messaging on climate change, lobbying around climate action, and histories of climate science denial. “ Like a pandemic, climate change is an inevitable threat that we must address before it is too late,” reads a June 2020 statement.

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Climate change Agriculture Fossil fuels Biodiversity 145

Forbes Green Tech

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

No one expects to have to give their car a trim after taking delivery, but one Tesla customer reported finding hair in the paint of a new Tesla Model Y. That was only one example of poor workmanship on Tesla’s newest model consumers reported in the 2020 Consumer Reports Vehicle Reliability Study.

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Innovation Transportation Energy Energy 136

Charged

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said Thursday the company is accelerating its electric-vehicle efforts, pulling forward the schedule on many future launches, and expanding the number of EV models it sells globally to 30 by the end of 2025—a larger number than the dozen future EVs shown to journalists in a no-cameras presentation in March. While they weren’t explicitly mentioned in the presentation, two new all-electric Chevrolet vehicles appeared behind Barra and other GM executives as a backdrop.

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Investment Electricity Electric vehicle North America 132

altenergymag

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Boston Solar has been named a 2020 Top Solar Contractor in Massachusetts by Solar Power World. It is the fifth consecutive year that the company has received this recognition.

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Solar Power 148

The City Fix

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Along the Ngong River in Mukuru, one of Nairobi’s slum neighborhoods and home to more than 100,000 people, residents face a dual threat when the rains come. First, the river rises, flooding into streets and houses. Then the water reaches. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Resilience Climate change Waste Waste 125

Forbes Green Tech

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The manufacturer of diesel engines for boats, heavy-duty pickups, delivery vehicles, buses and semis sees big opportunities for its hydrogen technology.

Hydrogen 144

Hydrogen Technology Innovation Transportation 144

Charged

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks plans to offer a complete range of all-electric heavy-duty trucks in Europe, starting in 2021. Sales will begin next year, and volume production will start in 2022. The company is now running tests of the electric heavy-duty Volvo FH, FM and FMX trucks, which are aimed at regional transport and urban construction applications. These trucks will have a gross combination weight of up to 44 tonnes, and a range of up to 300 km, depending on battery configuration.

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Europe Electricity North America Transportation 124

altenergymag

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Solar Support launches a new service for PV equipment manufacturers. The specialized engineering firm helps manufacturers manage their after-sales service operation to deliver cost effective, high-quality customer service -- when they need it. Benefits include technical excellence, flexible bandwidth, cost savings and delighted customers across residential, commercial and utility segments.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

City dwellers worldwide are shifting lifestyles as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in terms of transport. As cities begin to re-open, urban planners and designers are rethinking urban and transport infrastructure to adapt to a post-pandemic world. When. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Resilience Transportation Health Technology 124

Forbes Green Tech

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Renewable energy is now cheap and ready for prime time. That is — if like Michael Polsky — you don’t mind angering farmers and chopping up a few bald eagles.

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Energy Energy Innovation Investment 137