U.S. Green Technology
APRIL 10, 2022
As utility costs increase, homeowners are more interested in improving the energy efficiency of their homes. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average cost of electricity is $115 per month in the United States—or about $1,400 per year. Upgraded features, airtight insulation and sustainable materials increase market value, save money and make living.
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2022
Generic actions of “nature-based solutions” and “natural climate solutions” leave too much room for greenwashing.
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Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 11, 2022
Devitech has announced the launch of its new website. “Due to continued expansion in the EV installation market we have now launched a brand-new website for our customers,” said the group. “Devitech has seen a positive uptake in our new electric vehicle installation division with a number of customers keen to install electric charge points at their commercial business premises.” Graham Rowlands Group Director of Devitech, said: “The new Devitech website adds to our online
Green Business Bureau
APRIL 13, 2022
New program will enable Canada Sporting Goods Association members to verifiably demonstrate their sustainability. Green Business Bureau (GBB) has partnered with the Canada Sporting Goods Association (CSGA) to bring the GBB sustainability program, framework and certification to Canada’s sporting goods industry. GBB and CSGA are working together to make businesses more sustainable and to protect our planet and workers by enabling businesses to manage a sustainability program, and verifiably demons
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.
U.S. Green Technology
APRIL 14, 2022
As utility costs increase, homeowners are more interested in improving the energy efficiency of their homes. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average cost of electricity is $115 per month in the United States—or about $1,400 per year. Upgraded features, airtight insulation and sustainable materials increase market value, save money and make living.
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2022
In its most detailed policy roadmap to date, Google has published a blueprint for what it will take to get the power sector to 24/7, carbon-free energy.
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Green Business Bureau
APRIL 12, 2022
The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. As the market grows, the number of offset projects, plus project diversity, has expanded. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets.
U.S. Green Technology
APRIL 12, 2022
All of us know that geothermal energy is used for heating, but cooling? Yes, it is also used for cooling as well. Both heating and cooling are provided with the help of ground temperatures which remain constant. It is such an eco-friendly source of providing energy with which you would end up saving almost 30%. The post The Advantages of Using Geothermal Energy for Heating and Cooling appeared first on U.S.
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2022
The fund is led by managing partners Sierra Peterson and Sarah Sclarsic and supported a suite of investors and partners across the corporate, climate tech and environmental worlds including past or present CEOs of General Electric, Lyft and Shopify.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 14, 2022
A project that aims to help farmers restore land and introduce more sustainable methods has secured a €1 million grant from the Dutch National Lottery. Justdiggit has secured the award for its mobile-driven regreening app, a delivery platform for tutorials on low-tech, indigenous methods including rainwater harvesting and tree restoration. The funding follows a successful pilot with LEAD Foundation and 300 Tanzanian farmers in 2021.
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.
Green Living Guy
APRIL 15, 2022
Countries develop conservation programs to minimize environmental degradation as the green revolution expands. Government officials often regulate the programs and certification systems, limiting their scientific backing. Ecologists view sustainability challenges within the systems, which cause surface-level and atmospheric pollution. Environmentalists feel concerned about the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI’s) impact on the logging industry.
U.S. Green Technology
APRIL 15, 2022
Big businesses usually thrive in a very urban and hectic environment. That is why we see so many large commercial buildings full of both large enterprises and small startups. All of these share one thing in common, the ambition to thrive and grow. However, in this process of growing and developing there is a lot. The post 5 Effective Ways to Manage and Reduce Waste in Large Commercial Buildings appeared first on U.S.
GreenBiz
APRIL 11, 2022
Date/Time: May 16, 2022 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) The finance and sustainability worlds are converging faster than ever before. For investors and companies, that means having a clear understanding of the key issues, both now and in the coming months, from setting targets and timetables to learning the language of Wall Street. It means having a shared understanding with internal stakeholders: the risk department, government relations, investor relations and those overseeing energy, emissions reduct
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 14, 2022
The nomination process for the 2022 Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades (AEMT) awards programme is now officially open. Building on its past successes, the fifth outing of this sector-specific awards scheme will culminate in a gala presentation ceremony on Thursday 17 November at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Coventry. Centrally located for easy access from all over the UK, this venue will also play host to the supporting AEMT Conference – a “must-attend” event for al
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.
Green Living Guy
APRIL 15, 2022
Generation Z shows a greater concern for the environment than other demographics. Young adults are more likely to recycle, thrift, buy locally and engage in green activism. Colleges can support their eco-conscious students by creating sustainable campuses. Some students struggle to shrink their carbon footprints when living in dorms. They are unable to control appliances’ […].
Charged
APRIL 14, 2022
Pace Suburban Bus, which serves a vast swath of Chicago’s suburbs—an area nearly the size of the state of Connecticut—has awarded a $26.5-million-dollar contract to commercial vehicle OEM Proterra to acquire 20 Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses and two Proterra megawatt-scale fleet chargers. Proterra’s US-made 40-foot ZX5 Max features 675 kWh of energy storage, which the company claims is the highest capacity currently available in an e-bus in North America.
GreenBiz
APRIL 11, 2022
How are these two brick and mortar retail giants tackling Scope 3 emissions in their supply chains? The answer lies in what’s left unsaid as much as what’s disclosed.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 12, 2022
An innovative new project is ‘distilling’ residues from Scotland’s famous whisky industry into sustainable, green energy. The successful trial involving Scottish Water, SEPA and major distiller Chivas Brothers saw distillery residue brought into Aberdeen’s Nigg Waste Water Treatment Works for the first time, with promising results. The CAMBI thermal hyrolosis plant breaks down the organic matter before it is used in the anaerobic digester.
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?
Green Living Guy
APRIL 15, 2022
Written by EV Match From consumers to innovators, environmental organizations to eco-friendly CEOs, the internet is awash with influential social media presence these days. As there are so many influencers on the rise, it’s important to find the best ones. We’ve been looking at electric vehicle influencers for a while, so we’re pretty sure we […].
Grist
APRIL 15, 2022
In our world of warming waters, extreme Atlantic hurricane seasons are becoming more likely and much wetter. That’s according to a pair of studies published this week. The fact that heat and moisture fuel hurricanes isn’t new, but the two studies offer fresh insights into how climate change is shaping today’s hurricanes. “Climate change is often thought about as a long-term problem,” said Kevin Reed, an extreme weather expert at Stony Brook University and lead author of one of the studies, in a
GreenBiz
APRIL 14, 2022
New projects in California's Salton Sea could extract the metal — needed for electric vehicle batteries — at scale.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 11, 2022
A regular tank cleaning regime cuts cross-contamination risks, safeguards key components and detects structural issues that could trigger catastrophic leaks and spills. Without stringent health and safety protocols, however, the processes that extend your tank’s working life could pose significant danger to the specialists undertaking the clean. Wayne Bergin, Tank Cleaning Manager from Adler and Allan, discusses the risks of confined space entry for tank cleaning and the critical compliance meas
Green Living Guy
APRIL 13, 2022
In an age where hyper-production is taking over every industry, which influences the quality of the product, it is always valuable when you can have something that is homemade. Growing your own organic vegetables or fruit is definitely healthier as you pay much more attention to it than a huge farm could ever do and you […]. The post How to Start an Organic Garden in 2022 appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York,
Charged
APRIL 12, 2022
Many in the EV industry see solid-state batteries as the future, and one of the reasons is that the more stable solid electrolyte is expected to be safer than current liquid electrolytes. However, new research indicates that the picture may be more complex. A recent study led by the DOE’s Sandia National Laboratories, published in the scientific journal Joule , found that a solid electrolyte can still fail under certain circumstances, such as when the battery is crushed, punctured, or when built
GreenBiz
APRIL 12, 2022
How will the Prairie State build a labor force the skills needed for the green jobs to get to 100 percent clean energy.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 14, 2022
Climeworks unveiled its Orca facility in Iceland in September 2021. Swiss direct air capture (DAC) start-up firm Climeworks announced on 5 April that it has signed an equity round of $650 million (CHF 600 million), an apparent milestone in the financing of the carbon removal industry. The funding is intended to unlock the next phase of Climeworks’ growth, “scaling direct air capture up to multi-million-ton capacity and implementing large-scale facilities as carbon removal becomes a t
Green Living Guy
APRIL 13, 2022
Columbus-based Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School will be one of the participating high schools in this global initiative – spanning several European countries, the United States, and Canada – to submit their applications for what they think the “Future Classroom” should be. The designs, mentored and developed alongside university students from Catholic University of America, […].
Charged
APRIL 11, 2022
Charger manufacturer and public charging provider Pod Point, in partnership with Volkswagen and UK grocery chain Tesco, plans to install free charging points at 600 supermarkets around the UK. Pod Point’s network, which the company says uses only renewable energy, now includes 1,000 chargers at 500 Tesco supermarkets in the UK. 100 of these are 50 kW DC rapid chargers, which currently offer charging at a price of 28 pence per kWh (37 US cents).
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2022
A new fund backed by Stripe, Shopify, Alphabet, Meta and McKinsey will spend almost $1 billion on carbon removal.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 14, 2022
Large predatory fish are expected to lag behind temperature shifts due to food-web dynamics (image credit: Gerald Schömbs). Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers Univeristy study that found as temperatures warm, predator-prey interactions will prevent species from keeping up with the conditions where they could thrive.
Green Living Guy
APRIL 13, 2022
Being eco-friendly is a real trend now, and it is related to many spheres of our lives. In this post, we would like to discuss how you can become even greener and make your smartphone as eco-friendly as possible. What does an eco-friendly smartphone mean? So let’s take a closer look at what it means […]. The post 10 Ways to Make Your Next Smartphone as Eco-Friendly as Possible appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News
Charged
APRIL 13, 2022
The Swiss firm Galliker Transport is now delivering new cars using an all-electric car transporter. The massive electric semi-truck was jointly developed by Futuricum , a division of Swiss e-mobility specialist Designwerk Group , and the German body manufacturer Kässbohrer. The Futuricum 26E transporter has a total power output of 680 hp and a range of 450 km.
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2022
What does it take to install trust in financial institutions these days? State Street seems to be trying.
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