GreenTechMedia
JULY 15, 2020
Data on the greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories, cargo ships, controlled burns and every other human source on Earth could soon be part of the public domain, according to a consortium of technology companies and climate change nonprofits. These are the goals of ClimateTrace, a group that’s won the backing of Google.org and former U.S.
U.S. Green Technology
JULY 16, 2020
The construction industry is one of the most necessary sectors in the world. It’s also one of the most common culprits of energy waste and pollution. In comparison to the traditional method, modular construction is the more sustainable option. Modular construction entails partial building in a controlled, off-site location, like a factory. Then, workers can.
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GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2020
Workplace EV charging: Lessons from sustainability trailblazers. Marsha Willard. Tue, 07/14/2020 - 01:30. Businesses are reaping the environmental and social benefits of providing electric vehicle charging for employees. That’s according to research published last week by Presidio Graduate School (PGS) and ChargePoint, providers of the world’s largest EV charging network.
CleanTechnica
JULY 12, 2020
New wind power project sails ahead while fossil fuel stakeholders come to grips with record breaking heat and a fresh round of COVID-19 lockdowns.
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
JULY 15, 2020
Sustainable design is the pinnacle of modern living, a style of both form and substance. It is a wake-up call for all those who seem to neglect the staggering environmental impact of the residential building ecosystem. Even if you’re not prepared to consider anything more than self-interest, sustainable design has much to offer. It’s all. The post Ways to Achieve Sustainable Design appeared first on U.S.
Jim Conca
JULY 16, 2020
A new study reports on 114,270 nuclear weapons test participants that were followed for up to 65 years. Contrary to decades of anecdotal reports, the study concluded that there were no statistically significant occurrence of cancers or adverse health effects from radiation among these soldiers.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 15, 2020
Goodbye, dirty old coal-fired power plant. Hello, sunshine, bees and butterflies. That's what the folks of Logansport, Indiana are saying as they trade their last coal power plant for a new 80-acre, 16-megawatt solar farm complete with a pollinator habitat.
GreenTechMedia
JULY 14, 2020
Things are moving fast in the grid battery industry — and nowhere faster than California. That’s where LS Power, a private equity firm that develops grid infrastructure, hooked up the new most powerful battery in the country last month. The Gateway Energy Storage Project turned on an initial tranche of 62.5 megawatts/62.5 megawatt-hours near San Diego on June 9, according to the California Independent System Operator.
altenergymag
JULY 14, 2020
“We strongly applaud the Biden campaign for taking an ambitious, comprehensive approach to climate change policy that recognizes the renewable energy industry’s ability to grow America’s economy towards a cleaner environment and a more prosperous and equitable future.
GreenBiz
JULY 12, 2020
GRI and SASB are collaborating. Is that good news for companies? Joel Makower. Sun, 07/12/2020 - 17:56. For years, corporate reporters — those inside companies responsible for creating sustainability reports and reporting environmental, social and governance data to various other organizations — have been frustrated by what many refer to as an alphabet soup of standards and frameworks: CDP, GRI, IIRC, PRI, SASB, TCFD, UNGC and more.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 17, 2020
Mumbai-based architecture firm Morphlab has unveiled designs for "Shift-ing Earth," a luxury residence designed to harmonize with nature. Created as part of a proposed township masterplan on densely forested land in India, the design concept marries contemporary architecture with natural materials and passive solar principles.
Green Business Bureau
JULY 13, 2020
What is Green IT? Every business uses Information Technology (IT) to run their operations, manage their data, collaborate, communicate and make decisions. This technology, whether it’s hardware or software, can be used in a more sustainable way or be applied to enable more sustainable ways of doing things. This is often referred to as Green IT. Green IT starts with using more eco-friendly equipment and providing IT services in a more sustainable way.
CleanTech Group
JULY 13, 2020
Addressing environmental challenges while enabling economic growth is the simple and compelling idea behind the Solar Impulse Foundation. In partnership with Cleantech Group, .
GreenBiz
JULY 16, 2020
The electronic waste collection conundrum. Heather Clancy. Thu, 07/16/2020 - 01:15. The primary reason I started covering the business of sustainability during the 2008 financial crisis wasn’t just because I was laid off from my position as editor of a technology trade publication. Quite simply, I had become obsessed with the tech industry’s then-blasé attitude about the seemingly intractable problem of electronic waste. .
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 17, 2020
Just a year ago, people might have taken their neighborhood park for granted, passing it by on their way to a boutique fitness studio.
Charged
JULY 15, 2020
Fight fans have been following the fortunes of the competing DC fast charging standards, CHAdeMO and CCS, for the past several years, but it’s been apparent for a while that the tide of the struggle has turned. When we reported on recently released figures from the DOE showing that the two standards account for similar numbers of charging stations here in the US, commenters soon pointed out that the numbers were misleading.
Impact Alpha
JULY 15, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 15 – Rising awareness of the value of gender and diversity in business has led to a spike in venture funds led by women, investing in female founders or backing solutions for women. In its latest report, Project Sage, a project of Wharton Social Impact Initiative and Suzanne Biegel, tallies 138 “gender-lens” funds. The post Surge in funds investing in and for the benefit of women appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
GreenBiz
JULY 13, 2020
A CFO’s take on climate and risk management. Vincent Manier. Mon, 07/13/2020 - 01:00. Just a couple of months into 2020, the world was amid significant discussion about the core purpose of businesses, led by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink calling for corporate America to take control of its carbon footprint and major companies, including Microsoft and Delta , making ambitious zero-carbon pledges.
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?
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 13, 2020
The International Union for Conservation (IUCN) has uplisted the North Atlantic Right Whales from endangered to critically endangered.
Charged
JULY 13, 2020
Commercial EV supplier Lightning Systems is tripling the size of its facility in Loveland, Colorado. Lightning moved its headquarters, manufacturing and R&D into the former Hewlett-Packard/Agilent campus in southwest Loveland three years ago. The company recently took over the entire building, expanding its square footage from 45,000 to 142,000.
The City Fix
JULY 16, 2020
There’s no question we’re going through unprecedented times for public transport. Ridership is down anywhere from 60% to 90%. Transit agencies are hemorrhaging cash, with fare revenue following ridership down the tube. But the fact is that throughout the tremendous. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
GreenBiz
JULY 17, 2020
The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems. Nicole Pamani. Fri, 07/17/2020 - 00:15. Agricultural waste from food crops either is traditionally left to rot or is burned, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. About 270 million tons of banana waste are left to rot annually, and in India, 32 million acres of rice straw are burned.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 14, 2020
California State Polytechnic University's (Cal Poly) Pomona campus recently welcomed a new gateway building that not only consolidates academic services, but also serves as a sustainable campus landmark. Los Angeles-based firm CO Architects designed the 140,000-square-foot building, a two-wing structure topped with an eye-catching aluminum roof that spans two acres.
Impact Alpha
JULY 14, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 14 – A decade ago, India’s first wave of impact investing collapsed under the weight of unregulated and unsustainable microfinance lending. Since then, the sector has rebounded, multiplied and diversified. Almost $10.8 billion in equity capital has been invested in Indian companies with a social mission since 2010 (when impact investments totaled only.
The City Fix
JULY 15, 2020
With her recent re-election, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has won a mandate to continue profound mobility transformations in the French capital. Her reelection manifesto promises an even more ambitious second term, furthering her efforts over the past six years to. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
GreenBiz
JULY 17, 2020
AMD's energy-slashing feat. Heather Clancy. Fri, 07/17/2020 - 01:00. It isn’t often I have the mindspace to proactively follow up on every commitment proclaimed by the companies I cover. But I recently paused to catch up about one that has particular relevance as more companies act to address their Scope 3 emissions reductions, those generated by supply chains and customers: AMD’s bold pledge back in 2014 to improve the energy efficiency of its mobile processors — the components used in notebook
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 16, 2020
Joe Biden announced his $2 trillion updated climate plan as part of his new “Build Back Better” economic agenda.
Charged
JULY 12, 2020
At first glance, the Department of Energy’s latest stats on public fast chargers indicate that we’re in the midst of a thrilling standards war, with the two competitors running neck-and-neck. There are two competing DC fast charging standards in the US (aside from Tesla’s proprietary Supercharger): CHArge de MOve (CHAdeMO), favored by Japanese and Korean automakers; and the SAE Combined Charging System (CCS), championed by the American and German brands.
Grist
JULY 14, 2020
The United Nations has called on the world to protect 30 percent of the planet from human activity to help protect ecosystems and slow down climate change. But conservation areas are often vulnerable to illegal logging, poaching, mining, and other activities that threaten biodiversity. How can land managers detect these kinds of human impacts on protected ecosystems?
Solar Power World
JULY 13, 2020
By Jon Doochin, CEO of Soligent. Originally posted on soligent.net and reposted with permission. That story can be found here. As we exit the first phase of COVID-19, we enter a new phase of business and life. In the solar industry, we are no stranger to change, and this period is no different. How COVID-19 Has Changed our… The post Where is the residential solar + storage market going?
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 13, 2020
Need a vacation? Keep others safe, stay local and get into the wilderness. Here's how I took a safe, nature-filled vacation during COVID-19.
Impact Alpha
JULY 13, 2020
ImpactAlpha, July 13 – Jenny Abramson and Heidi Patel launched Rethink Impact in 2016 to invest in female entrepreneurs tackling tough problems. Interest from female investors, who make up 65% of the investors in their latest fund, helped make it the largest U.S. gender lens fund. Backers in Fund II include Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, The post Female investors power Rethink Impact’s $182 million gender lens impact fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
JULY 13, 2020
Avoiding motor demagnetization : John Wanjiku, Technical Specialist at Mentor Graphics, explains the goals of a detailed traction motor design analysis. Neodymium permanent magnets are used in EV traction motors because of their powerful magnetic fields and relatively strong resistance to demagnetization, but they tend to lose their magnetism when exposed to excessive operating temperatures, opposing magnetic fields or electrical faults.
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