GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Energy efficiency is often overlooked, and sometimes ignored. Why?

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

General Electric Renewable Energy this week signed the largest onshore wind deal ever in China for a foreign manufacturer and began tests of its enormous Haliade X 12 MW offshore wind turbine in Rotterdam.

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) has finalized an agreement with Torch Clean Energy to purchase and develop two new solar and storage facilities for a total of 21 MW of additional solar capacity and 15 MW of storage capacity. With the completion of these installations, KCEC will surpass the 35 MW required to meet its… The post New Mexico electric cooperative will soon supply customers 100% through solar appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Adaptation doesn't mean what it used to.

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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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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

From left: U.S. Senator Ed Markey, SparkCharge CEO Joshua Aviv, Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone. It’s almost inevitable: when the topic of EVs comes up, someone will express worries about range. Insufficient charging infrastructure has long hampered the adoption of EVs, as people worry about getting stranded or being limited in their routes. When Joshua Aviv took an environmental economics class at Syracuse University, the professor told him, “If you want to change the world, electric vehic

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study. A review of lithium ion battery recycling led by the University of Birmingham suggests that, while electric vehicles (EVs) offer a solution for cutting pollution, governments and industry need to act now to develop a robust recycling infrastructure to meet future recyclin

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Milan-based architecture firm Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled innovative designs for a nature-infused smart city in Cancun, Mexico that will serve as a model for resilient and sustainable urban planning.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Sustainable businesses tend to consider the important roles of the environment and how to protect nature for a successful business. That’s why it’s important to develop the right marketing strategies that combine economic, social, and environmental goals. In that way, sustainability can be achieved and maintained while facing various business challenges.

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Jim Conca

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Nuclear reactors are operational islands almost wholly disconnected from the Internet, so hackers can’t affect a nuclear power plant operations or safety systems – from the outside. However, there are many ways an inside hostile actor could insert malware into the isolated systems.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

A Q&A with the bioeconomy expert stepping in to lead the organization that's advocating for alternatives to plastics.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Danish architectural firm COBE recently completed a one-of-a-kind public space in Copenhagen that not only serves as a multifunctional meeting place, but also provides covered parking for over 2,000 bicycles. Inaugurated in late August, Karen Blixens Plads is one of the largest public spaces in Copenhagen and measures over 20,000 square meters in size.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Last month’s preventative power shutoffs in California highlighted the vulnerability of the electricity grid to threats exacerbated by a changing climate. In the wake of the forced outages, much has been written about the ability of solar photovoltaic arrays working in tandem with stationary battery storage systems to keep the lights on when the grid goes down.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A new report makes the case that if Scotland is to successfully end its contribution to climate change by 2045, there has to be a significant increase in public spending to help move homes and other buildings away from a reliance on fossil fuel heating. Currently around half of all Scotland’s energy usage is for heating, with the majority of that coming from fossil fuel gas.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Don't mourn. Organize.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

While most home gardens tend to conceal the roots within decorated pots, Ilex Studio's new collection of glass vases displays one of the most underrated parts of a plant — the roots.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Home batteries proved their resilience value during Vermont's Halloween blackout. A major rain and wind storm struck the state at the close of October, knocking out power to some 115,000 customers. Among those affected, 1,100 homes managed to keep the lights on thanks to pilot programs specifically designed to promote resilient backup power with energy storage.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Radon Awareness Week 2019 is running from 4-10 November, and as the campaign website explains, exposure to radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and is responsible for over 1100 deaths in the UK every year. High levels of radon can be found in buildings of any type, size or location with occupants unaware of the potential danger unless a specific test has been carried out.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Carbonfund.org Foundation and Green Business Bureau (GBB) have partnered to help companies become more sustainable and accelerate their path to becoming a GBB-certified green business. GBB and Carbonfund.org encourage everyone to continually strive to reduce their carbon footprint through sensible energy reductions combined with cost-effective carbon offsets to eliminate their overall carbon footprint.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Paris-based design firm Studio NAB has unveiled a proposal for transforming the traditional asphalt parking lot into an urban farming green space with solar-powered parking spaces. Created with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals in mind, Studio NAB’s Car Park 2.0 rethinks the car park as a productive space that could generate green jobs, renewable energy, and food.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

European utility giant EDF has acquired the British energy storage and EV infrastructure developer Pivot Power, following the French state-owned energy firm's declaration last year that it would invest $10 billlion in energy storage by 2035. The deal gives EDF access to a 2-gigawatt pipeline of projects and to Pivot’s inventive route to market, in the absence of readily available contracted revenue for battery assets.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

· Aluminium packaging recycling body urges caution to avoid unintended consequences of a DRS. · Two thirds of shoppers will switch from buying infinitely recyclable cans to plastic bottles. · One in five people will lose their deposit as they continue recycling at home. An ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme for drinks containers could result in an extra 823 million plastic bottles being produced[i], inadvertently adding to plastic pollution – one of the key issues the scheme is trying to solve.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There is no doubt that buildings impact the environment from the construction phase, through occupancy, when and if they are renovated or repurposed, and even when they are demolished. Throughout their lifecycle, buildings use raw materials, water, and energy – resources that need to be conserved. Buildings generate all kinds of waste, and frequently discharge harmful emissions.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Roughly 20 billion non-biodegradable, one-cup coffee pods end up in landfills. But Italian espresso giant Lavazza is offering a more eco-friendly alternative — a compostable coffee pod.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

More than 11,000 scientists declared a climate emergency today in — where else — an article published in a scientific journal. “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any great existential threat and to ‘tell it like it is,’” begins the “ World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency , ” published in BioScience.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University , Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a device that can identify a wide range of airborne gases and chemicals “instantly” The new prototype is portable and suitable for deployment by agencies to identify everything from tiny gas molecules like sulphur dioxide to larger molecules such as benzene.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute (via Forbes ) finds that improvements in the cost and performance of batteries are quickly outpacing forecasts, due to massive investments in battery manufacturing and steady advances in technology. According to RMI’s Breakthrough Batteries Report , venture capital firms invested over $1.4 billion in battery tech in the first half of 2019 alone.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

At our current climate trajectory, humanity will likely face “untold suffering,” as reported in a new study signed by more than 11,000 scientists around the globe.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Pancakes are a big deal at Planet. Ever since Dove 1 and Dove 2 launched on two separate rockets in April 2013—Planeteers have taken to the frying pan in preparation for each launch event. Originally, the need for pancakes was serendipitous: Planet’s first launch happened at breakfast time on the west coast, just an hour after sunrise. The team had been staying up late in preparation for the big event and needed to be properly fueled up for launch.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The impact of climate change on our road network is climbing the list of national priorities. Across Europe, National Road Administrations (NRAs) are having to deal with more frequent and severe weather, greater sea level rises and increased stress on infrastructure leading to higher deterioration rates. A new tool, funded under the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) transnational research programme and co-ordinated by the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), offers risk asses

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Charged

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Swiss electronics company ABB has acquired a majority stake in Chargedot, a Chinese EV charging provider. Chargedot supplies AC and DC charging stations, as well as an accompanying software platform. ABB offers services and products such as grid distribution and charging points. Tarak Mehta, President of ABB’s Electrification business, said, “With China forging ahead in the development of a comprehensive e-mobility ecosystem, this acquisition will give ABB a significant role in delivering

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In Tallinn, Estonia, a team of designers have merged traditional craftsmanship with digital modeling to create Steampunk, a sculptural pavilion that uses steam-bent hardwood and computer-aided design. Winner of the Tallinn Architecture Biennial 2019 Installation Program Competition, the spectacular artwork uses the laborious process of steam bending timber by hand, rather than robotic production, to call attention to the merits of traditional craftsmanship absent in machine building.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 8 – As a cardinal in Ghana, Peter Turkson came to see social enterprise and impact investing as a way of sustaining the ministry of the church. “Economics and finance need to be brought back within the boundaries of their real vocation and function, including their social function, in consideration of their obvious The post Agent of Impact: The Vatican’s Cardinal Peter Turkson appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Jetting equipment manufacturer Jetchem Systems has teamed up with United Utilities and Amey to produce two new systems designed to aid in the prevention of flooding. The Interceptor Draw Off System (or iDOS, pictured) is situated in potential areas of flooding, and draws off and stores excess waste and water in tanks. Since its initial showcase at NoDig in 2018 the firm has added an improved pump and a solar charging system.

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