GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life. Holly Secon. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00. A circular economy is urgently required for the shift to a more sustainable planet. But it will take new, innovative ideas to build a global system that uses and reuses all of the resources within it and moves us away from the deeply entrenched extractive system under which the modern world functions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A £3.4m investment project to help reduce the risk of sewer flooding in Tarbert, Argyll and Bute began on 31 August. The improvement work will help tackle the issue of sewer flooding by increasing the capacity of the local sewer network. It will involve the upsizing of almost 350 metres of sewer pipe, with large diameter sewers being installed along Barmore Road, Harbour Street, and on a short section of School Road.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

University of Westminster Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA Pt II) student Eliza Hague has proposed an eco-friendly alternative to the plastic-covered greenhouses commonly found in India.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Small-scale modular nuclear reactors have gone from being a technology that’s always a decade away from being built to one that may actually enter into commercial production in the next decade. At least that’s how NuScale sees its future unfolding after winning a key approval from federal regulators, which determined that its small modular reactor design is safe enough to be built.

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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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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Heather Clancy. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. .

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The Ffestiniog scheme in North Wales: Pumped storage can resolve a perceived conflict between boosting economic activity and encouraging a sustainable green agenda, said ILI Group’s Mark Wilson. Land development firm says long term energy storage is ‘crucial’ for the net zero energy system of the future and keeping consumer bills lower. A morning programme at the final day of the Scottish Renewables Conference (3 September) – an online event this year – addressed the topic R

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Two capital markets days in the space of a week have offered a forensic look at wind turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa and its new parent company, Siemens Energy. The latter’s IPO is now just weeks away, planned for September 28, and after much speculation, guesswork and a change in leadership, Siemens' wider role in the energy transition is becoming clearer.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts. Bryn Baker. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 01:00. On Aug. 14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 29, 2020

Buying local is touted as the best way to be environmentally friendly while supporting local communities at the same time. By purchasing food and other goods that are produced locally, consumers help stimulate their regional economy, help create and retain valuable jobs, supports families and strengthen community and culture. Understanding the strengths, limitations and potential pitfalls of local consumption is key to making the most of the trend.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In partnership with Sustainable Travel International and Slow Food, the Palau Bureau of Tourism has launched a new project aimed at mitigating its tourism-based carbon footprint.

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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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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

SenseHawk's cloud-based platform and application modules solve several challenges in the development, construction and operation of solar sites. Its application modules enable solar companies to reduce costs, enhance workforce productivity and improve solar site performance leveraging sophisticated AI and machine learning models.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Scaling circular fashion in North America: Part 1. What could a circular fashion industry look like in 2050? The need for urgent action is clear: While the lifespan of individual garments dwindles, the environmental footprint of the apparel industry continues to grow. But where there’s inefficiency, there’s often opportunity. From renewable and recycled inputs to new business models such as repair, rental and recommerce to end of life management and more — like enabling technologies, policies an

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Fairsnape

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This was an early access post for Regenerator Patron s. Here are eight regenerative graphics and charts that have shaped, and are shaping, my sustainability thinking and may inspire others., There are two that I have created, inspired by regenerative thinking from others. Some concepts are a few years old now and well established but very powerful, others new, inspirational and provide deeper insights into regenerative sustainability.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

A Dutch consortium of companies has teamed up to propose an ambitious city landmark — the Spiral Tower, an eco-friendly urban attraction, could be the "world's first climate-neutral high-rise attraction." KCI, Bosch Rexroth, HILLEBRAND and NorthernLight collaborated on the unique project that not only serves as an observation tower but also generates renewable energy.

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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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U.S. Green Technology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Water is vital for all life on Earth. It’s what humans need to survive — in more ways than one. Whether it’s for drinking, doing laundry, cooking or practicing hygiene, clean water must be available at all times. Without the right infrastructure, water access is at risk. Public health then comes into question as well. The post How Water Infrastructure Can Be More Sustainable appeared first on U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The open source movement takes on climate data. Heather Clancy. Thu, 09/03/2020 - 00:15. As GreenBiz co-founder and Executive Editor Joel Makower wrote earlier this week, many companies are moving to disclose " climate risk ," although far fewer are moving to actually minimize it. And as those tasked with preparing those reports can attest, the process of gathering the data for them is frustrating and complex, especially as the level of detail desired and required by investors becomes deeper.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed John Crowley as Principal Offshore Engineer based in the Dublin office.

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Energy Energy 144

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Airbnb is full of eco-friendly cabins that let you get off the grid and escape from it all this fall. Eco-cottage in NY [link]. This beautiful modern.

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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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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 29, 2020

It was a decision 10 years in the making, but last Thursday the California Air Resources Board finally approved new regulations that will dramatically reduce the Nitrogen Oxide emissions in the state.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Instead of selling and trading credits related to nature-based solutions, its exchange features industrial businesses that store carbon dioxide in products such as biochar, timber construction and other building materials.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 31, 2020

The government's ban on foreign-made drones for use in critical infrastructure, as well as the concern of private corporations concerned about security have brought the need for secure, U.S. based drone and software solutions to the forefront of the energy sector. In an effort to provide farther-reaching solutions for both government and private commercial clients seeking to source secure, U.S. made software/hardware, Union Robotics has teamed up with U.S. based software developer, Solex, to off

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Snøhetta has recently completed the new head office for ASI Reisen, an international trekking and adventure travel company that sought a space reflective of its working culture and sustainable ethics.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Solar contractors working in expanding regions along the East Coast have the unique challenge of installing PV arrays that can withstand upwards of 100-mph winds. Every June to November, those coastal states, especially Florida, are susceptible to the annual superstorms as they travel northwest from the Caribbean. When the entire solar array is assembled, it… The post Mounting a solar system to survive a hurricane appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 01:30. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. As the market for electric vehicles takes off, that means eventually hundreds of millions of EV batteries will be in use and then face end of life.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Public equity markets have historically been overlooked in the impact investing space, traditionally a domain for credit and private market financing. We see public equities playing a growing and indispensable role in the impact ecosystem. A common question in the industry is: how exactly can investing in public equities create impact? At BlackRock, our Active.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Wildfires are causing more carbon emissions in the first eight months of 2020 than they did in all of 2019.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Solar Basics is a video series by Solar Power World created to help installers learn about the business, tools and tricks of the solar power trade. Mounting solar panels on tracking systems instead of fixed-tilt racking increases the energy yield of a project. But more moving parts means different O&M considerations must be made for… The post Solar Basics: How to keep solar tracker systems running smoothly appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Aligning Action with Ambition: How Leadership Companies Approach Audacious Sustainability Goals. The pressure is on when it comes to sustainability in the private sector. No longer is it sufficient to announce new ambitions. Now, driven by new reporting requirements in the form of TCFD, new regulatory regimes being enacted by the EU, increasing shareholder and consumer pressure around the pace of climate change, companies are being asked to not only set goals – but to share detailed plans about

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altenergymag

AUGUST 31, 2020

Decentralization, decarbonization, digitalization and the emergence of new business models will shape the global power sector

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The proposals, which all take inspiration from nature, address one or more of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

ImpactAlpha, September 2 – Two impact investors sounded off in ImpactAlpha this week about the importance of securing the fairness of the November U.S. election (see, “How impact investors can help ensure racial justice includes electoral justice,” and “Impact investors have a role to play in preventing worst-case election scenarios”). Now comes the Facebook founder.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Carbon pricing works, and this proves it. Paul Burke. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:45. Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? That’s the economic theory. Stated baldly, it’s obvious; however, there is perhaps a tiny chance that what happens in practice might be something else.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

V2G is one of the hottest topics in the EV world. Using EVs as a giant virtual battery is a promising prospect for electric utilities—it would offer them an efficient, cost-effective way to manage demand and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy sources into the grid (and create a powerful incentive for them to encourage EV adoption). Nissan , Honda and others are testing V2G systems.

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