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First KNX Hackathon Focuses on Smart Home and Building Solutions for a More Sustainable World

KNX is stepping up its efforts in the fight against climate change and has announced the first KNX Hackathon on the topic of sustainability for this year.

24 Jan 2023

CoolIT Offers a Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Cooling Solution for Computing Facilities

Through its innovative Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) technology, CoolIT, a Canada-based firm with a 20-year service history, offers a sustainable and energy-efficient solution to maintain ideal temperatures in computing facilities like business data centers and supercomputers.

23 Jan 2023

Solar-Driven Technology Converts Plastic Into Fuel

Plastics pose one of the largest environmental problems of the present day, and developing new methods to recycle or reuse this ubiquitous material is considered imperative to preserve both the natural world and the heal...

13 Jan 2023

Turntide Recognised by Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Its Innovative Hyperdrive Battery Technology

The team behind Turntide Technologies’ Hyperdrive battery systems have won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its innovative technology that is helping to decarbonise industry and transportation.

10 Jan 2023

Testing the Potential of Space-Based Solar Power

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have been working on testing and unlocking the potential of space-based solar power (SBSP) on the recently launched Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP).

9 Jan 2023

Pusan National University Researchers Develop Efficient Sodium-Ion Battery Anode for Energy Storage

Lithium is expensive and limited, necessitating the development of efficient energy storage systems beyond lithium-ion batteries. Sodium is a promising candidate.

5 Jan 2023

Improving Air Quality and Public Health With Wind Power

Understanding the true impact and benefits that come with integrating renewable energy sources onto the grid could not only help governments and industry leaders achieve climate goals but could increase the use of wind power, improve air quality, and, therefore, deliver a range of public health benefits.

6 Dec 2022

Sustainable, Low-Cost Hydrogen - A Revolutionary Step in the Energy Transition

A team of researchers at Rice University has developed an affordable catalyst that could unlock the potential to create sustainable, low cost-hydrogen.

1 Dec 2022

Breaking With Convention to Develop More Efficient Solar Cells

A team of engineers based at Princeton University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology hope to overcome the performance issues associated with organic solar cells.

21 Nov 2022

Transitioning to Low-Carbon Energy Sources Could Increase Global Emissions

According to a recent ICTA-UAB study, switching to a low-carbon energy system could result in significant global emissions, consuming the majority of the carbon budget still available and leaving less emissions available for socioeconomic processes and activities.

21 Nov 2022