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Valuable Metals and Rare Elements can be Recovered from Biosolids

Poop could be a goldmine — literally. Surprisingly, treated solid waste contains gold, silver and other metals, as well as rare elements such as palladium and vanadium that are used in electronics and alloys.

24 Mar 2015

Expert Lectures on Architectural Issues of BIPV Integration in Urban Renewal Process

In a context marked by the search for better ways to achieve energy turning of Switzerland, nearly 600 participants gathered at the 13th National Photovoltaic Congress on March 16 and 17 this year in Basel.

20 Mar 2015

CSRS, WPI-ITbM Partner to Promote Interdisciplinary Research Focusing on Synthetic Chemistry, Plant Biology

The RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) and Nagoya University’s Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) have announced that the research centers have entered a collaborative agreement to promote interdisciplinary research, particularly focusing on synthetic chemistry and plant biology. The joint research agreement was signed on January 2015 and is expected to increase the collaboration and accelerate the research between both institutes.

16 Mar 2015

CsTolen A Compound Helps Protect Crops from Radiation-Contaminated Soil

Almost four years after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, farmland remains contaminated with higher-than-natural levels of radiocesium in some regions of Japan, with cesium-134 and cesium-137 being the most troublesome because of the slow rate at which they decay.

6 Mar 2015

Limetec Group Exhibits Eco-Efficient Building Products at National Self Build & Renovation Centre

Sustainable building systems company Limetec Group has become a permanent exhibitor at the National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon, providing an opportunity for visitors to learn about its eco-efficient building products and solutions.

24 Feb 2015

Concrete Measures to Boost Production of Renewable Energy in Norway

The Norwegian energy supply can be sustainable by 2030, according to new research. Politicians simply have to keep their promises.

23 Feb 2015

Ecologically Unsustainable Agricultural Development Taking Place in Eastern China Region

The agricultural development of a region of eastern China is ecologically unsustainable and actions are needed soon to reverse its decline, according to a new study by geographers at the University of Southampton.

17 Feb 2015

Kerr Wood Leidal Awarded Contract to Assess Economic Viability of Geothermal Energy

Geoscience BC is pleased to announce that Kerr Wood Leidal (KWL), with their sub-consultant GeothermEx, has been awarded the contract to carry out an assessment of the economic viability of geothermal energy for electrical power generation in British Columbia.

11 Feb 2015

Biomass Electricity Production Combined with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Could Contribute to Zero-Carbon Future

Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably-sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, because it is carbon-neutral: it produces as much carbon as the plants suck out of the atmosphere.

10 Feb 2015

Winnipeg Richardson International Airport Achieves LEED Silver Certification

Winnipeg Airports Authority and Stantec Architecture proudly announce that the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport is the first airport terminal in Canada to become LEED certified.

9 Feb 2015