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Web-Based Software Program Takes a Whole New Approach Toward Urban Planning

Scientists at EPFL have created a web-based software program that adopts a whole new strategy to urban planning.

25 Jan 2019

Hitachi Strengthens Wind Power Generation System Business

Hitachi, Ltd. will strengthen its wind power generator maintenance services and expand its core product of wind power generation solution business, as part of efforts to strengthen its renewable energy business, including community-based and collaborative creation-oriented energy projects that combine solar power, storage batteries, EMS(1) and other elements.

From Hitachi, Ltd. 25 Jan 2019

Continuous Monitoring of Environmental Loading of Production Plant with New Software Tool

One day, it could be possible to regulate a paper machine, for instance, based on its carbon footprint.

25 Jan 2019

LyondellBasell Joins AEWP as Global Effort to Find Solutions to Eliminate Plastic Waste

LyondellBasell has announced that its CEO Bob Patel has joined with Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor and Veolia CEO Antoine Frérot in leading the newly announced global Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW).

25 Jan 2019

Nestlé Accelerates Actions to Meet its Sustainable Packaging Goals by 2025

Nestlé has announced its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic-waste.

25 Jan 2019

New EU-Funded Forest Flux Project Estimates Forest Carbon Storage and Assimilation

The EU-funded Forest Flux project, which commenced in 2018, is coordinated by VTT. The project sets up commercial services for estimating forest carbon storage and absorption.

24 Jan 2019

Improved Plastics Recycling Thanks to Spectral Imaging

If we are ever to reduce the quantity of plastics being dumped into the environment, efficient recycling is essential. Currently, many plastics cannot be economically sorted to enable their recycling.

24 Jan 2019

Fuel-Cells-Based System for Minimizing Carbon Footprint and Energy Consumption of Cruise Ships

A fuel-cells-based system has been created by a researcher from EPFL to minimize the carbon footprint as well as energy consumption of cruise ships, which are becoming more and more popular among vacation goers across the globe.

23 Jan 2019

Global Efforts to Eliminate Plastic Waste in the Environment: New Alliance Launched

An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain has launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.

23 Jan 2019

Aircuity Partners with Wistar Institute to Save Energy, Create a Better Environment for Occupants and Provide Access to New Data

Aircuity, creator of measurably better environments, announced the installation of its platform in the Wistar Institute’s lab and vivarium areas. As a result the Wistar Institute, an international leader in biomedical science, is saving a significant amount of energy, occupants are provided a better environment and new data is now available to help better manage the space.

From Aircuity 23 Jan 2019

Ocean and Wind Changes Cause antarctic Sea Ice Drop to Record Low

Warmer ocean temperatures, combined with unusual wind patterns, contributed to the record decline of sea ice levels in Antarctica, according to new research published in the prestigious international science journal Nature Communications.

23 Jan 2019

Rock Formations Found in the North Sea Could Act as Long-Term Energy Storage Locations

According to a new study, rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could serve as long-term storage locations for renewable energy production.

22 Jan 2019

New Breakthrough Technology Could Advance Wind Turbines and Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Argonne National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has invented a novel technology that could help fuel the country’s shift from gas-powered vehicles to hybrid and electric power more quickly, at lower cost, and in a more environmentally friendly manner.

21 Jan 2019

Swedish Researchers Develop Highly Durable Biopolyesters Using Poo Molecule ‘Indole’

Almost all plastic is made from crude oil, and plastic production currently accounts for 4-6% of global oil consumption. The development of renewable bioplastics is progressing, but relatively few are actually being used.

21 Jan 2019

New Lightweight Bio-Composite Using Date Palm Fiber Biomass for Automotive

A team of researchers have developed a bio-composite material using date palm fiber biomass. The new material can be used to produce sustainable, lightweight and low-cost applications in the automotive and marine industries. (non-structural parts, such as car bumpers and door linings).

21 Jan 2019