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Ordinarily, being driven over by a bus wouldn’t be an optimal situation. But in this case, it is an optimal solution to easing traffic jams, whilst also reducing transport carbon emissions. Later this year in Beijing, the Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company is planing to build a “straddling ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team yesterday, about Air Quality, Coal & Oil, Design, Emissions, Innovation, Pollution, Transport
The energy expended from braking trains is set to be put to good use thanks to a project that harvests energy from the braking and then feeds the resultant electricity into the power grid. The pilot project by Viridity Energy, a Philadelphia-based smart grid company, has received a US$900 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team yesterday, about Clean Tech, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Innovation, Pollution, Recycling, Transport
An innovative Kiwi technology used to breakdown waste is set to be piloted with the added boost of $1 million in funding from the Government’s Waste Minimisation Fund, Nick Smith has announced. The research project involves Crown Research Institute Scion and Rotorua District Council, who joined forces in 2008 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team this week, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Industry & Business, Innovation, Politics & Government, Pollution
If you’re in Auckland, here’s a fantastic opportunity for you. The University of Auckland is getting set to host three lectures by Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford next week on ‘Managing the risks of climate change, overcoming world poverty and creating a new era of growth and prosperity ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team this week, about Accreditation, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Innovation, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Sustainability, Weather
If efforts to tackle climate change ever needed a bit of bolstering, nothing could be as sweet as having one of the world’s most infamous climate sceptics crossing over to the “other side”. But that’s just what world-renowned “sceptical environmentalist” Bjørn Lomborg is doing, having applied the breaks ... keep reading
Written by Juliette Jowit this week, about Accreditation, Climate Change, Economics, Politics & Government, Pollution (2 comments)
In a bid to halt Proposition 23 (a baillot measure that aims to block California's climate legislation 'AB32' in the November elections), an alliance of California business, labour, environmental, and community leaders have joined together to put forth The California Apollo Programme — a comprehensive strategy for creating clean energy ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team this week, about Clean Tech, Climate Change, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Politics & Government, Pollution, Technology
Road testing for new global standards designed to measure the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of products and supply chains is well underway with over 60 companies having completed the tests. The testing comes as part of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative, which works with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team this week, about Accreditation, Air Quality, Climate Change, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Pollution, Sustainability
They don’t do things by halves in the UAE and Masdar City, a clean technology cluster being developed on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi that will be powered entirely by renewable energy, is no exception. The cluster is being constructed 17 kilometres east-south-east of Abu Dhabi. Masdar City (reportedly ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Accreditation, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Economics, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Renewals, Smart Growth, Solar, Sustainability, Transport
Even the most drab of buildings are getting a touch of green magic thanks to a U.S-based architectural and engineering design firm. Combining wind turbines, a rain water collection system and electric car plug-in stations, HOK has created Greenway Self-Park, an 11-storey energy-efficient parking garage in Chicago – the first ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team last month, about Accreditation, Architecture, Design, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Innovation, Pollution, Recycling, Renewals, Wind Energy
Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase, “waste not, want not”, chemist Shanwen Tao thinks urine could be the answer to powering everything — from your mobile phone, to farms, to office buildings. In this New Scientist article, Hazel Muir talks with Tao about the abundant waste material, commencing the ... keep reading
Written by Hazel Muir last month, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Innovation, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability
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