Green New Deal

Is this the future of fashion?

Is this the future of fashion?

Developed by the Self-Assembly Lab, the 4D Knit Dress uses several technologies to create a custom design and a custom fit, while addressing sustainability concerns Until recently, bespoke tailoring — clothing made to a customer’s individual specifications — was the only way to have garments that provided the perfect fit for your physique. For most…
Smart City Sweden increases focus on water and the built environment

Smart City Sweden increases focus on water and the built environment

Will take part in Sweden’s major innovation investment for the 2030s, Impact Innovation, which will increase the pace of the green transition to a sustainable society A wide range of actors is collaborating in the Impact Innovation programmes, from business, public activities, academia and civil society. In total, about half a billion SEK of government…
Envac gana dos contratos en Francia por 10 millones de euros para llevar la recogida neumática de residuos a dos hospitales

Envac wins two calls for tenders for nearly 10 million euros for pneumatic waste collection in two French hospitals

Two of the ongoing projects incorporate the separate transportation and treatment of type III infectious sharp waste with on-site sterilization Envac has won two new tenders in France for a total amount of almost €10 million. euros. The company is deploying its technology in the New Artois Metropolitain Hospital in Lens and the Lariboisière –…
System-level thinking is essential in choosing the appropriate circular economy strategies for sustainable electronics

System-level thinking is essential in choosing the appropriate circular economy strategies for sustainable electronics

Companies' development and uptake of sustainable circular economy solutions is a key part of the European Green Deal. This requires a broad and systemic understanding of circular solutions' sustainability impacts, opportunities and risks along product value chains Several new regulative initiatives are creating pressure to design new, more sustainable solutions. For example, the proposal for…
Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions About 10 percent of human-made mercury emissions into the atmosphere each year are the result of global deforestation, according to a new MIT study. The world’s vegetation, from the Amazon rainforest to the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, acts as a sink that removes the toxic…
Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices

Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices

Researchers have developed a sensor made from ‘frozen smoke’ that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion, far beyond the sensitivity of most indoor air quality sensors The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed sensors made from highly porous materials known as…
Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for a circular carbon plastics economy

Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for a circular carbon plastics economy

In a paper published this week in Nature, the authors argue for a rethinking of the technical, economic, and policy paradigms that have entrenched the status quo, one of rising carbon emissions and uncontrolled pollution Currently the global plastics system results in over 1 gigatonnes per year of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions which is the same as the…
Off the roof: the quest to harness energy from facades

Off the roof: the quest to harness energy from facades

Researchers are going beyond conventional solar panels in a bid to generate heat and electricity from the other external surfaces of buildings In social housing on the outskirts of the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven, Renske Crone was delighted with an experiment in 2022 involving her apartment: it was outfitted with panels that produced energy…
Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation

Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation

The software tool sorts through messy data to reveal what’s going on with solar panels on cloudy and sunny days A lot can happen to solar panels that are mounted to a roof – from tree branches casting shade over them to a neighbor’s baseball cracking one. Now, a solar panel owner can better understand…
IEA: Global renewable energy sources grew by 50% in 2023

IEA: Global renewable energy sources grew by 50% in 2023

The Renewable 2023 report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals how global renewable energy sources increased by 50% in 2023 compared to 2022 The world’s capacity to generate renewable energy is expanding at an unprecedented pace, offering a real chance to meet the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030. The recent surge saw a…