Buildings Made Of Re-Usable Parts
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV and startup Madaster have taken sustainable design to new levels by creating a whole office building that’s made of 90 per cent re-usable parts. Matrix One – Made of Re-Usable Components The ‘Matrix One’ six-storey, 13,000-square-metre laboratory and office building acts as the main campus hub of the Matrix Innovation Center […]
Hydropanels Produce Pure Drinking Water From The Air
Hydropanels are an innovative and sustainable way to extract clean, reliable drinking water from the air off-grid. How Hydropanels Work Hydropanels (such as those made by Arizona-based SOURCE®) work by using a solar panel to power fans that pull pure water vapour out of the air and the warmed air inside the panel turns the […]
Art Solar Panels, Practical And Beautiful
A group of solar panel startups is producing panels that enhance the look of buildings by combing them with art or making them as coloured cladding, facades, or roof tiles. Solar Panels That Blend In A group of Dutch startups is creating innovative solar panels that not only generate electricity but fit in well with (and […]
Sustainable Seafood … Cultivated Codswallop?
According to German-startup ‘Bluu Seafood’, its range of cultivated seafood is a way to protect oceans and animals as well as ensuring a high-quality, sustainable supply of nutritious food. What Is ‘Cultivated Seafood’ ? Cultivated seafood, also known as cultured seafood or lab-grown seafood, refers to seafood products that are produced using cellular agriculture techniques […]
Millions Of Hard Drives Being Scrapped Is Preventable
The Circular Drive Initiative (CDI) has reported that millions of usable hard drives are being unnecessarily destroyed, adding to the growing pile of e-waste. How Big Is The Problem? According to reported comments to the BBC from Chia Network’s and secretary and treasurer of the CDI, Jonmichael Hands, millions of hard drives are shredded each […]
‘Try Before You Buy’ Wind Turbine At Glastonbury Festival
A huge pink, purple and crucially temporary wind turbine that was erected to help provide Glastonbury Festival with green energy will also act as a ‘try before you buy’ promotion for similar turbines to be set up in other UK sites. Turbine + Solar Panels Feeds Super Low-Carbon Energy Microgrid The 20-metre-high wind turbine with […]
Green Skills Shortage Threatens Sustainable Low Carbon Economy Ambitions
New LinkedIn research has highlighted a shortage within the kind of green skills that are needed to help develop green industries and help it achieve it climate ambitions. Green Skills Shortage In The Workforce LinkedIn’s Global Green Skills Report 2023 showed that although the concentration of “green talent” in the workforce is growing, i.e. there […]
Paper Packaging! Vodka Be Better?
Absolut Vodka has begun a 3-month trial of its first commercially available single-mould, paper-based bottle. Trial – 22 Tesco Stores In Greater Manchester As part of what it describes as its “journey to create a fully bio-based bottle”, Swedish vodka brand Absolut is holding a trial of the 500ml-sized single-mould paper bottles in 22 Tesco’s stores in […]
Wood-Based Satellites That Stop Atmospheric Pollution
Japan’s Kyoto University, working with Nasa and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), plan to launch wood (rather than metal-based) satellites into orbit from next year. LignoSat As part of the LignoSat Space Wood Project, which began in April 2020, as a collaboration between Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, wood specimens have been tested with […]
Artificial Leaf Makes Petrol Alternative
University of Cambridge researchers have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ethanol and propanol that could be used as a low-emissions petrol alternative to power car engines. Inspired By Photosynthesis The ‘leaf,’ made from thin-film metal oxides and materials known as perovskites and including multiple layers including […]
Low-Cost Underground Heating For 4,000 Homes
£22 million of the UK government’s £91 million Green Heat Network Fund will be used to build a geothermal heating network that could provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes in Cornwall. Drilling Near Truro The government-funded project by Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), “The Langarth” at Langarth Garden Village (near Truro), Cornwall, will involve drilling […]
Solar Powered Aquatic Drone Cleans-Up Plastic Waste In Waterways
The ‘WasteShark’ solar powered aquatic drone from Dutch company RanMarine removes floating pollution like plastics, algae and biomass from lakes, ponds, waterways, and harbours. The WasteShark The WasteShark is a mini-robot that floats, navigates autonomously, and scours the surface of the water for plastic waste and other pollution, then collects the waste it in its […]