Energy-optimized buildings: Keeping a cool head at the workplace
Setting up the new indoor climate chamber LOBSTER - study confirms effect of ceiling fans.
Jun 18th, 2014
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Finland to become a model country for sustainable transport by 2020
Roads in Finland in 2020 will hum to the sound of low-emission vehicles running on renewable energy, electricity, hydrogen and sustainable biofuels. The share of public transport and car pooling in densely populated urban areas will increase. Mobility arranged through easy-to-use services will become a viable alternative to buying a private car.
Jun 18th, 2014
Read moreNew methods and tools for sustainable manufacturing
The SustainValue project yielded several new tools and methods for promoting sustainable business development and performance management.
Jun 18th, 2014
Read moreScientists develop unique greenhouse gas meter
MIPT's Laboratory for the Spectroscopy of Planetary Atmospheres has come up with a high-resolution meter to gauge the concentration of gases in the atmosphere with unparalleled precision.
Jun 17th, 2014
Read moreFuel cells utilised to produce electricity from process industry by-product hydrogen
Reducing energy consumption in sodium chlorate production by 10-20%.
Jun 17th, 2014
Read moreResearchers develop fuel cells for increased airplane efficiency
Researchers have developed the first fuel cell that can directly convert fuels, such as jet fuel or gasoline, to electricity, providing a dramatically more energy-efficient way to create electric power for planes or cars.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreWind turbine payback
Researchers have carried out an environmental lifecycle assessment of 2-megawatt wind turbines mooted for a large wind farm in the US Pacific Northwest. They conclude that in terms of cumulative energy payback, or the time to produce the amount of energy required of production and installation, a wind turbine with a working life of 20 years will offer a net benefit within five to eight months of being brought online.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreIce in fuel cells imaged directly for the first time
Researchers have succeeded in imaging the distribution of frozen and liquid water in a hydrogen fuel cell directly for the first time. The method opens up the prospect of studying one of the main problems of using fuel cells to power vehicles: ice can clog the pores in the fuel cells and affect their performance.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreEU-project applies green technologies to decontaminate soil
The LIFE I+DARTS project aims to address this problem by developing a protocol to enable the recovery of soils contaminated with Arsenic and heavy metals in former mining and industrial sites.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreMathematical model powers electrical buses up for less (w/video)
Scientists have developed a mathematical model to minimize the infrastructure and operational costs of the TOSA ultra-rapid rechargeable electric bus system.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreAn operational tool for building sustainability assessment
A new version of SmeO, the tool specifically developed for assessing the sustainability of construction projects in Switzerland, is available now.
Jun 16th, 2014
Read moreTesla gives up patents to 'open source movement'
Electric carmaker Tesla announced on Thursday it was giving up its patents to 'the open source movement' to help spur electric vehicle technology.
Jun 12th, 2014
Read moreA new solution for storing hydrogen fuel for alternative energy
Scientists report a new solid, stable material that can pack in a large amount of hydrogen that can be used as a fuel.
Jun 12th, 2014
Read moreGreening our cities
Solutions to halving energy consumption, costs and greenhouse emissions in cities may be on the horizon, as long as partners find suitable ways to cooperate.
Jun 11th, 2014
Read moreSnowballs to soot: The clumping density of many things seems to be a standard
Particles of soot floating through the air and comets hurtling through space have at least one thing in common: 0.36. That, reports a research group, is the measure of how dense they will get under normal conditions, and it's a value that seems to be constant for similar aggregates across an impressively wide size range from nanometers to tens of meters.
Jun 11th, 2014
Read moreNREL finds up to 6-cent per kilowatt-hour extra value with concentrated solar power
Concentrating Solar Power projects would add additional value of 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt hour to utility-scale solar energy in California where 33 percent renewables will be mandated in six years, a new report by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found.
Jun 10th, 2014
Read moreSopcawind, a multidisciplinary tool for designing wind farms (w/video)
The SOPCAWIND tool is a piece of software that facilitates the design of wind farms, bearing in mind not only the aspects of energy productivity but also the possible impact the wind farm may have on the environment, radars or other telecommunications systems in the vicinity. It also assesses acoustic noise, the effect of shadow on nearby housing, and applies criteria for heritage protection or clearance from transport networks and certain facilities.
Jun 10th, 2014
Read moreHow much fertilizer is too much for the climate?
Helping farmers around the globe apply more-precise amounts of nitrogen-based fertilizer can help combat climate change. In a new study, researchers provide an improved prediction of nitrogen fertilizer's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields.
Jun 9th, 2014
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