RESTON, Virgina, July 31, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – The health care sector accounts for about 4.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Burning fossil fuels to operate hospitals and clinics 24/7, producing the medicines, medical devices, food, and equipment to provide health care has been releasing heat-trapping greenhouse gases, but now a new readiness in the industry to curb those emissions is emerging.
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TOKYO, Japan, July 25, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – Is the machinery in your facility radiating too much heat? Is it dangerous for workers? Is it heating up the building, which then requires cooling? Excess heat from mechanical or electronic devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. Now, researchers in Tokyo are demonstrating embedded sensors to monitor the flow of heat that could help engineers alter device behavior or design to improve efficiency.
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GHENT, Belgium, July 9, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – To meet society’s growing need for renewable energy, scientists and engineers are exploring the potential of adding offshore solar power generation to existing offshore wind farms.
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PARIS, France, June 25, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – US$ 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023 – a record amount. And US$ 1.7 trillion of that, more than half the total, is expected to go into clean energy technologies, with solar power set to eclipse oil production for the first time, finds the latest World Energy Investment report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Relating to and applying things from extraordinary people or situations to our own can be tough. Yet, when it comes to resilience, we can learn a lot from these legends to deal with what feels like an uncertain world.
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The multitude of nongovernmental and private sector organizations throughout the world working toward climate stability can take heart – coalition-building is proving to be a successful and exciting strategy for motivating action on a national level.
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Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne discusses the technology surrounding biodegradable plastics, and how Polymateria’s biotransformation technology could see applications in everyday household items.
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SYDNEY, Australia, May 30, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – Ordinary indoor plants can efficiently remove toxic gasoline fumes from indoor air new reseach conducted in Sydney has shown. University of Technology Sydney bioremediation researcher Fraser Torpy partnered with international plantscaping solutions company Ambius for the study; researchers from both organizations are excited about how quickly indoor plants can remove petrol vapors from indoor air.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 26, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – A cold beer at the end of a hot day tastes mighty good. When most people enjoy a cold one, the energy efficiency and carbon footprint of the brewery that made the pint at their lips rarely crosses their minds. But that’s not true of Ken Grossman. Energy efficiency is top of mind for him.
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – These days President Joe Biden says, “I’m not joking, folks,” a lot. With all his friendly kidding around, the U.S. President is serious about many things, and supplying buildings in American cities with cleaner energy, particularly federal government buildings, is close to the top of his list.
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NEW YORK, New York, April 30, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – At The Glasshouse event space in New York City on Thursday, the dignitaries and activists, journalists and diplomats attending the Global Citizen NOW summit celebrated as Nkosana Butholenkosi Masuku, 28, of Zimbabwe, received a US$250,000 grant as the winner of the 2023 Cisco Youth Leadership Award.
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The European Commission welcomes a political agreement on the ReFuelEU Aviation proposal. The rules will help decarbonize the aviation sector.
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WASHINGTON, DC, April 22, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – Earth Day is held each year on April 22 to show support for environmental protection. It started small on April 22, 1970, and now includes hundreds of events coordinated globally by Earthday.org, working with 150,000+ partners in 193 countries to build environmental democracy. The official theme for Earth Day 2023 is Invest In Our Planet. One billion people are expected to participate.
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Plants are not silent as most people believe, but the sounds they make are ultrasonic, too low for the hearing range of the human ear, new research shows. “An idyllic field of flowers can be a rather noisy place. It’s just that we can’t hear the sounds!” Professor Lilach Hadany from Tel Aviv University said with a smile, as the landmark research she led was published this week in the journal “Cell.”
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