Industrial Symbiosis Systems

24/7 solar towers could double energy output

Circularity, Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

If you want to improve the output of solar energy systems, why not also run them at night? That’s the question researchers in Qatar and Jordan addressed as they successfully devised a system that promises to more than double energy output of current solar power stations.

Newly developed floating trash interceptor cleans up river

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To reduce marine debris, which causes serious environmental pollution in the sea, researchers at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) have developed a technology for reducing floating debris in rivers.

Researchers use wood materials to create reliable organic solar cells

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

One of nature’s most common organic materials—lignin—can be used to create stable and environmentally friendly organic solar cells. Researchers at Linköping University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have now shown that untreated kraft lignin can be used to make solar cells even more environmentally friendly and reliable. The study has been published in the journal Advanced Materials.

Two-system model combines desalination and energy storage

Circularity, Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

Cornell engineers have refined a model that not only cultivates green energy, but also desalinates ocean water for large, drought-stricken coastal populations.

Study outlines cost, energy savings of switching from fluorescent lamps to LEDs

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

LED lighting is up to 44% more efficient than 4-foot fluorescent tubes, according to a University of Michigan study.

South Africa pioneered plans to transition to renewable energy—what went wrong

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

South Africa’s experience in piloting a new type of climate finance vehicle can inform debates about how to fund a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Australian homes can be made climate-ready, reducing bills and emissions: A new report shows how

Circularity, Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

Millions of homes were built before Australia introduced housing energy efficiency standards in 2003. They’re leaky. Gaps around windows, doors and between building materials allow air to move in and out. So people tend to compensate, with more heating and cooling. It’s costly and damaging for the environment.

We need a global policy to encourage low-carbon construction, researcher says

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International collaboration to create standards and policies for the construction industry is vital to bring down the industry’s carbon footprint, argues Professor Matti Kuittinen of Aalto University in a paper published in Buildings & Cities.

Report: Key measures could slash predicted 2050 emissions from cooling sector

Business, Circularity, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

Taking key measures to reduce the power consumption of cooling equipment would cut at least 60 percent off predicted 2050 sectoral emissions, provide universal access to life-saving cooling, take the pressure off energy grids and save trillions of dollars by 2050, according to a new report published during the COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

Building blocks? Cutting pollution from steel, concrete and aluminum

Circularity, Energy & Green Tech, Industrial Symbiosis Systems, Technology / By Garde

They hold modern life together in everything from airplane parts to apartment blocks, but steel, concrete and aluminum come with a hefty climate cost that the world could be paying for decades.