The ‘world’s first artificial leaves’ that incorporate chloroplasts extracted from plants to produce oxygen could be used to keep astronauts breathing on long space journeys.
August 8, 2014
Category Archives: Energy efficiency and useful effect
June 19, 2014
Tesla puts electric car patents into public domain
Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has released all its patents to the public domain in a bid to accelerate development of electric vehicle technology.
June 10, 2014
Facebook Looking Into Buying Drone Maker Titan Aerospace
Facebook, one of the primary backers of the Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people in the world who still lack connectivity, is in talks with a company that could help further that agenda.
June 10, 2014
Germany Sets New Record
On 11th of May 2014, Germany’s impressive streak of renewable energy milestones continued, with renewable energy generation surging to a record portion — nearly 75 percent — of the country’s overall electricity demand by midday. In the first quarter of 2014, renewable energy sources met a record 27 percent of the country’s electricity demand, thanks to additional installations and favorable weather.
May 23, 2014
Transport Learning project
Transport Learning was an EU-project, which ran from 2011 to 2013. It was designed to support practitioners to develop better solutions for urban transport systems in order to improve citizens’ mobility. The main objective of Transport Learning was to create knowledge and capacity on sustainable transport policies and measures in municipalities of Europe’s convergence regions.
May 19, 2014
LEED green building certification program
May 9, 2014
BREEAM environmental assessment method
BREEAM is the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, with 250,000 buildings with certified BREEAM assessment ratings and over a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990.
May 6, 2014
Green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.
May 6, 2014
Tesla Motors Inc. in China
Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), the electric-car maker, starts delivering its luxury sedans in China this month and said the company’s co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk.
May 5, 2014
US Navy research: Space-based solar power
Using space-based solar power to meet our energy needs on Earth is not a new idea. Dr. Peter Glaser of Arthur D. Little, Inc. described a space-based solar-power satellite concept in 1968, one year before Neal Armstrong walked on the Moon.
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