On 22 April 2015, it is world Earth Day. The idea is to raise awareness of the need to rely on renewable energy. The EU requires its member states to provide a a 27% share of renewable energies by 2030—up from a 23.3% ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 22, 2015
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Making substantial reductions in energy demand, green house gas emissions and incorporating renewable technologies at district and city level is a tricky task. A new community of cities is discovering real solutions with ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 2, 2015
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A new modelling platform can create scenarios designed to show the environmental impact of retrofitted buildings. It also helps calculate the expected reductions in energy consumption and the related costs of refurbishing. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 1, 2015
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New technologies could soon bring more effective ways of harvesting solar power. That is the case with small size concentrated solar power, or CSP. It is a relatively new technology compared to the more mature photovoltaic ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 25, 2015
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Making a city or district energy smart is, first and foremost, an exercise in good planning. However, such green planning tools are still in their infancy. The trouble is that every city is different, every district unique. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 30, 2015
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Passive technologies can maximise primary energy reduction and economic investment in existing buildings
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2015
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How can electric cars increase their driving range before they need to stop and recharge? Traditional batteries cannot keep up with the high storage demand but the complete redesign of lithium ion batteries open up new possibilities
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 14, 2015
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Retrofitting existing buildings with adequate cutting-edge technologies is thought to guarantees spectacular energy savings, by about 50%. The objective of the EU funded project BRICKER is precisely to demonstrate such possibility. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 14, 2015
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Understanding which extreme weather events may have caused problems in the past leads to assess the potential impact of future such events on infrastructures.
Environment
Jan 14, 2015
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By relying on district heating combined with heat and power production, municipalities in Sweden power their cities from renewable energy sources.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2015
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