We have a waste plastic problem but EiD was not expecting to see it used for resurfacing roads. Tom Bawden writes on The i newsletter about latest developments. Why plastic roads could be the future Carrier bags, bottles and nappies will be used to resurface roads and fill potholes across Cumbria – leading a … Continue reading New waste-plastic enhanced bitumen is also cheaper, stronger, longer lasting and more flexible than standard bitumen to resurface roads and fill potholes
Seeking sustainable urban living
Geert Groot Koerkamp provides a good article on the Deutsche Welle website about the rapid construction underway in Moscow to accommodate the burgeoning population, putting a strain on the environment and rural communities. As we are urbanising globally, it is important to step back and look at the impacts. High-rise mania overshadows Moscow's suburban … Continue reading Seeking sustainable urban living
The role our buildings can play in addressing climate change
In Europe, improving the energy performance of our buildings is identified a high priority in our energy and climate objectives. It is instructive to see what is happening in other countries. Meg Holden, Professor and Director, Urban Studies and Professor of Geography and Rebecca Holt, Senior Sustainable Building Advisor, Perkins+Will and Member of SFU Urban … Continue reading The role our buildings can play in addressing climate change
The energy efficiency sector is an important job creator in Australia
It is important that we see analysis on job creation in sustainable energy. This is encouraging analysis coming from Australia, as explained by Rob Murray-Leach in an article on the Renew Economy website. Rob is head of policy at the Energy Efficiency Council. Energy efficiency employs more people than coal, oil or gas: report … Continue reading The energy efficiency sector is an important job creator in Australia
The collapse of the UK’s nuclear power plans provides an opportunity to think again
Some day policy makers are going to realise that Bob Dylan is right, the answer my friends is blowing in the wind. Okay, or the sun . . . David Toke, Reader in Energy Policy at the University of Aberdeen analyses the current situation in Britain with companies pulling out from investing and building planned … Continue reading The collapse of the UK’s nuclear power plans provides an opportunity to think again
Improving modelling in the renewable energy sector
The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has begun an effort to improve its ability to model deployments of variable renewable energy sources across the U.S. power grid. This effort has begot two papers as of yet – one a broad analysis of how four specific models work and how to improve them, and the second … Continue reading Improving modelling in the renewable energy sector
Energy storage is turning into big business
We are reading more and more about how energy storage is making great strides forward. Fereidoon Sioshansi writes on the CleanTechnica website about how energy storage is becoming the next game changer. Energy Storage: Next Game Changer Everybody agrees that storage is turning into big business, and soon, but exactly how big and how … Continue reading Energy storage is turning into big business
Why one First Nations clean energy specialist finally accepted Canada’s highest honour
Many countries have some form of honour system for good works for their society. There are several examples in many countries for recognition of such efforts in the field of sustainable energy. This article by Judith Sayers (Kekinusuqs), an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria in Business and Environmental Studies and from the Hupacasath … Continue reading Why one First Nations clean energy specialist finally accepted Canada’s highest honour
Child health experts say public needs to be better informed about scale of air pollution crisis
With all the attention in the press, it is hard to believe that parents are still nonchalant about the impact of air pollution on their children. This article by Matthew Taylor in The Guardian is about the UK but it could be about most countries. How do we raise enough awareness for changes in attitudes … Continue reading Child health experts say public needs to be better informed about scale of air pollution crisis
Novel method for new generation of cheaper solar cells
A Polish physicist has come forward with a new way to produce cheaper solar cells. Olga Malinkiewicz has developed a novel inkjet processing method for perovskites -- a new generation of cheaper solar cells -- that makes it possible to produce solar panels under lower temperatures, thus sharply reducing costs. The news agency AFP wrote … Continue reading Novel method for new generation of cheaper solar cells
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 