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Sensing evolution

Envirotec Magazine

As global awareness of the impact of poor air quality grows, so too does the demand for monitoring. The increasing prevalence of air quality monitoring in legislation, as well as with respect to corporate/social responsibility is driving the transition of air quality monitoring from a “nice to have” to a firmer commercial proposition.

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Powering ahead securely: Why EV charging stations need better protection

Smart Energy International

Jeff Hutchins, president and chief technology officer at EOS Linx, writes on the electric vehicle (EV) landscape and how its booming growth necessitates, now more than ever, a renewed focus on cybersecurity measures. Electric vehicles are the future. They’re not monitored by utility workers who are always on-premise.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. The former U.K.

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Urban wood burning is soaring, with 18,000 complaints but only 3 fines

Envirotec Magazine

Campaigners have written to the Health Secretary to call for wood stoves to be phased out by 2027. Graham Turnbull, who lives in Sheffield, said: “I live in Sheffield where the air pollution level is around the World Health Organisation limit. Every day I read about a new area of human health impacted by ultra fine dust (PM2.5)

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Green Realtor® Guide: Marketing Eco-Friendly Homes and Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

As a green realtor® passionate about the planet’s future and our own, you can play an important role in delivering the message of sustainability to homeowners and support a greener, healthier real estate industry. Energy efficiency. Green, non-toxic building materials. Home renewable energy systems. Resource conservation.

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Women innovators celebrated as C40 tech challenge winners announced

Envirotec Magazine

The winners were: Lorena Gordillo Dagallier from Cambridge (UK) who successfully pitched her initiative “open-seneca”- a mobile air quality sensor network that will be installed throughout the city alongside educational workshops. Uniquely the monitors’ data is captured and recorded by volunteer ‘citizen scientists.’

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Greentown Labs Announces the Healthy Buildings Challenge with Saint-Gobain and MassCEC

Greentown Labs

That’s why today, Greentown Labs and Saint-Gobain, with support from MassCEC, have launched the Greentown Launch Healthy Buildings Challenge , seeking applications from startups with buildings-related technologies that optimize for the health of people and the climate, together. Somerville, Mass., June 15 at 1:00 p.m.