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How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US

GreenBiz

How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US. From cardboard boxes delivered to our doors to home appliances, nearly everything comes from industrial processes. Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from industry.

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From Pilot to Permanent: Green Mountain Power’s Home Battery Network Is Here to Stay

GreenTechMedia

Vermont utility Green Mountain Power not only verified the efficacy of residential batteries for meeting grid needs, it saved its customers millions of dollars with them. It already has not a couple hundred, but 2,567 utility-controlled Powerwall batteries sitting in customer homes, adding up to around 13 megawatts.

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Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity

GreenBiz

That trend is the motivation for a "significant strategic investment" this week — the amount isn’t being disclosed — by investment firm Closed Loop Partners in ERI, the largest IT recycling and refurbishment company in the United States. . Two other data points to mull, courtesy of the Global E-waste Monitor : Researchers figure just 17.4

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Comment: Smart water reuse and flood management technology “could be a vital strategic water asset”

Envirotec Magazine

Water infrastructure planners should aim to exploit emergent digitally-controlled rainwater storage and recycling technologies to contribute substantially to water demand reduction targets, as well as reducing flood and pollution risks, say experts. Proven successes already. “In

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Solvent recycling boost at Veolia’s Garston plant

Envirotec Magazine

Effective recycling of these used solvents, waste paint thinners and solvent-based paint, will create new products as an alternative to virgin solvents, says the firm, so that they can be used again in industries including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, paint, agrochemicals and cement manufacture.

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

Green Business Bureau

Realtors® and Home Buyers Going Green. 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. There is also a growing number of homebuyers desiring green homes.

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£80m boost to help UK businesses tackle carbon emissions

Envirotec Magazine

The UK government announced the disbursement of over £80 million funding on 28 June, intended to give a boost to a range of projects geared towards ditching fossil fuels in favour of cleaner energy sources. Projects include hydrogen-powered cornflake production and low-carbon Scottish whisky distillation. million from the government.