Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. million UK homes are hazardous to health, with a cost to the NHS of more than £1 billion per year.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It brings increasing maintenance awareness of asset health and performance, thus reducing maintenance costs and unplanned downtime, says the firm, a part of NOV Inc. ” GoConnect can be user-customized and alert-configured to capture vibration, temperature and pressure to digitally monitor otherwise unidentifiable performance issues. .”

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2025

The project, MHYSTIC (New Materials and Methods for Hydrogen Transportation and Storage: Repurposing the Economic Future of the North Sea) will redeploy existing energy assets and skills towards developing innovations that will support the UKs hydrogen distribution network.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

million of new funding across nine new digital energy data projects has been announced by UK Research & Innovataion (UKRI). The non-departmental public body is awarding the funding through its ‘Modernising Energy Data Applications phase 1’ competition overseen by the Prospering From the Energy Revolution challenge.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A new study explores an apparently sustainable method of efficiently converting waste heat into electricity using certain wood products, while minimising costs and environmental impact. The study apparently shows that these membranes can convert waste heat into electricity by utilising the movement of charged atoms (ions) within the material.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Royal Mail has embarked on a six to nine-month trial of new tyres on a number of electric vehicles (EVs). Fifteen electric vans at the West London Delivery Office, near Wembley, will be fitted with the new tyres during the trial. If the trial is successful, its results may inform future purchasing decisions across Royal Mail’s fleet.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

EarthSense Zephyr monitors were employed in the study. Kate Barnard said: “With every breath we take, both our health and the economy suffer from the burdens of air pollution. Pollution measurements were supplemented by MappAir® modelling data, which provides context for locations where monitors have not been deployed.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2024

A compact, lightweight sensor system with infrared imaging capabilities could be easily fitted to a drone for remote crop monitoring, according to the group behind it. The prototype comprises a filter made with a thin layer of vanadium dioxide that can switch between edge detection and detailed infrared imaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So much is written about hospital waiting times and the many pressures that the health services are under, it is very easy to overlook the fact that there are also many positive activities taking place. To find out how Grundfos can assist your energy savings goals visit the URL below. www.grundfos.co.uk.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Smart water metering. The first two items: smart metering and leak detection, are more about building awareness of what’s happening, and supporting access to live to monitor water consumption and wastage. It could enable the introduction of bespoke water charges that depend on the usage in peak vs off-peak hours.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2021

Ireland’s first real-time acoustic monitoring project of cetacean species (whales, dolphins and porpoise) was launched last week off the South Coast of Ireland, with the goal of creating a near real-time detection model for these species and examining the impact rising ocean noise pollution is having on Ireland’s marine life.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Yorkshire Water’s £50M Energy & Recycling Facility in Huddersfield. At Yorkshire Water’s new £50M Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility (E&RF), the digester mixing system from Landia is ensuring that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192Nm3/d (normal cubic meter/day). www.landia.co.uk.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

The winners include Skyports Deliveries, who will use drones to improve island-to-island connectivity in the Orkney Islands, and Electric Assisted Vehicles, who are developing a four-wheel, electrically assisted lightweight delivery vehicle to help reduce road emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Built on the Microsoft Azure cloud-computing platform, InfoTiles aggregates real-time streamed data from internet of things (IoT) sensors through complex monitoring networks, connecting water and wastewater maintenance equipment, and integrating supervisory control & data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Schematic of how InfoTiles functions.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

They can also incorporate CCTV, air quality sensors, flooding monitors, digital signage, and 5G wifi hotspots. In Barcelona, the City Council has developed a camera-based solution attached to lampposts in the Las Ramblas area to ensure public health on beaches and implement crowd control measures to help tackle Covid.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Water security can be defined as the availability of a sufficient quantity and quality of water to sustain livelihoods, health, socio-economic development and ecosystems. This has prompted growth in high-intensity monitoring systems that generate enormous volumes of data.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Anonymised data from the O2 mobile phone network is being used as part of a series of new government-funded trials to help Thames Valley local authorities (LAs) plan improvements to air quality, public health, road surfaces, traffic flow and energy infrastructure. Funded by the Department for Transport through the £22.9m

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

New tool will help census oceans from surface to seafloor, monitor fish, track shifting marine life due to climate change, around coral reefs, aquaculture or wind farms, oil rigs, and more. Humanity is seemingly a step closer to answering one of the most ancient of questions – “how many fish in the sea?” ” Adds Dr. .

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2024

Image credit: Connected Energy. By Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, a firm with expertise in using batteries for energy storage. Indeed, the global energy storage market is set to grow by 21% annually to 2030, according to BNEF while concerns over the supply of critical minerals to manufacture new batteries persist.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The method could shape new regulations, protecting public health from hidden chemical risks, suggest the authors. This innovative approach could inform new regulations to better protect public health. Additionally, they found compounds associated with possible health risks, such as phthalates, nitrogenous compounds, and parabens.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Potential applications include air quality analysis and patient health screening. Some of the sensors are commercially available devices, and were selected for their low energy consumption. The sensitivities available are determined by the characteristics of the metal-oxide semiconductor technology and operating conditions.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The Environment Act 2021 provides powers for the Scottish Government to develop regulations to introduce a digital waste tracking service in Scotland, which will be implemented by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). We are clear in what we expect of businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to specialist companies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A new hardware-free platform for maximising wind turbine health and availability – Windscope – launched on 10 October, following a successful 9-month beta testing phase. However, numerous obstacles continue to frustrate the ambitions of asset managers to roll out advanced health monitoring approaches across their fleets. “One

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Northern Gas Networks is leading the project with partners Cadent, Scottish Gas Networks, Wales & West Utilities, National Grid, DNV GL and the Health and Safety Executive’s science division. The project is part of H21, a Network Innovation Competition project sponsored by Ofgem.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Launch of the first large-scale environmental DNA project using citizen science to monitor the health of rivers. eDNA is very powerful for identifying invasive species before they establish and conserving rare and endangered species before they become extinct.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The transmission line-monitoring startup saw its electric utility customers bracing for a period of economic uncertainty, and its team had to transition to remote work while adjusting to the realities of a pandemic. In January 2021, it was named one of three energy startups to watch by pv magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Four out of every five pods, including 90% of schools in the network, are on track to exceed World Health Organisation (WHO) annual guidelines for PM2.5, which is linked to a wide range of adverse health effects. Health guidelines. Small airborne particles like dust, soot and drops of liquids can create PM. Polluting traffic.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21 per cent in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. Other key findings from the Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Proper e-waste management can help mitigate global warming. A record 53.6 kg respectively. Mt, and 0.9

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Wearable gas sensor concept: Such a device might be used to monitor environmental and medical conditions (image credit: Cheng Lab/Penn State). When they apply an electrical current to the silver, the gas sensing region will locally heat up due to significantly larger electrical resistance, eliminating the need for a separate heater.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

Defra did not give local authorities additional money specifically to monitor or enforce on-site gains4. However, government expects that local authorities can also generate income from BNG legal agreements, which can fund monitoring and enforcement work. Local authorities have discretion in how they enforce planning regulations.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 13, 2023

Businesses operating their own boiler, engine or generator for heat or power urged to check if they must register with SEPA Businesses that have been operating their own boiler, engine or generator for the production of heat or power are being urged to check whether they need to register with Scotland’s environment regulator as soon as possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The safe utilisation of Li-ion batteries is a key concern for the developers of equipment such as electric vehicles, e-bikes, mobile phones and laptops. Conveniently, EMC can be detected by ION Science’s PID, so the developers of monitoring systems and equipment are able to design technologies that utilise ION’s MiniPID sensors.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Unfortunately, these ubiquitous “forever chemicals” do not break down in the body and are linked to harmful health effects in humans and animals. Due to widespread use in industrial settings, fertilizers and commercial products that end up in landfills, PFAS seep into groundwater and drinking water supplies.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Unfortunately, these compounds have been shown to negatively impact ecological and human health, particularly because they can bioaccumulate up the food chain and affect development in children, increase risk of cancer, contribute to elevated cholesterol levels, interfere with women’s fertility and weaken immune systems.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

AQMesh – the most proven range of small sensor air quality monitoring stations – is being offered in a package tailored specifically to local councils to not only help answer this very important question but also to make the most of any budgets dedicated to tackling air pollution.

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