Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

London-based chemical technology firm Puraffinity has developed an innovative approach to eliminating PFAS from water supplies, with funding from Innovate UK. The project was supported by Analysis for Innovators (A4I), a grant funding programme which gives businesses access to cutting-edge R&D and expertise.

Innovation 244

Innovation Health Pollution Technology 244

GreenBiz

JUNE 20, 2024

Featuring all-electric systems, water reuse and innovative solar power, these buildings improve “the health and resilience of economies, cultures, and people.”

Solar Power 376

Solar Power Resilience Health Innovation 376

GreenBiz

APRIL 2, 2020

The hunger for alternative protein and non-synthetic approaches to cultivation are inspiring new innovation recipes for animal health and aquaculture.

Health 375

Health Innovation 375

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

More than 220 of the world’s top public health and medical journals have published a joint plea for the global population to reduce carbon emissions immediately. Humanity already faces irreversible public health threats, the editors wrote. We can’t wait for the pandemic to end before we face the task of reducing emissions.

Health 226

Health Climate change Carbon 226

GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

The future of the fashion industry requires innovative circular systems. Yitzac has innovated again around the creation of a yarn system that allows us to produce stronger-than-traditional virgin yarns that are also higher performing than traditional synthetics. Nicole Pamani. Fri, 07/17/2020 - 00:15. But that can all be fixed.

Fashion 356

Fashion Innovation Recycling Recycling 356

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

As the offshore wind sector adjusts to working with increased physical separation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, G+ Global Offshore Wind Health & Safety Organisation, in partnership with ORE Catapult, KTN and the Workboat Association, has recognised five organisations for initiatives to improve operational safety.

Innovation 246

Innovation Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 246

Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 11, 2021

Global design practice Perkins and Will has raised the bar for sustainable campus design with the award-winning Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex.

Health 248

Health Education Sustainability 248

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Geo-Structural, whose SQYFlex blade access platform allows turbine technicians to carry out blade maintenance in adverse weather conditions, was proud winner of the Best Innovation Award for new technology products.

Innovation 263

Innovation Energy Energy Carbon 263

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A common misunderstanding over water fittings regulations in the UK is creating confusion over clean water equipment compliance and specification, and could be a barrier to innovation, says Paul Carrington, managing director, Aquacheck Engineering.

Innovation 242

Innovation Health Waste Waste 242

GreenBiz

JANUARY 31, 2020

Plus, chit-chat about animal welfare expert Temple Grandin and GM's vision for a future ride-hailing service.

Soil 314

Soil Health Biodiversity Agriculture 314

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We also witnessed the emergence of EOS technologies to provide real-time water quality, ecosystem health and flood prediction analytics from satellite data acquisition and analytics companies (such as Gybe , 52 Impact and Cloud to Street ). We don’t have the luxury of time to wait for innovative technologies and business models to scale.

Innovation 456

Innovation Climate change Technology Health 456

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

” CARB’s mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through the effective reduction of air pollutants while recognising and considering its effects on the economy. This year’s awardees reflect the necessary and diverse work that is needed to achieve clean air. ”

Pollution 278

Pollution Climate change Stormwater Health 278

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

A new survey from British Water points to an ongoing lack of innovation uptake by water companies and their delivery partners. Innovation was again the lowest scoring area in 2021 – at a time when regulator Ofwat is encouraging water companies to find new ways of working to address key issues, without increasing customer bills.

Innovation 243

Innovation Health Policy Government 243

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

Ofwat, the economic regulator of water services in England and Wales, has announced a new “open access” competition for innovators, in an apparent widening of the scope of its existing £200m Innovation Fund, and a bid to encourage more diverse ideas to transform water services. Current timeline for the fund.

Innovation 223

Innovation Resilience Carbon Climate change 223

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

The startup has created a recycling ecosystem tracked by blockchain where members receive a premium for the materials they collect, which in turn helps them provide basic family necessities such as groceries, school tuition and health insurance. Promote good health and wellbeing. Provide access to clean water. Shockingly, 2.2

Sustainability 491

Sustainability Blockchain Health Plastics 491

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 9, 2021

The University of Washington will soon welcome the brand-new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, a modern and stunning facility that will serve as a major hub for the campus. The 300,000-square-foot building was designed by the Miller Hull Partnership to provide space for researchers, students and faculty to work and study together.

Health 204

Health Education 204

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Many people and municipalities turn to road salt to de-ice wintry streets and sidewalks. Unfortunately, road salt poses serious environmental risks.

Health 256

Health 256

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Although the global COVID-19 outbreak is first and foremost an existential public health threat, it also likely represents the dawn of an economic "new world order" and a reshaping of the global economy. Transparency leads to accountability, accountability drives innovation and innovation is key to resilience. Pull Quote.

Resilience 446

Resilience Innovation Health Retail 446

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Previous research has suggested that these microbial communities, called plastispheres, include potential pathogens, and thus might pose a risk to human health and the environment when treated wastewater and sludge are released. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter spp., that persist through treatment processes.

Microplastics 130

Microplastics Plastics Health Waste 130

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

EIC’s Air Quality Taskforce, which aims to explore the ways in which technology and innovation can help society tackle dangerous air pollution, wants to ensure that local leaders have access to all the resources they need to develop and implement measures which improve public health outcomes for people living in their areas.

Health 282

Health Innovation Pollution Government 282

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The use of hemp as a material is gaining speed across industries, including health and beauty, textiles, food and more. One of the newest hemp innovations is using it as a form of building insulation. One of the industries that now utilizes it is in construction.

Sustainability 277

Sustainability Health Construction Innovation 277

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Spring, a group which supports innovation in the UK and Ireland water sector, has launched its third innovation accelerator challenge and is calling for innovators from all backgrounds to apply. The Spring Accelerator 3, sponsored by ECAS – Environmental Compliance & Services, is open to all innovators.

Innovation 147

Innovation Health 147

Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These powerful models drive innovative technologies like ChatGPT and are reshaping our approach to intricate data challenges. Taken with rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and strikingly low levels of carbon absorption , monitoring our planets health is increasingly vital as people around the world are impacted.

Building Energy Monitoring 111

Building Energy Monitoring Policy Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 111

Jim Conca

MARCH 24, 2021

As of 3/20, VHA has delivered over 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given to over 2 million veterans, VA employees, health care workers and support personnel, this out of about 9 million veterans enrolled in the VA health care programs and about 400,000 employees at the agency.

Health 346

Health Innovation Energy Energy 346

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Futuristic advancements in AI and health care stole the limelight at the tech extravaganza Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024. However, battery technology is the game-changer at the heart of these innovations, enabling greater power efficiency.

Electric vehicle 262

Electric vehicle Health Innovation Batteries 262

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems. Pull Quote.

Seafood 513

Seafood Startups Health Sustainability 513

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

An electronic nose to sniff out soil health that will deliver results to a farmer’s phone in five minutes is being developed by PES Technologies. The electronic nose also provides an objective and consistent measurement of soil health over time. Jim Bailey of PES Technology at the Agri-TechE REAP Conference 2023.

Soil 147

Soil Health Organic Agriculture 147

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. The approach answers a call for better ways of conducting non-targeted chemical analysis (i.e.,

Health 130

Health Energy Monitor Asia Innovation 130

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

A seemingly world-first collaboration is bringing recycled and reusable PPE visors to UK health workers and NGOs in the Dominican Republic. ” “From the beginning of the pandemic Heroes has believed that the only sustainable means to provide PPE given global demand is to ensure all innovative PPE we fund is reusable.

Plastics 353

Plastics Pollution Waste Waste 353

Jim Conca

JULY 16, 2020

Contrary to decades of anecdotal reports, the study concluded that there were no statistically significant occurrence of cancers or adverse health effects from radiation among these soldiers. A new study reports on 114,270 nuclear weapons test participants that were followed for up to 65 years.

Health 365

Health Innovation Energy Energy 365

GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

"When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Correcting these market failures in order to spur rapid innovation in the blue economy is one of OCAP’s top priorities.

Sustainability 541

Sustainability Seafood Sea level rise Health 541

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

The Toranomon-Azabudai Project, a collaboration between several design firms, is a modern urban village built with nature and humans at its core and business on the perimeter.

Health 193

Health 193

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

The winner of the Digital Innovation and Technology award, sponsored by Ringway, was Drones Data and Artificial Intelligence submitted by Transport for West Midlands. The judges felt that it showed a different way of applying existing technology and demonstrated an innovative approach.

Innovation 162

Innovation Government Transportation Biodiversity 162

GreenBiz

JULY 24, 2020

Now, Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy is partnering with Walmart, CVS Health and Target to address that problem. By coming together to tackle the problem, we aim to accelerate the pace of innovation and the commercialization of sustainable solutions. "A 3, will seek innovative ways to "reinvent" the retail bag.

Plastics 377

Plastics Retail Waste Waste 377

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Core to this strategy is keeping the benefit of building electrification in these communities — creating jobs, improving health and saving households money. Financial innovations are as important as technological innovations. Early technologies are expensive and can have bugs, which can scare away early adopters.

Natural gas 349

Natural gas Innovation Health Technology 349

Charged

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Qnovo , which provides battery software for e-mobility, has unveiled its SentinelX battery health and safety solution designed to protect passenger and commercial EV operators. Battery safety must guide every step of electric vehicle innovation. Source: Qnovo

Batteries 98

Batteries Automotive Health Lithium 98

Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 16, 2020

With an increased use of masks, gloves, wipes and paper towels, it is important for our health and our environment to dispose of these items properly.

Health 341

Health 341