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takes its name from the aurora borealis and is inspired by the physics that power the northern lights.Luminescent part...
27/11/2020

takes its name from the aurora borealis and is inspired by the physics that power the northern lights.

Luminescent particles in the atmosphere absorb high energy particles like ultraviolet or gamma rays, before degrading and reemitting them as visible light.

Engineering student Carvey Ehren Maigue has been named the James Dyson Awards first-ever global sustainability winner for his AuReus system, in which waste crops are turned into cladding that can generate clean energy from ultraviolet light.

The 2.0 program will empower building professionals to design and construct higher performance, healthier, more home...
22/11/2020

The 2.0 program will empower building professionals to design and construct higher performance, healthier, more homes at a fraction of the cost.

Rashkin and Green Builder Media announce the Housing 2.0 Program, a wide-ranging engagement and education program dedicated to optimizing the housing sector.

A new bioinspired material is here to overtake petroleum-based plastics. A team led by Prof. Shu-Hong Yu from the Univer...
21/11/2020

A new bioinspired material is here to overtake petroleum-based plastics.

A team led by Prof. Shu-Hong Yu from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) reports a method to manufacture materials with similar structure as nacre from wood-derived fiber and mica, with adaption to mass production, good processability, and tunable coloration.

Modern life relies closely on plastics, even though the petroleum-based production creates serious environmental challenges. The industry opts out to use sustainable materials due to their limited mechanical properties or complex manufacturing processes. An advanced strategy to design and produce hi

This urban macro farm specializes in creating artificial environments for growing rare and unique for local restaurant...
21/11/2020

This urban macro farm specializes in creating artificial environments for growing rare and unique for local restaurants and grocers. Each environment gets strategic temperature, humidity, and lighting adjustments throughout the day.

The team cultivates unique varieties like lion’s mane, pink oysters, and royal trumpets in their macrofarm, while also using mini farms in buildings all across

You can find lion’s mane, royal trumpets, and blue oysters at NYC’s only mushroom farm

Today, Wu believes there is finally an opening to conserve the last of B.C.’s unprotected old-growth forests, which are ...
21/11/2020

Today, Wu believes there is finally an opening to conserve the last of B.C.’s unprotected old-growth forests, which are essential to Indigenous cultures, supply clean water and carbon storage, and support wild salmon and major tourism and recreation industries.

Ancient forest advocates are weary of political promises that have so far been unable to slow the pace of clearcut logging in B.C. Here’s how visionaries think the province should move forward to protect beloved trees and critical habitat while making good on commitments to uphold Indigenous right...

Many volunteers signed up when the garden was installed last year. I meet David Taylor, who comes for the zen atmosphere...
15/11/2020

Many volunteers signed up when the garden was installed last year.

I meet David Taylor, who comes for the zen atmosphere and the opportunity to develop new skills.

For Emily, it is an escape from the office desk;

Helen, like many others, enjoys the social camaraderie and Stuart-Smith’s ever-morphing planting progression. “It’s just marvellous,” she says.

“Nothing is ever the same as the previous month – it’s always different and always interesting.”

This autumn the team are adding a staggering 50,000 bulbs, including narcissi, scillas, chionodoxas and tulips, bulking up those planted the previous year.

A riot of colour in autumn, the modernist garden came into its own this spring during lockdown

Investors appear convinced that electric vehicles are the future. With EV pe*******on expected to explode, it’s worth as...
15/11/2020

Investors appear convinced that electric vehicles are the future. With EV pe*******on expected to explode, it’s worth asking: Is there as enough electricity generating capacity around the globe to meet growing demand?

The EV-charging business should be a growth business for years.

He has produced enough veg from the patch outside his flat that he hasn't bought a single fruit or veg from the supermar...
15/11/2020

He has produced enough veg from the patch outside his flat that he hasn't bought a single fruit or veg from the supermarket since lockdown began in March.

And thanks to his Italian grandmother's secret recipes, he's turned lots of it into delicious pasta sauces to see him through winter - alongside veg he's sorting too.

He started growing his own organic produce in March

Biking went mainstream virtually overnight, and cities such as Paris and Milan pushed the notion of “the 15-minute city,...
14/11/2020

Biking went mainstream virtually overnight, and cities such as Paris and Milan pushed the notion of “the 15-minute city,” where all of life’s necessities are within a 15-minute reach by foot or bike.

The concept will trigger profound economic and social change if it catches on.

In Europe, cycling caught on in a big way this year as COVID-19 discouraged cars and crowded public transit. Some cities' leaders hope to make the habit permanent and make congestion a thing of the past

In comparison to traditional air compressor technology that uses rotating screws placed side by side to generate compres...
07/11/2020

In comparison to traditional air compressor technology that uses rotating screws placed side by side to generate compressed air, the Vert technology places one conical rotor inside another.

The rotors turn in the same direction at different speeds compressing the air or gas as it travels down the conical screw to deliver a “low noise, low vibration compressed air solution” that is still capable of producing exceptionally high pressures.

An Edinburgh-based company behind a revolutionary compressor design is looking to raise £3 million as it gears up for volume production.

Hempcrete is nothing new. The first known use of it was roughly 1,500 years ago, when, in India, it was used to create B...
31/10/2020

Hempcrete is nothing new.

The first known use of it was roughly 1,500 years ago, when, in India, it was used to create Buddhist places of worship, and the Romans built a mortar bridge from a 6th-century version of the material.

Getty (Photographer: Todd Korol/Bloomberg) You’ve probably had a fever dream about living in a cannabis house (don’t lie.) But what if you actually could? Seriously, there’s a way to build a house with w**d, and it doesn’t involve sewing leaves together at a h**p farm. It’s done with h**pc...

A large-scale free-range meat chicken farm has invested in extensive solar and battery systems.It is also turning straw ...
31/10/2020

A large-scale free-range meat chicken farm has invested in extensive solar and battery systems.

It is also turning straw and manure from chicken sheds into profitable compost

This 10-million-bird chicken farm has slashed its power bill and reduced its CO2 emissions by 1,500 tonnes after installing one of agriculture's most extensive solar and battery systems.

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