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UPS Pushing Carbon Neutral Shipping To Customers
Jul 28th
UPS was already working hard at making its clients greener via its Eco Responsible Packaging Program but now it’s pushing carbon neutral shipping to companies. This means that your company can ship guilt free via UPS. This is how it works – you pack the stuff you want to ship, choose the carbon neutral shipping
EADS Flies An Aircraft On Algae Based Fuel Successfully
Jul 23rd
Remember the Algae based jet fuel that was supplied to the US Navy for testing? Well, EADS – makers of Airbus have successfully flown an aircraft fueled entirely by an algae based biofuel. The aircraft – Diamond DA 42 New Generation is a small twin prop airplane. The company claims that the aircraft can be dubbed “low emission”. Yeah,we know that – if you are taking off 85% of the emission from the equation, it is indeed a low emission plane.Images of the plane after the break.
Sustainability: Algae Based Jet Fuel For The US Navy!
Jul 19th
Oh well, another feather in US Navy’s cap this one is. Continuing with its tradition of incubating and promoting high end sustainable technologies, the US Navy has just been supplied with 1500 gallons of jet fuel derived from Algae. The company that manufactured this fuel – Solazyme, has many other algal-based fuels to its credit,
Sustainability: Dept Of Energy Builds A Net Zero Energy Building
Jul 7th
If you thought the Chinese were the only ones constructing sustainable buildings, the Dept. Of Energy has some surprise in store for you. The Research Support Building of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been hard at work constructing a net zero energy consumption building right here in the US. What this means is that the building can stay off the power grid entirely. The building runs completely on renewable energy. Image of the building after the break.
Your Parcel Box Could Now Grow 100 Tress
Jul 3rd
We have all ordered on amazon.com, loads of boxes come in with all out holiday gifts. But what do you do with those boxes? Throw it away? Well, this new “box” called the Lifebox can help you get rid of the throwing-away-a-cardboard-box “guilt” if you may. The box is lined with about 100 seeds. So when you throw the box away into your garden you will see a lot of seed sprout, and grow. Just make sure you nourish them so that they actually grow into trees. Lifebox claims that they have already places about 4.5 million seeds in boxes! Those are a lot of trees! Images of the Lifebox after the break.
Sustainability: World’s Most Sustainable Building
Jun 26th
What do you call a building that’s powered by the sun and the wind? It’s called the Wuhan New Energy Center. Coming up in Wuhan, China, the Wuhan New Energy Center boasts to have a zero carbon footprint. The lily shaped building generates its own energy thanks to the vertical axis windmill and solar chimney. The building also harvests rain water within the building. The roof of the building is basically a solar panel array for generating electricity. The design allows the building to be cooled naturally. Designed by the design consultants Grontmij and Soeters Van Eldonk Architects the building will eventually stand 140 feet tall. The Wuhan Lily building is also the first building to be credited to be the world’s most sustainable building title. The building plans to house a research center and labs for researching new energy initiatives. Pictures of the lily after the break.
A Weird Vending Machine
Jun 25th
Japanese have their way with things, be it technology, or even porn. Hitachi has now shown off a solar powered vending machine that’s quite different. Apart from of course, the solar panels that run the machine, a whole lot of moss covers the borders of the vending machine to insulate it during cold Japanese winters.
The Most Economical Airplane? MIT Thinks So
Jun 23rd
If you are flying to a place, you’re most likely to have done more damage to the planet than you can think. Now that the world is feeling guilty about pollution, MIT has stepped in to design an aircraft that will consume 70% less fuel than current commercial airplanes. The team also claims that the
Infographic: Countries That Invest Most In Alternative Energy
Jun 22nd
The world is moving towards an oil free future but who’s investing the most in alternative energy? The usual suspects- USA, China and Japan. While the “developed” world’s making sufficient investments in alternative energy the “third world” is making significant contributions to this new surge of green tech. [via Good]
Konica Minolta Achieves Zero Waste Level 2 at All of its Manufacturing Sites
Jun 10th
With the achievement of Zero Waste Level 2 at five additional manufacturing sites—one in China, one in France, two in the U.S., and one in Malaysia—the Konica Minolta Group has met this standard at all of its manufacturing sites worldwide. To achieve Zero Waste Level 2, very strict conditions have to be met: the three
