global warming
Sea levels could keep rising higher than previously projected — for the next couple of millenia — even if we manage to keep atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from growing any further, according to new research published this week. Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), the University of Bristol and the
Jurdy gives alternative transport a plug …
water
Polymer-based cleaning company Xeros and Cambridge Consultants have developed what they say is the world’s first “virtually waterless” laundry washing machine prototype. By saving up to 90 per cent of water compared to conventional machines, the Xeros process has the potential to reduce the cost of washing whilst also
green construction
Developers will be encouraged to build to greener standards and make homes cheaper to heat and run, under changes announced this week by Housing Minister John Healey. New measures aimed to support the industry in the current recession will also give developers more time to start building and further flexibility
greenhouse gases
Over £14 billion more in products and services could be produced in Northern Ireland’s economy each year if greenhouse gas-producing resources were used as efficiently as they are in the rest of the UK, according to researchers at Queen’s University Belfast. To calculate that figure, the Sustainability and
greenhouse gases
Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division has launched what it says is the world’s first scientifically valid, real-time carbon counter: a nearly 70-foot-tall digital billboard displaying the running total of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The counter began operating in the heart of New York City, outside Madison
The British Climate Act is flawed and features unrealistic and unobtainable targets, according to new research published by a US academic in Environmental Research Letters. Roger A. Pielke Jr. points out that no one knows how fast a major economy can decarbonise and that, therefore, policy needs to focus less
sustainability
Kingston University is launching a Sustainability Hub to bring together its research, curriculum and other work in this area. Projects that will all come under the new hub’s umbrella include developmetnss like the university’s new green motorbike and degree courses with sustainability modules, as well as the use
global warming
UK Government Ministers this summer plan to set out the building blocks of a five-point plan designed to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home and abroad, and to protect against and prepare for the climate changes that are already inevitable. The plan rollout began this week with the publicaton
Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group, has won an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 award for the London and South East region. The award was presented by BBC broadcaster Jeremy Vine at a ceremony in London this week. Howard was one of 21 winners from the
energy
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has launched Energy University™ by Schneider Electric, a vendor-neutral, online educational community that provides the fundamentals needed to implement successful energy-efficient strategies scaling various applications. The courses are designed to provide anyone involved in the decision-making, management, planning, design, or construction of
water
Microsoft and the European Environment Agency (EEA) today announced the updated “Eye on Earth” environmental observatory project, which will now offer data on bathing water quality. Eye on Earth is a two-way communication platform on the environment that connects relevant scientific information with the feedback and observations of millions of
