sustainability – Page 2 – TechConnect Briefs

Save Hawai‘i…Save the Planet

Barlow J., Power Alternative, US

Petrochemicals are quintessential ingredient in most all products, technologies, and conveniences of modern lifestyle, so it is imperative that we eliminate abusing it to fuel modes of progress, and transports. Power Alternative is scientific R&D [...]

The New OPEC

Pfaltzgraff L., Budarin V., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Society faces the twin challenges of resource depletion and waste accumulation, increasing concerns to governments leading to increasing taxes for waste disposal restrictive legislation. Research in the area of renewable feedstock is of great importance [...]

A toolbox-set of Nanoparticles

Jamier V., Casal E., Puntes V., Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology, ES

The development of nanotechnology has increased exponentially over the past decades with numerous nanoparticles (NPs) offering a “toolbox-set” ready to be used in a wide range of applications such as materials science, catalysis, medicine, energy [...]

Federal Sustainability Requirements and LEED NC & LEED EBOM

Boggiano J., Everblue Training Institute, US

The session begins with an overview of federal requirements for sustainability. Executive Order (EO) 13423 established requirements for sustainability in 2007, while EO 13514 expanded upon that framework in October 2009. Participants will learn about [...]

Improve Environmental and Economic Performance with Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA)

Shatkin J.A., Larsen W., CLF Ventures, Inc., US

Many new technologies offer significant improvements in environmental performance over existing approaches. Typically, there is some uncertainty about the health or environmental impacts, positive or negative, of new technologies, which can adversely affect their introduction [...]

Environmental Performance Assessment of Companies: Applying Life Cycle Assessment at the Enterprise Level

Dettling J., Loerincik Y., Margni M., Jolliet O., Ecointesys - Life Cycle Systems, US

Sustainability is rapidly increasing in emphasis among the world’s leading companies. There is increasing pressures on companies to understand and be able to communicate the impacts of their products and activities. This pressure comes internally-from [...]

SITumbra – Energy Efficient Structurally Integrated Transparent Shaded Façade System

Giles H., University of Michigan, US

SITumbra is a multi-use transparent structural window system made from a customizable fixed inner structural grid compositely connected to outer transparent window materials. It can be configured to meet multiple material and design specifications and [...]

Building Green with Nanotechnology

Elvin G., Green Technology Forum, US

Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the molecular scale, is opening new possibilities in green building through products like solar energy collecting paints, nanogel high-insulating translucent panels, and heat-absorbing windows. Even more dramatic breakthroughs are [...]

Building Green with Nanotechnology

Elvin G., Green Technology Forum, US

Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the molecular scale, is opening new possibilities in green building through products like solar energy collecting paints, nanogel high-insulating translucent panels, and heat-absorbing windows. Even more dramatic breakthroughs are [...]