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Sharing eco-friendly patents on global basis
24/07/2008
Sharing eco-friendly patents on global basis
Global businesses are set to share patents with other companies to reduce environmental impacts. This will help develop products, processes and services protecting the environment. Eco-Patent Commons is sharing patents to encourage researchers, entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes in any...
Europe
Irish government consults on sustainable urban development
04/08/2008
Irish government consults on sustainable urban development
The Irish environment department has published draft planning guidelines on sustainable residential development in Irish cities, towns and villages for public consultation. Ireland has experienced unprecedented economic and social change over the past decade. Rapidly-changing...
Ireland
Rural waste minimisation project saves money through resource efficiency
05/11/2008
Rural waste minimisation project saves money through resource efficiency
A business excellence through resource efficiency (Betre) project achieved phenomenal success promoting resource efficiency and waste minimisation among SMEs in the UK. The East Sussex Betre project (ES Betre rural) encouraged resource efficiency and waste minimisation in farming and tourism in...
United Kingdom
Polish EcoFund offers template for eco-innovation funding
05/11/2008
Polish EcoFund offers template for eco-innovation funding
The EcoFund Foundation has provided highly effective funding to eco-innovation and environmental protection projects since 1992. It offers an ideal template for environmental project funding. The foundation was established to manage funds allocated from Government-secured debt for the purpose...
Poland
Commission reports doubling of EU green state aid
06/11/2008
Commission reports doubling of EU green state aid
State aid for environmental improvement has risen dramatically, according to the European Commission. The recent revision of 2001 guidelines now includes bonus increases for eco-innovation. Green state aid in EU countries grew from €7 billion in 2001 to €14 billion in 2006. Such increases are...
Europe
Intelligent manufacture and environmental management standards cut energy and waste
06/01/2009
Intelligent manufacture and environmental management standards cut energy and waste
Researchers in Ireland urge industry chiefs to incorporate intelligent manufacturing processes and international environmental management standards to guarantee sustainability. A research paper from the University of Limerick in Ireland urges manufacturers to factor sustainability into their...
Europe
On the crest of wave-power production
21/01/2009
On the crest of wave-power production
National and international organisations worked together to fund, develop and open the world's first commercial wave power plant off the coast of Portugal, as part of ETAP-oriented plans to intensify the exploitation of renewable energy sources A joint venture between three corporations has led...
Eu
World's first mine-water power station opens in Heerlen
15/02/2009
World's first mine-water power station opens in Heerlen
The EU-supported Minewater project opened the world's first mine-water power station in the Netherlands in October 2008 to highlight the geothermal energy potential of water in old mines. Minewater set out to develop a geothermal power station exploiting water in abandoned mines in the town of...
Netherlands
Belgian lorry plant achieves zero CO2 emissions
12/03/2009
Belgian lorry plant achieves zero CO2 emissions
Lorry maker Volvo Trucks teamed up with energy supplier Electrabel to make its Europa plant in Ghent, Belgium the first in the world to operate with no net carbon dioxide emissions. Volvo Truck’s Ghent site produces 40 000 units a year, making it the company’s largest lorry plant. Traditional...
Belgium
Organic filter to clean up Finnish holiday home wastewater
13/03/2009
Organic filter to clean up Finnish holiday home wastewater
Legislation limiting discharge of untreated wastewater from Finnish holiday homes not connected to municipal sewage systems prompted the development of an organic wastewater filter. Improving the state of inland waters and the Baltic Sea were challenges identified by the Finnish roadmap for the...
Finland

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