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Making building materials greener
04/09/2011
Making building materials greener
Life-cycle assessment reveals potential for eco-innovation and substitution of traditional materials by natural, local equivalents to cut the environmental footprint of buildings. The impact of a building on its environment has just as much to do with the materials used to construct it as with...
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Recovering valuable metals from industrial waste
27/07/2011
Recovering valuable metals from industrial waste
The rising cost of metals is expected to drive uptake of an ecological metal-recovery system being developed by the EU-funded Ecometre project. It will benefit both surface-engineering and electronics companies. Surface-engineering and related industrial sectors, such as aerospace, automotive,...
Eu
Natural pest management cuts rice waste
30/05/2011
Natural pest management cuts rice waste
A EUREKA project has come up with a novel combination of natural methods to keep rice safe from insects and fungi during storage, providing a welcome substitute for pesticides. An eco-innovative alternative to growing ever more rice to feed booming populations in Asia, Latin America and Africa...
Eu
Ecosurfactant development leads to greener cleaning products
01/06/2010
Ecosurfactant development leads to greener cleaning products
Ecological cleaning products manufacturer Ecover has developed an innovative method for making ecosurfactants using a low-energy biochemical process based on natural fermentation. Surfactants are the active ingredient in the majority of household cleaning products. As wetting agents, they lower...
Belgium
Cutting energy consumption in the food and drink sector
18/12/2009
Cutting energy consumption in the food and drink sector
A specialist ‘supply-on-demand’ drying technology developed by a UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership could yield significant energy savings for food and drink manufacturers. Hertfordshire University joined with UK drying specialist Secomak to create a drying machine offering significant energy...
United Kingdom
Combining renewable energy and desalination
14/12/2009
Combining renewable energy and desalination
A report by researchers at the Cartagena Technical University (UPCT) in Spain outlines a desalination process using renewable energy and resulting in lower environmental impacts. Population and industrial growth have placed a heavy demand on water supplies. Moreover, climate change and...
Spain
Lighting the path to lower energy consumption
28/07/2009
Lighting the path to lower energy consumption
The next generation of low consumption lighting systems is set to slash energy consumption in Europe. New developments, such as organic LEDs, could result in huge energy savings. According to the OLED100.eu project, lighting now accounts for a quarter of Europe’s total energy consumption....
Eu
Danish LED greenhouse system lights path to energy savings
28/04/2009
Danish LED greenhouse system lights path to energy savings
A LED system producing photosynthetic wavelengths of light could result in dramatic energy savings for plant growers. The concept was developed in the University of Southern Denmark. Designed for use in greenhouses, the LED system emits light at the specific photosynthetic wavelengths that...
Denmark
Harnessing computer power to revolutionise domestic energy consumption
05/02/2009
Harnessing computer power to revolutionise domestic energy consumption
The EU-funded POBICOS project is harnessing innovative computing applications to develop a cutting-edge home-automation platform that could dramatically change energy consumption. The POBICOS project hopes to develop a computer-based platform that will make energy-saving technology easy to...
Eu
Developing second-generation biofuels for commercial flights
20/11/2008
Developing second-generation biofuels for commercial flights
Airbus and Honeywell are working with others to develop biofuels that could satisfy nearly a third of global demand from commercial aircraft by 2030 without affecting food supplies Airbus, JetBlue Airways and International Aero Engines will work with two Honeywell companies – UOP and Honeywell...
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