Technology
Mushroom Leather: The Next Big Trend in Sustainable Fashion?
Vegan leather alternatives are not just the hot fashion must haves, but could also teach us a lot about consumption and waste management. Mycelium, a material grown from fungi can now be engineered to look and feel like calfskin or…
Google’s ‘dragonscale’ solar-powered roof signals growing demand for sustainable workspaces
Google has given itself a goal of operating entirely on carbon-free energy by 2030. To reach that goal, it is looking for ways to maximise the amount of solar energy its buildings can capture. What Google created is something they’re…
Honeywell Offers Technology for Spain’s First Biofuel Plant
Honeywell recently announced that it has been selected by Repsol to supply an integrated control and safety system (ICSS) for the first advanced biofuels production plant to be built in Spain. The new facility is aimed at employing a variety…
HeiQ Introduces World’s First Dual Action Textile Cooling Technology
Leading textile and material technology company, HeiQ recently unveiled its new dual-action cooling technology. The technology is described as the world's first textile technology to deliver both instant contact cooling and continuous evaporative cooling. The idea behind this move is…
Study Reveals Cooling Effect of Bioenergy crops
A new study shows that converting annual crops to perennial bioenergy crops can induce a cooling effect on the areas where they are cultivated. “Cultivation area under bioenergy crops accounts for 3.8% ± 0.5% of the global total land area, but…
How robots and bubbles could soon help clean up underwater litter
According to some estimates, more than 80 % of the debris found in the marine environment comes from land-based activities. The source of marine litter is not necessarily limited to human activities along the coastline. Even when disposed of on…