"Promoting Sustainable Urban Development through Urban Agriculture and Tourism" is the theme of the 2012 World Cities Scientific Development Forum (WCSDF).
Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals from non-petroleum sources, has been granted a United States Patent for a bio-based adipic acid production process.
Local Councils and community groups are typically wary of one another. A new project that is being supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Local Authorities and the Research Councils’ Initiative (LARCI) with its spotlight on the Scottish region of Fife and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) aims to bring the two entities together for achieving environmental sustainability.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Unity Power Alliance (UPA), a joint venture between ITEA and ThermoEnergy, for a grant to further develop the company’s patented pressurized oxy-combustion technology to generate clean electric power using coal.
A consortium of companies has made a commitment towards interactive eco-schools for the future. Burdinola, Ojmar, Giroa, Akaba, Alecop, LKS Ingeniera S.Coop., and Virtualware form the consortium. The HABIC, TECNALIA Research and Innovation, and Mondragon University are also taking part in the initiative.
Air Liquide has inked a long-term deal with Zhejiang Huafon Spandex (Huafon) for hydrogen supply to Huafon’s cyclohexanone project with a 120,000-ton annual production capacity in Liaoyang Aromatics and Fine Chemical Park, Liaoyang city, Liaoning province, China. Cyclohexanone is a critical material used in the production of nylon.
AREVA has chosen the Beaumont-Hague site as the location for a test center for its Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology, thereby renewing its commitment to developing French industrial know-how.
Dean Foods, a provider of foods and beverages in Europe and the USA, has set new environmental sustainability goals and has expanded its 2013 Environmental Roadmap.
The Green Campus Challenge has announced the winning teams in the first edition of challenge that aims to develop and analyze energy efficiency plans in Portuguese Universities.
Cities consume energy and raw materials, produce waste and pollutants, and overload their transportation systems. Fraunhofer researchers have now combined forces in the innovation network German for “Morgenstadt” (or “City of the Future”), in order to engineer innovative urban technologies and systems.
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