Climate

Nearly 220 candidates to discover in the Green Solutions Awards 2022-2023: vote!
The end of the applications means the beginning of a double stage : the discovery of the competing projects and the opening (...)

Experiences with low-temperature district heating and cooling in the Netherlands
In this article, we describe the ambitions, considerations, and choices of five Dutch project teams working within the nation (...)

Survey of 53 fifth generation district heating and cooling grids (5GDHC) in Germany
This article presents a survey conducted among utility companies and engineering offices in Germany to collect data on 5 (...)

Irrigation of the Green Garden Concept
Context and climate-related issues Jordan, located in an arid and semi-arid region, is one of the countries with the scarcest (...)

The Phenix
The Phenix, Lemay's Montreal office, was designed as an experimental laboratory for innovations in sustainable development (...)

Six barriers holding back Europe's energy transition
Hard-hitting report spotlights the pain points in Europe’s energy sector – and how they can be remedied Barriers include (...)

Recapturing excess heat could power most of Europe, say experts
Preventing heat waste largely being ignored as solution to energy crisis, say environmental campaigners. Excess heat produced (...)

District heating carries geothermal energy into homes, thereby reducing fossil fuel consumption
Geothermal energy can be very useful for delivering heat to buildings, safeguarding the environment while generating economic (...)

Decarbonising heating and cooling: a climate imperative
The EU has met its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. However, meeting (...)

Dynamic energy management using batteries and photovoltaics
One challenge facing the widespread adoption of renewable energies is the fluctuating output of photovoltaic systems — for (...)

Spain as an energy island: securing through connection
Read this conversation with Alfonso Arroyo Gonzalez, FEDARENE Vice-President for Renewable Energy Sources about the energy (...)

ICSD 2023 : 11th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 6 - 7 September Rome, Italy
European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 11th (...)

The importance of reducing on-site pollutant emissions in construction
Air pollution has been identified as the single largest environmental health risk in Europe. Exposure to even low levels (...)

The Future of Urban Greening: A Study of One Million Trees to Determine the Best Species to Plant
The many greening projects planned by cities face challenging issues, including which tree species should be planted today (...)

Heat from a data center is warming Dublin’s buildings
Cities are capturing heat emitted by computer servers and using it to warm everything from government buildings to college (...)