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New Haven’s Hotel Marcel Revives a Brutalist Icon as a New Net-Zero Property
This former office building pays homage to the past while looking to the future
Via theguardian.com
Scientists Create Robot Fish That Collect Microplastics
Scientists at Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University have invented tiny, self-propelled robot fish that can be programmed to remove free-floating microplastics from the sea by latching onto and absorbing them into …
Via newatlas.com
Lift Energy Storage System Turns Skyscrapers into Gravity Energy Batteries
Sourcing and storing energy is often unsustainable and intermittent—a problem researchers from the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria seek to solve with the Lift Energy Storage System, which …
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Via wired.com
Air Protein Makes Steaks By Recycling Carbon Dioxide
Agriculture makes up a quarter of our annual greenhouse gas emissions with meat production being responsible for the most in the industry. As the climate crisis worsens, populations rise and resources dwindle, …
Via itsnicethat.com
Open Call For Upcoming “The Uncook Book”
Upcoming publication The Uncook Book from Given (a London-based agency that works with purpose-driven brands) aims to communicate climate solutions in artistic ways, because “where science and logic can’t reach, creativity and …
Via deezen.com
The European Union Will Establish New Energy Standards
New draft regulations by the European Union aim to set a minimum energy performance standard for existing buildings by 2027, and require all new and forthcoming structures to be zero-emission by 2030. …
Via dazeddigital.com
Nightclub To Convert Dancers’ Body Heat Into Renewable Energy
Glasgow’s SWG3—a nightclub meets arts and performance space—has launched an initiative with geothermal energy consultancy TownRock Energy wherein the latter’s technology converts heat generated by dancers’ bodies at SWG3 into renewable energy. The …