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Environmental and Life Cycle
No-one will deny that the environment is an important factor to consider when doing anything these days.  Engineers are the ones largely coming up with the solutions.

Toyota aims to slash fuel cell costs

 
At a presentation at the California Air Resources Board ZEV Technology Symposium, Tatsuaki Yokoyama from Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, said the company aims to reduce the cost of fuel cell vehicles to 1/10 of the current level by design and materials improvements. The company is also targeting reduction to a subsequent 1/10 through scales of economy resulting from mass production.
Tuesday 6 October, 2009 02:06 AM
 

Solar tower technology with storage provides baseload or dispatchable power

 
Matthew Wright and Scott Bilby talk to Kevin Smith, Chief Execute Officer at Solar Reserve about solar thermal tower plants where mirrors concentrate the sun's rays onto a central receiver. The heat that is created is stored as molten salt and used to generate electricity when demand is highest or throughout the night providing 'around the clock' power.
Monday 5 October, 2009 11:03 PM
 

eTec to Install 2000 Electric Car Charging Stations In Oregon

 
Electric Transportation Engineering Corp . this week finalized a deal with the U.S. Department of Energy to begin developing and installing a charging network for electric vehicles across five states, including Oregon.
Monday 5 October, 2009 09:02 PM
 

Air Products designs self-service hydrogen fueling station

 
Air Products will install and operate the first 24-hour self-service hydrogen fueling station in Hürth, Germany. The station, based at the Infraserv-Knapsack Chemical Park, will be in regular operation by March 2010, when it will initially supply hydrogen to two buses run by the local council.
Saturday 3 October, 2009 02:44 AM
 

Expert insights will help drive interior design engineering innovations 

 
Visteon Corporation is the newest addition to the growing list of automotive suppliers coming onboard in collaboration with Velozzi as the automotive industry races to bring a new generation of alternative energy vehicles (AEVs) to market. With this announcement, Visteon joins a growing number of organizations – including Bayer MaterialScience – that are supporting Velozzi’s groundbreaking AEV project.
Friday 2 October, 2009 08:42 PM
 

Fuel cell harvests electricity from glucose

 
Brigham Young University researchers have developed a fuel cell that harvests electricity from glucose and other sugars.
When we eat our bodies break the carbohydrates we consum breaks them down into simple sugars which are then transported into our bloodstreams and give us the energy to go about our daily tasks.
Friday 2 October, 2009 06:41 PM
 

Multi-role oil recovery catamaran under development

 
Work is underway in preparation to build the first of a new Multipurpose Oil Recovery & Rescue Catamaran (MORCAT) which will also have firefighting, SAR, emergency standby and towing, hospital ship, and hydro survey vessel capabilities.
Friday 2 October, 2009 04:40 PM
 

How some energy-savvy South Africans have already taken the grid-free leap

 
Despite South Africa’s plentiful supply of solar irradiation, the cheap cost of coal-fired power, compared with relatively expensive renewable-energy technologies, has meant that the uptake of these technologies is slow. To date, there has been little incentive to invest in capital-intensive solar systems. However, there are certain South Africans who see solar power as the way forward, and have taken the leap to power their homes and businesses from this source. Some have made the move for research reasons, others to be independent of utility power, but most believe that environmental and life-cycle operational cost benefits will eventually flow. In this cover story, Engineering News takes a look at one agency’s ambitions to manufacture modular renewable-energy integrated afford- able housing; a university’s research into grid-free living; a newly built, completely grid-free home in Gauteng; and a grid-connected Johannesburg suburban home that is supplementing supply with its own nongrid renew-able energy.
Friday 2 October, 2009 12:37 PM
 

How to Design for a Post-Consumption Economy

 
As we continue to gain a deeper understanding of the impacts of global growth, it has become clear that our consumption-centric lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us.
Recent market meltdowns, regulatory limitations on off-shore manufacturing, and the social and environmental impacts of a consumption-oriented economic model has given rise to a challenge -- does our economy need to be focused solely on spurring consumption in order to survive?
Thursday 1 October, 2009 02:49 PM
 

Reclaimed Riddle

 
It was the "yuck factor" of reclaimed water that got Karyna Rosario thinking. As communities increasingly turn to reclaimed water as a source for irrigation - and some communities consider using it for drinking water - Rosario, a PhD student at USF’s College of Marine Science, became increasingly curious about exactly what viruses are present in reclaimed water.
Wednesday 30 September, 2009 12:34 AM
 

New material aims to make lithium-ion batteries

 
 Lithium-ion technology is used in batteries for most electronic devices today, from iPods and the iPhones to laptops, digital cameras and more. The technology has been considered safe for years, but damage and production defects have led to high profile fires and small explosions. A few years ago, several laptop battery fires prompted Sony to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a massive lithium-ion battery recall.
Tuesday 29 September, 2009 05:29 PM
 

Japan's Fuji Heavy reaches goal of 50 orders for wind turbines

 
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd . (7270) has reached its initial goal of clinching orders for 50 of the 2,000kw wind turbines that it co-developed with Hitachi Ltd.
Tuesday 29 September, 2009 05:28 PM
 

Final Aptera 2e Styling Leaked, We Drive the Electric 3-Wheeler

 
To green-car fans , the idea of an ultra-aerodynamic electric two-seater sounds pretty familiar, right? Think the late, lamented EV1 from General Motors, subject of the controversial documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car?
Tuesday 29 September, 2009 03:27 PM
 

The Four Facets of Next-Gen Environmental Design GreenerDesign.com

 
Environmental awareness is pervasive nowadays, due to anxieties over energy security and global warming. Businesses large and small are embracing sustainability and corporate citizenship. But we have not fully acknowledged the magnitude of the environmental challenges that we face. The throughput of materials in developed economies generates a hidden mountain of waste, depleting natural resources and threatening ecosystem integrity.
Tuesday 29 September, 2009 01:26 PM
 

Wood-fired boiler burns greener

 
Five years ago , David Dungate was in Vancouver looking for a place to start a plant to build European-designed, high-efficiency wood-fired boilers.
Monday 28 September, 2009 10:49 AM
 

Coal-ash cleanup : EPA making progress on massive spill in Kingston

 
Hour after hour , day after day, workers wearing hard hats, yellow vests and waders fan out across a moonscape of gray goop in track hoes and dump trucks. They board floating dredges that ply the waters of the lower Emory River. They load trains.
Roughly 500 people labor at the site of the largest coal ash spill in American history, an environmental cleanup on a scale not before undertaken at a power plant.
Sunday 27 September, 2009 11:06 AM
 

Desalination Technology Increases Naval Capabilities

 
The next generation of technology to turn saltwater into a fresh resource is on tap for the Navy. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the development of an innovative solution for generating potable water at twice the efficiency of current production for forces afloat, Marine Corps expeditionary forces and humanitarian missions ashore.
Saturday 26 September, 2009 09:54 AM
 

Headworks Bio to commission wastewater treatment system on the world's largest cruise ship

 
Headworks Bio Inc . is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with STX Europe in Turku, Finland, for the finalization and commissioning of the Oasis of the Seas Cruise Ship wastewater treatment system. Using innovative moving bed bioreactor ("MBBR") and Return Activated Sludge technologies, the system promises to be the first example of the latest evolution in onboard wastewater treatment.
Thursday 24 September, 2009 10:34 PM
 

MIT develops initial step toward carbon sequestration

 
Finding a practical way to sequester carbon emissions is considered critical to the mitigation of climate change while continuing to use fossil fuels, which currently account for more than 80 percent of energy production in the United States and more than 90 percent worldwide. CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by more than 50 percent worldwide by 2030.
Thursday 24 September, 2009 08:30 PM
 

Hungarian Geothermal Development Reaches Key Milestone -- First Well Completed

 
Hungary's new geothermal home heating utility reached an important milestone - drilling was completed for the first geothermal well in the town of Szentlörinc, Southwest Hungary. When completed, this project will support home heating for a total of 30 municipalities in Hungary.
Thursday 24 September, 2009 02:26 PM
 

North America’s Largest Living Wall Installation by PNC

 
No, we’re not advertising for PNC. But they are – on the side of their headquarters building in downtown Pittsburgh. They recently finished installing what is said to be North America’s largest living wall . Designed by Kari Katzander of Mingo Design and made possible with the expertise of Green Living™ Technologies, PNC’s living wall is not only beautiful, but should help reduce energy use as well. This spectacular vertical garden is impressive in size as well, and is roughly the size of a doubles tennis court! Check out a pic of the full wall after the jump.
Thursday 24 September, 2009 12:24 PM
 
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