SolarStratos, a Swiss enginneering company, managed to develop a plane that can fly around the globe, powered by solar energy. The two-seater plane is ...
Port of Amsterdam promotes bio-based and circular economy
The port of Amsterdam increasingly brings together companies active in the bio-based economy. Currently it leases space to a biodiesel fuel producer and ...
Google covers all its electricity needs with renewables
Google has become the largest renewable energy purchaser in the world. The company has hit a major milestone in terms of powering its operations with clean ...
VW und Wolfsburg starten Initiative zur digitalen Großstadt
Der Autokonzern VW und die Stadt Wolfsburg starten eine gemeinsame Initiative zur Entwicklung der digitalisierten Großstadt. Wolfsburg soll sich zum einen ...
New approaches show higher resource use than assumed
The Habitat III summit included a number of sessions on resource efficiency and associated tools and initiatives. The city is considered as an open system ...
Rio de Janeiro to create an Office of Sustainability and Resilience
Rio de Janeiro announced it is going to create a permanent Office of Sustainability and Resilience within Rio’s government. It is an important step ...
A car-free Christmas shopping in Madrid
For a period of nine days, the centre of the Spanish capital will be almost car-free. Buses, taxis and residents’ cars are still allowed to drive in the ...
Major cities committed to ban diesel cars by 2025
The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens stated they will stop the use of diesel-powered cars and trucks by 2025 mainly in order to improve air ...
Will Aarhus become the first energy-neutral catchment area?
Aarhus, a city in Danmark, is about to run its water supplies on energy generated from sewage. Improvements at the Marselisborg Wastewater Treatment Plant ...
Green walls help Mexico City cleaning polluted air
In Mexico City an innovative company “Verde Vertical”/Vertical Gardens builds vertical green spaces along walls that enhance aesthetics and ...
