In our second article about smarter and greener infrastructure we explore how sustainable cities can dramatically reduce GHG emissions, simultaneously enhance citizen wellbeing and ultimately attract corporate investment.
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“Last year was not profitable for many miners,” said Hut 8 CEO Andrew Kiguel.“[But] we believe that bitcoin is the future of digital money and that our work is crucial.”…
Researchers have examined stable isotopes from bone collagen and dental enamel to reconstruct the diets of ancient Mongolians. Findings challenge the popular notion of a completely nomadic prehistoric population, linking …
In Pennsylvania, the Derry Township Municipal Authority (DTMA) has taken a big step on its journey toward energy and nutrient recovery from organic waste at its Clearwater Road Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF). Ongoing upgrades at the five million-gallons-per-day WWTF are part of a $12 million biosolids facility improvements program. These improvements will expand capacity and increase energy efficiency, boosting the plant’s sustainability. The Derry Township Municipal Authority’s Clearwater Road Wastewater Treatment Facility. (Source: Brown and Caldwell) Already accepting organic waste from industrial and municipal sources, and with plans to receive future additional waste streams, the DTMA has a long-term vision to recover and reuse resources, reduce landfill waste, and generate alternate revenue sources to lessen the financial burden to customers.
Sustainability experts for decades have been exhorting managers to focus more on the function their products deliver and less on the product itself. Biosphere Rule #5, Function Over Form, is focused on fulfilling customers’ functional needs in ways that sustain the value cycle.
A longheld theory that animals raised in captivity perform better in cognitive testing may need to be rethought, after wild cockatoos matched the performance of lab-raised ones in testing.