Within urban water management, the drive to enhance sustainability is grounded in the recognition that water services consume a substantial amount of energy and that wastewater contains valuable resources, including water, heat, organic matter and essential plant nutrients. To make urban water systems ...
water qualitypollutantsPFBSPFAsThe detection of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) in water is presented for the first time exploiting a low-cost optical chemical sensing strategy, based on plastic optical fibers and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), able to detect pollutants in water. The ...
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The largest drinking water settlement in US history lets chemical giants off too easily, according to 23 cities, counties, and public water systems that filed objections to the $12.5 billion PFAS settlement with 3M Co. and $1.2 billion deal with Du Pont
coupled with burgeoning populations will be restricted by the availability of fresh water unless new and sustainable forms of urban water management are developed and implemented. A sustainable urban water management approach requires the integration of water treatment and associated infrastructure by all ...
Energy independence by new forms of ubiquitous solar, wind and water power and new forms of energy storage in cities, arrival of self-powered vehicles, boats, aircraft. Food independence from replacement of farms outside cities with zero-emission cultivated meat without a...
In Focus: The Future of Sustainability in Real Estate Artificial Intelligence: A Game-Changer for Corporate Space A Prime Example Most U.S. cities are still using “old” technologies created a century ago — like the traffic signal, water/sewer systems, and street lights —and 43 percen...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the way we live and move. Its impact could not be greater – IoT is enabling new applications such as intelligent traffic management, parking management and waste disposal, ensuring more efficient use of resources ...
At this Rema supermarket in Trondheim, surplus heat generated by the refrigeration system is being stored temporarily in water tanks. The heat is then returned to the store via the ventilation and underfloor heating systems – when it is needed. This picture was taken on the day the supermarket...
One of the many questions researchers have about COVID-19 is how long the coronavirus causing the disease remains alive after someone infected with it coughs or sneezes. Once the droplets carrying the virus evaporate, the residual virus dies quickly, so