The prize-winning project in 2007 – The Safe Water Kiosk First prize went to a team from I&S Water Tech- nologies in Australia for developing an efficient, reliable system – known as the Safe Water Kiosk – for the treatment of drinking water. According to estimates from the...
From the air pollution point of view, carbon emissions have dangerous environmental effects, and the consequences will be more hazardous in the future. That is a top reason behind the rise of the Global escooter market over the years and the rapid growth in the electric scooter business or e...
“The impact on trust is much more modest,” Grayson said. But No Matter How You Broke Customers’ Trust, You Have to Rebuild Afterwards After any violation of trust, companies have to make amends. Sometimes, that means apologizing and being transparent with customers about the changes you’ve...
When it comes to energy usage, ice cream’s cold chain is a hot topic. It takes a lot of power to make, distribute and keep our brands stored in refrigerated cabinets – factors which have seen up to 20% of Unilever’s greenhouse gas emissions come from ice cream. Until now....
againstoneanothertoreduceenergyconsumptionandwinprizesaspartofa3-weekcompetition.Feedbackwasprovidedinnearreal-timeatthesuite-levelviaaninteractivetouch-screenkiosk.Participantsalsocompletedbaselineandfollow-upsurveys.FindingsElectricityuseamongallsuiteswasapproximately6.4%lowerduringthecompetitionperiodcomparedtobaseline,a...
got in the way. All electronic circuits emanate radio waves when current flows—it’s one of the fundamental properties of electricity. To make sure that TV-related electronics devices don’t degrade TV reception, the FCC tightly regulates the radio frequency (RF) emissions that they can ...
The Apollo effect can be measured in millions of tons of emissions averted, waste recycled or avoided, kWh of energy saved or generated renewably; in volunteer hours and dollar donations. But time after time, this report shows, the effect can be measured by the workers who propose and act ...
Access to clean electricity improves people's health and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. That's because people without electricity, including the 600 million in Africa, typically use kerosene lanterns and open fires fueled with wood, animal dung or crop waste to light their homes and cook their...