2014-06-22 Sunday
Grist (18 JUNE 2014) This magic
bus recharges while you dig for your fare
Rocky Mountain Institute (JUNE
2014) SIMPLE Solar Balance of Systems (BoS)
Between 2008 and 2012, the price of
sub-10-kilowatt rooftop systems in the U.S. decreased 37%, but 80% of that cost
decline was due to decreasing solar PV module costs. Total soft costs—including
customer acquisition; installation labor; permitting, inspection, and
interconnection (PII); and margin and other associated costs—now make up
approximately 70% of the total installed priced for a U.S. residential PV
system. Thus soft costs represent a land of opportunity for cost reductions,
which can help accelerate customer adoption of residential rooftop solar.
Rocky Mountain Institute (12 JUNE
2014) Converting waste into energy in Kristianstad, Sweden
Rocky Mountain Institute (11 JUNE
2014) A technology park bets on energy innovation
Greentech Media – Storage is the
new solar: Will batteries and PV create an unstoppable hybrid force?
Vox (17 JUNE 2014) SolarCity is
trying to become the Apple of solar power
Business Week (5 JUNE 2014)
Hydrogen fuel finally graduating from lab to city streets
Business Week (20 JUNE 2014) A new
front line for China’s NIMBY environmental movement: waste incinerators
Mississauga.com (4 JUNE 2014)
Flood project include ripping up ashphalt
Five cities
across Canada will see some of their asphalt torn up and replaced with porous
brick and gravel this summer to help mitigate the flash flooding that frequently
follows extreme rainfall.
Modern cities are
ever more sheathed in concrete and pavement, sealing off the absorbent ground
and leaving heavy rain with nowhere to go — except basements, subway tunnels
and underground corridors.
Last year, Calgary
and Toronto homeowners and businesses were hit with severe flooding that was
aggravated by sealed topsoil that could not absorb the sudden influx of water,
costing billions in damages.
The University of
Waterloo, Ont., and insurer Intact Financial Corp. announced a 20-project
initiative today aimed at helping communities better survive the extreme
weather that is the inevitable result of climate change.
CTV News (4 JUNE 2014) ‘Depave
Paradise’ pilot project launched to stop cities flooding
Capital New York (2 APRIL 2014) A
green part-solution to New York’s sewer problems
New York City
still spews tens of billions of gallons of untreated water, including untreated
sewage, into the city’s waterways each year.
The city’s $5.3
billion infrastructure plan will decrease this spill only by 40 percent over 20
years. This means that in the bright future of 2025 we’ll still be sending
sewage into our waterways and some areas will still not be safe for all water
activities.
In part this is
because New York City’s aging sewer system consists of “combined sewers,” in
which sewage—called sanitary waste—and storm water flows through the same
system.
Capital New York (15 MAY 2012)
Gray and green: The story of a big-city sewer system that worked too well
Design Observer Group (05.20.10)
Video: Center for Urban Pedagogy, The Water Underground
The CUP staff and student researchers and
videographers criss-crossed the five boroughs and assembled a multi-vocal
primer on some essential urban infrastructure. We hear from engineers, plant
superintendents, construction workers, marine biologists, urban divers,
educators, and environmental justice advocates. We learn that New York City
uses about 1.3 billion gallons of water per day (or 200 gallons per person;
just slightly above the average for developed cities, according to the Colorado-based
Water Information Program) and that all these gallons come from three
watersheds (the Croton, Delaware, and Catskill) and are treated in 14 water
pollution control plants. We learn that for many years just two tunnels — Water
Tunnel No. 1, completed in 1917, and Water Tunnel No. 2, completed in 1935 —
have carried water into New York, and that the city is finally constructing a
much-needed third — Water Tunnel No. 3 — scheduled to be operational in 2012.
Lab Canada (5 JUNE 2014) Science
tells when a sewage pipe needs repair, before it bursts
Grist (19 JUNE 2014) This is what
your dairy aisle would look like if all the bees died off
UBER Blog (14 MARCH 2014)
Eliminating ridesharing insurance ambiguity
Collaborative Consumption –
Infographic: Uber and Lyft Insurance
Collaborative Consumption – Study:
The consumer potential of collaborative consumption
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