The production and consumption of fossil fuels need to decrease significantly to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement’s ambitious climate change goals. However, fossil fuels continue to receive significant amounts of government support.
Solar-Powered Moisture Harvester
Engineers find a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns it as clean, usable water.
Integrated Distribution System and Urban District Planning Solutions
Recent efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have resulted in the development of sustainable, smart districts with highly energy-efficient buildings, renewable distributed energy resources (DERs), and support for alternative modes of transportation.
New Route to Membraneless Reversible Desalination Batteries
Desalination technology by ferrocyanide ion-immobilized polysilsesquioxane films.
Putting a Spin on a Carbon Dioxide Photocatalysis Spin-Off
Carbon dioxide photocatalysis, a new future with three fundamental questions, how do we optimize photonic efficiency, how should we scale, and what should we make?
How Should We Ask Questions about the Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge?
Despite decades of producing climate change knowledge and engaging in science communication and policy advising, there is still no discernible structural shift from a high‐ to a low‐ or even zero‐carbon‐emissions development pathway.
Power-to-Heat-to-Power
Solar researchers have investigated whether it is economically viable for a solar thermal power plant to convert excess photovoltaic and wind power into heat and store it.
Cold Plasma To Clean Up Our Water
A team of Canadian researchers has shown that direct contact between an AP “cold” oxidizing plasma source and water that contains very high concentrations of cyanobacteria and green algae, along with associated BMAA toxin, could be quite rapidly (in minutes) decontaminated with modest energy input.
Clay-based and Cement-free Concrete
The ETH spin-off Oxara, is developing a cement-free concrete made from clay-based excavation material to build affordable, sustainable houses.
Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems: A Status-Quo Analysis
Decentralized renewable energy systems are promising options to cope with the challenge of balancing local production and energy consumption.