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Putting Energy Efficiency First
Lene Faurskov
Flemming Lynge Nielsen
DanfossIn a world challenged by a growing population, booming urbanization, and the clear issues surrounding climate change, energy-efficient solutions – doing more with less – are a ready-to-use answer. more[...]
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Sustainable Networks
Bernhard Schwager
Bosch GroupIn a digitized environment, people, objects, and machines are connected to one another. These networks also open up new areas of application that promote sustainability. They make household appliances and vehicles more efficient, and make it easier to use renewable sources of energy reliably. Bosch is making an active contribution to shaping this development with innovative solutions in all of its business sectors. These allow value creation while at the same time conserving natural resources. more[...]
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Creating Homes – Affordable Housing in India
Katharina Riese, TÜV Rheinland
Svenja Wittkämper, TÜV RheinlandIn recent years there has been a large migration wave from India’s rural regions to the cities. Soon, 40 percent of the Indian population will be living in the country’s urban centers. Due to this fast growth and the large influx of people, cities are having trouble providing adequate living spaces, utilities, and facilities. More than 130 million people – equivalent to 40 to 60 percent of the urban population – are expected to be living in substandard housing. These low-income groups face a broken housing market that hinders them from living in an affordable and quality home. more[...]
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Creating Homes – Affordable Housing in India
Katharina Riese, TÜV Rheinland
Svenja Wittkämper, TÜV RheinlandIn recent years there has been a large migration wave from India’s rural regions to the cities. Soon, 40 percent of the Indian population will be living in the country’s urban centers. Due to this fast growth and the large influx of people, cities are having trouble providing adequate living spaces, utilities, and facilities. More than 130 million people – equivalent to 40 to 60 percent of the urban population – are expected to be living in substandard housing. These low-income groups face a broken housing market that hinders them from living in an affordable and quality home. more[...]
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Piloting the Future: Environmentally-friendly Technologies
Katja Brösse, Deutsche Telekom
Rainer Knirsch, Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AGInnovations are the key to ensuring the future of our society. Whether smart grids, networked transportation, and mobility solutions or virtualization of products – information and communication technologies (ICT) offer a wide range of solutions. But in order for a new invention to make it, it has to go through stringent practical testing. In T-City Friedrichshafen, the world’s largest living lab, Deutsche Telekom has been testing new environmentally-friendly technologies for the last six years. more[...]
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The Future of Cities
Wolfram Haller, Siemens
SiemensToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, which emit 80 percent of all greenhouse gases and use 75 percent of energy – figures rising. It is thus with the cities that we must start if we want to manage population growth, increasing energy demand and climate change. Many solutions are already available, including environmentally compatible energy supply, highly efficient building, transportation and water supply systems and affordable financial models. These improve climate protection, increase the security of supply, enhance the quality of life and reduce costs. For world wide success, however, cooperation on a global basis is needed, for example in United Nations programs. more[...]
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The Future of Cities
Wolfram Haller, SiemensToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, which emit 80 percent of all greenhouse gases and use 75 percent of energy – figures rising. It is thus with the cities that we must start if we want to manage population growth, increasing energy demand and climate change. Many solutions are already available, including environmentally compatible energy supply, highly efficient building, transportation and water supply systems and affordable financial models. These improve climate protection, increase the security of supply, enhance the quality of life and reduce costs. For world wide success, however, cooperation on a global basis is needed, for example in United Nations programs. more[...]
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Cleaner Production Program in SMART
Ismu Zulfikar , PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Tbk
PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology TbkAs one of the largest integrated palm plantation companies in Indonesia, PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Tbk (“SMART”) harnesses best management practices in administering its operations to produce sustainable palm oil in accordance with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (“RSPO”) Principles and Criteria (“P&C”). fertiliser in the estate after being treated in the waste water treatment plant to decrease several parameters in accordance with the Indonesia Minister of Environment Decrees No. 28 and No. 29 Year 2003; and iii. Shell and fiber of husks from fresh fruit bunch, the solid waste from the mill, are used for fuelling the boiler and turbine, to increase energy efficiency. more[...]
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