New golden age for sailing ships?
Ship transport is energy efficient, but it is also a significant source of emissions because of the globalized world huge transportation needs. In large measure, these vessels are powered with high-sulphur fossil fuels. New technologies have made sail propulsion possibly competitive – at least as a component of a highly automated hybrid system. Ship transport of containers is the backbone of…
Proper dosage for better environment
The Halland company Tomal AB was founded in the early 1950s by Thomas Alwerud. He developed several innovative products for dosing of powders and granules. The most successful was the twin-screw dispenser that today constitutes the basic concept to the company’s multiscrew. “In addition to the pulp, paper and chemical industries, our filling equipment is very common in the environmental…
The world’s first carbon neutral detergent
“About ten years ago, the Swedish Consumer Agency asked a number of consumers about what they considered the most important criteria when purchasing detergent. In first place came detergent efficiency – the laundry should be clean, the second criteria was price and the third was the environmental impact. A similar market survey, conducted a few years ago, showed that the detergent’s effect…
- New technology reduces the waste of food
Within the European Union we throw away on average 179 kg of food per person per year. If nothing is done, the trend will increase. In Sweden... - Energy Harvesting – recycling waste energy
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Pallets are an important component of most transport of goods. There are probably every second millions of pallets that are on their way... - Sustainable polymers with great potential
Venture Cup is a competition that aims to stimulate new business ideas. In the Environment & Energy class, research company Cyclicor... - Natural cycle purifies wastewater
There are lots of drains that are not connected to municipal wastewater treatment plants. Only in Sweden, there are 700,000 private wastewater... - A cleaner world with energy efficient fireplaces
“Today, toxic coal smoke from cooking causes more deaths than malaria and it takes six tons of wood to produce one ton of charcoal,”... - New environmental benefits are in focus when M2M solutions are developed
M2M stands for machine to machine. It concerns machines that are connected to other machines and automatically perform processes. Climate-smart...
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