• SECU-Box for Better utilization of Load Capacity
    The forest products company Stora Enso is one of Sweden’s major users of transportation services, incessantly moving timber from remote...
  • High-Speed Doors Save Energy
    Rapid roller doors keep indoor heat from escaping. In the late 1960s, managers at the Swedish company Nordic Felt (now Albany Door...
  • Energy from Restaurant Waste
    What do sewage sludge, household leftovers and restaurant waste have in common? The answer is that these different types of waste contain...
  • Plowing Less Cuts Fertilizer Use
    Increased yields, reduced nitrogen leaching and sharp cuts in diesel consumption: those are some of the benefits of cutting plowing out...
  • Energy-Smart Camping for All Seasons
    Swedes have a large and growing passion for motor home and caravan camping, and there are many who use their recreational vehicles all year...
  • Flameless Combustion Cuts Air Pollution
    Catalytic combustion, in which volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are oxidized by using a catalyst to promote the burning process, has been...
  • Any Car Can Be Emission-free
    The zero-emission car has long been seen as a distant dream, but a Swedish company is making the dream a reality. Many people still equate...
  • Biofuels opening new markets for heat exchangers
    Sweden’s Alfa Laval, founded more than 125 years ago by Gustaf De Laval, the inventor of the centrifugal milk separator, has grown into...
  • A Vertical Windmill
    Turbines with blades that revolve on a vertical rather than horizontal axis can improve the efficiency of clean wind generators, according...
  • Organic Food Comes Knocking
    In the spring of 2009, Anette Dieng of the Swedish company Ekolådan was nominated as one of four finalists for the “Excellence in Environmental...