#eco

mlansbury@despora.de

Big sand battery to store wind and solar energy using crushed soapstone

A huge sand battery is set to slash the carbon emissions of a Finnish town.

The industrial-scale storage unit in #Pornainen, southern Finland, will be the world’s biggest sand battery when it comes online within a year.

Capable of storing 100 MWh of thermal energy from solar and wind sources, it will enable residents to eliminate oil from their district heating network, helping to cut emissions by nearly 70 per cent.

The battery’s thermal energy storage capacity equates to almost one month’s heat demand in summer and a one-week demand in winter in Pornainen

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/03/10/sand-batteries-could-be-key-breakthrough-in-storing-solar-and-wind-energy-year-round

#green #renewable #heat #solar #wind #thermal #battery #CO2 #Finland #PolarNightEnergy #ThermalEnergy #SandBattery #Kankaanpää #eco #Vatajankoski #PowerPlant

leshoshin@diasporasocial.net

#quebec #soviet #on #se #gele #on #manque #electricite #merci #woke #eco

Il y a ces illuminés de woke qui veulent nous faire croire qu'on n'aura plus d'hivers. "Plus d'hivers au Québec, c'est fini!" qu'ils nous serinent.

Ah oui?

Et on va faire pousser des cactus dans notre cour, peut-être?

C'est ça, l'avenir, des igloos convertis en serres à cactus. Je vois déjà les pingouins en train de se dorer la pilule sur des plages de sable chaud!

Bref, mes amis, bienvenue dans le monde absurde où l'on vend nos réserves, où l'on électrifie tout sauf nos cerveaux, et où l'on nous fait croire que l'hiver, c'est du passé.

En attendant, moi, je vais mettre un autre pull à -34 celcius et prier pour que le Québec devienne la nouvelle Floride.

N'oubliez pas de garder une bougie de secours pour éclairer la lucidité qui s'éteint chez nos dirigeants!

leshoshin@diasporasocial.net

#quebec #soviet #on #se #gele #on #manque #electricite #merci #woke #eco

Aujourd'hui, on se les gèle à -34 degrés Celsius, et pendant qu'on se transforme en glaçons ambulants, nos journalistes bien au chaud dans leurs studios nous balancent une nouvelle fracassante : "Oh là là, on n'a plus d'électricité, faut tout couper!" Ça, c'est sûr, les seuls qui vont rester allumés, ce sont leurs micros et leurs écrans à deux sous.

C'est quand même incroyable, on est censé avoir des réserves d'électricité, non? Mais visiblement, on a décidé de les donner en cadeau à nos voisins américains. "Tiens, New York, prends donc nos surplus, on s'en fout d'avoir des lumières chez nous, tant qu'on a l'air vert et écolo à l'international!" C'est ça, vendre notre électricité à des tarifs de charité pendant que chez nous, on se retrouve à la chandelle. Ça, c'est du génie québécois, mes amis!

jrepin@joindiaspora.com

KDE Eco – Building Energy-Efficient Free Software

Software may be immaterial, but it runs on hardware and determines its energy consumption. Making software energy efficient is crucial. Let's build energy-efficient Free Software together!
KDE supports the FEEP and BE4FOSS programs to help free and open source communities produce more environmentally friendly software. The projects provide communities with guidelines and support to optimize software to be more energy efficient and have a longer life-span.

Homepage: https://eco.kde.org/
Video: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/c40cb2aa-d0ba-493f-8737-449008a43ed7

#KDE #KDEEco #eco #ecology #environment #CO2 #CarbonEmission #GlobalWarming #EnergyConsumption #EnergyEfficient #Software #BlauerEngel #FEEP #BE4FOSS #FOSS #FLOSS #hardware #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux

hekalyce@diasp.org
dezeen@xn--y9azesw6bu.xn--y9a3aq

Watch our live talk with Stefano Boeri about his new book Green Obsession

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Portrait of Italian architect Stefano Boeri

Dezeen teamed up with Italian architecture studio Stefano Boeri Architetti to host a live talk marking the launch of Stefano Boeri's book exploring the relationship between nature and architecture.

Titled Green Obsession: Trees Towards Cities, Humans Towards Forests, the book explores the work that Boeri's eponymous architecture practice has been doing for the past 15 years to redefine the relationship between the city and nature.

Moderated by Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, the talk explored some of the book's central themes, including the role and importance of integrating nature with architecture and urban planning.

Aerial view of many greenhouses in SpainThe book highlights the importance of architecture and urban planning co-existing with nature instead of replacing it

The book, published by Actar Publishers and supported by Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, aims to give voice to an ecological transition within architecture, in which cities are designed to support not only human life but all living species.

"We have an obsession: that of creating buildings for trees, which can also be inhabited by humans and even birds," Boeri said.

"We are also obsessed with designing forest cities, where plants and nature have no less of a presence than humans, and where both create a habitat in which mineral surfaces are reduced to the minimum amount needed for life."

Render of a pedestrian pathway with drones, solar panels and plant-covered buildingsBoeri created an urban planning proposal called Smart Forest City in Cancun, Mexico, which is designed to host up to 130,000 inhabitants

Other topics explored in the book include the role that communication, politics and economics play within the climate crisis. It includes contributions from ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall and American environmentalist Paul Hawken, among other experts.

Boeri is best known for designing plant-covered buildings to combat air pollution and counter the effects of deforestation while fostering the connection between humans and nature in urban landscapes.

Amongst his most notable architectural projects is Bosco Verticale, which translates to vertical forest, a pair of high-density residential towers covered in trees in Milan.

More recently, Stefano Boeri Architetti completed its first vertical forest in China, comprising two 80-metre residential towers covered in over 400 trees and plants.

Aerial perspective of the Bosco Verticale residential towers in MilanStefano Boeri Architetti's most notable project is the Bosco Verticale residential towers in Milan

The book also includes masterplans of Boeri's The Green River design, an urban reforestation project for Milan's unused railways which proposes 45,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide could be absorbed while producing 1,800 tonnes of oxygen.

Partnership content

This talk was produced by Dezeen for Stefano Boeri Architetti as part of a partnership. Find out more about Dezeen partnership contenthere.

The post Watch our live talk with Stefano Boeri about his new book Green Obsession appeared first on Dezeen.

#architecturetalks #all #architecture #talks #slideshows #collaborations #books #stefanoboeri #plantcoveredbuildings #livestreams #eco

environmentind@diasp.org
lorenzoancora@pod.mttv.it

The Right to Repair

Restricting consumers and businesses from choosing how they repair products can substantially increase the total cost of repairs, generate harmful electronic waste, and unnecessarily increase wait times for repairs. In contrast, providing more choice in repairs can lead to lower costs, reduce e-waste by extending the useful lifespan of products, enable more timely repairs, and provide economic opportunities for entrepreneurs and local businesses. - Policy Statement on Repair Restrictions Imposed by Manufacturers and Sellers by US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)


#righttorepair #ftc #law #justice #electronics #hacking #economy #economics #economy #eco #engineering #e-waste

torsten_peh@joindiaspora.com

Are there any privacy- and climate-friendly dropbox alternatives??? 🤪

On behalf of a group of climate-aware artists from Leipzig /Germany I'm looking for an actual instance for data-exchange and discussion.

#dropbox #privacy #eco #climate #leipzig


Gibt es datenschutz- und umweltfreundliche Dropbox-Alternativen? 🤓

Ich suche für eine umweltbewusste Künstler*Innengruppe aus Leipzig nach einer funktionierenden Instanz für Datenaustausch und Diskussionen.

#Datenschutz #Umwelt #Klima