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Shore power: a critical investment for the shipping industry

Sustainability Matters

Responsible for transporting around 90% of the world’s trade, international shipping contributes to approximately 10% of global CO 2 emissions. In July 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a new strategy with enhanced targets to reduce GHG emissions from ships.

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Dutch city goes smart with energy management IoT solution

Envirotec Magazine

The firm says this new data management platform will enable the city’s energy managers to automate and oversee a distributed energy system combining solar and wind power installations, electric fleet chargers, cold ironing for ships and battery storage, through a powerful desktop and mobile application.

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From community solar to agrivoltaics: new Aust energy projects

Sustainability Matters

While participating in the Smart Energy Expo in Sydney (6–7 March), smart PV and energy storage company Trina Solar announced its involvement in two innovative Australian energy projects.

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Sustainable Facilities Forum 2023 Leadership Award Winners

Green Technology

Ferguson continues to implement new packaging solutions and shipping techniques within their operations by improving packaging efficiency rates resulting in reduced expenses associated with replacing and shipping products. Enlighted were used for the smart controls that communicates to the Metasys BAS through BACnet.

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Powering a Sustainable Future: Lenovo’s Energy Targets and Renewable Solutions Drive Emissions Reduction and Efficiency

3BL Media

Lenovo progressed its transition from air freight to road and sea freight including using the roll-on/roll-off shipping which replaced more than 50 percent emergent air delivery in Asia Pacific, and more than 96 percent of total Infrastructure Solutions Groups (ISG) shipments are transported by road in North America and China.

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Oz Questions On Clean Aviation & Shipping: Smart Energy Council Presentation Q&A

CleanTechnica

The other day I had the opportunity to talk with a few hundred mostly Australian participants in a Smart Energy Council webinar. It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. Over 600 signed up, many from other time zones […]