Burn green to breathe clean – BB CLEAN
In the Alpine Region (AR) there is a need to support a better use of local resources and an increase of energy self-sufficiency while reducing impacts on climate and the environment (EUSALP, AG9). Biomass is a local and affordable RES and its combustion avoids fossil CO2atmospheric emissions. For these reasons biomass use is strategic in […]
New Challenges on innonatives: National TOP-RUNNER-INITIATIVE
Neue / New Challenges: Nationale TOP-RUNNER-INITIATIVE (for english version please scroll down) innonatives startet drei neue Challenges für die Nationale Top Runner Initiative NTRI, eine Initiative des deutschen Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi). Entwickle Ideen zur effizienten Nutzung von Energie im Haushalt und Steigerung der Energieeffizienz. Worum geht es? Haushaltsgeräte bieten ein enormes Einsparpotenzial […]
Project: Earthquake resistant school
Baan Nhongbua school is one of the affected school, damaged from the earthquake occurred on 5 May 2014 in Pahn district, Chiangrai. The unpredictable disaster caused a huge damage to the classroom buildings. Project description by Jun Sekino Design for Disaster team formed up an emergency team of 9 Architects in Thailand participating to design and […]
Bionik-Network Hessen / VDID start challenge on innonatives
Bionik- Network Hessen and VDID (Verband Deutscher Industrie Designer e.V.) are searching for the most inspiring and visionary ideas on how Biomimetics or Biomimicry can be combined with 3D-Printing to generate more sustainable solutions. These can happen anywhere: in construction of houses or vehicles, in furniture and everyday products design, in medical devices and products […]
Invitation for the 2nd Convention of the Sustainability Maker Project
May 29th 2015 from 9:00 to 18:30 at Politecnico di Milano The 2nd convention of the Sustainability Maker project (funded by European LIFE+ programme) is coming to Milan this May as part of the EXPO2015 events. During the convention, current crowd-led approaches to sustainability innovation such as crowd-sourcing, open innovation, crowd-voting and crowd-funding will be explored. Companies, […]
Noobags Challenge – get rid of plastic bags
Bags made of paper, bags made of cloth, bags made of virgin or partly recycled PE and bags made of bioplastic have huge environmental impact. Each solution has its own disadvantage regarding the environment. The production of a paper bag has the highest cumulative energy demand, due to material quantity and less re-use phases compared to […]
innonatives first challenge winners 2015
The innonatives team is proud to present the first winners of the first completed innonatives challenge. Please see here for the winning solutions of the Sustainable Kitchen challenge http://innonatives.com/challenge/sus-brazil/solutions-sorted/winners Congratulations to the winners !!! Your innonatives Team
Power-Cycle Provides Simple and Sustainable Energy in Africa
Nuru Energy was founded in 2008 with the central focus of solving global energy poverty. Worldwide, more than 2 billion people currently lack a basic source of reliable energy. In response to this crisis, Nuru Energy developed a recharging platform that is simple, robust, off-grid and specifically designed for use in regions struggling to meet […]
