Thursday, 24 April 2014

When water quality data goes public


Kickstarter funded smart infrastructure

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3029546/with-googles-help-nycs-floating-river-pool-will-tell-us-how-much-poop-is-in-the-water?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcoexist%2Ffeed+%28Co.Exist%29


Major infrastructure often requires biodiversity offsetting

The real game is Net Positive Gain for the environment because all business, especially the water industry is a wholly owned subsidiary of the natural environment

This explains what offsetting  is is all about:
https://royalsociety.org/events/2013/biodiversity-offsetting/

https://royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/z_events/2013/policylab/bee-to-size.jpg

Monday, 21 April 2014

More on the potential for 3D concrete printing

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140414-new-photos-of-10-green-3d-printed-houses-in-shanghai-built-in-24-hours.html



Sunday, 20 April 2014

Space for water

http://thomortiz.tumblr.com/post/16464679470/nastassiaxv-open-air-theater-and-rain-water

fuel-cell-gets-the-power-out-of-poo

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/fuel-cell-gets-the-power-out-of-poo/5307514

To treat wastewater  takes  about:1,800 kilojoules. (half a kilowatt hour per metre cubed)

The wastewater itself contains about : 7,600 kilojoules of energy in each metre cubed 
Second generation fuel cell

Friday, 18 April 2014

If you want to stop people putting wetwipes into the sewer system causing blockages, you need Design Thinking akin to IDEO:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ideo-partner-fred-dust-on/id775460758?i=202308003&mt=2

Friday, 14 February 2014

ESG necessary for investment

ESG the new phrase for sustainability
Environment, Social and Governance. Without it investment is high risk.