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Phillips Sustainable City Lights

March 17, 2010

Phillips in 2008 designed the Sustainable City Light for their Simplicity Event. The concept revolves around solar powered LEDs for street lights and incorporates a design based on how flowers open up their petals to collect sunlight.
The Sustainable City Lights have photovoltaic petals that open up in the day to capture the light to be [...]

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Solar Hot Water Heater

March 17, 2010

Solar Panels Plus has created a solar hot water heater on the lines of the thermos. The system based on evacuated tubes has been installed at the Homestead Family Restaurant in Blackfoot, Idaho and the test is to check if the installation provides hot water even in the winter. Two of the company’s solar panel [...]

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WEEE Recycling Directive

March 17, 2010

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive or WEEE Directive has been initiated by the EU in 2002 and is a legislation that has set benchmarks for collection, treatment, recovery and recycling of all waste electrical materials.
Along with the RoHS Directive, the WEEE Directive became a law in 2003. Producers are made responsible for these [...]

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True Blue Greens

March 17, 2010

Roper ASW is a leading market research and consulting firm headquartered in New York which has been providing global marketers options and opportunities for the last 80 years. Roper ASW publishes a report named the Green Gauge Report that serves as a guide for those involved in green concepts and sustainability.
The population is divided into [...]

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Triple Top Line

March 17, 2010

Several companies look to the triple bottom line accounting as a measure of the effect sustainable management of financial, natural and human capital has on an organisation. The benefits are more valuable when their effects, for example, increased revenues due to more desirable services and products being offered and also streamlined operations are measured from [...]

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Thermohaline Conveyor

March 16, 2010

Thermohaline Conveyor, also termed thermohaline circulation, ocean conveyor belt, the global conveyor belt, great ocean conveyor and meridonial overturning circulation, is a global water circulation system that is vital to maintaining climatic balance.
Water temperature and salt density are responsible for the system that distributes water between the globe’s oceans. The thermohaline conveyor is what aids [...]

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Technical Nutrient

March 16, 2010

Inorganic or synthetic materials created by humans that have the ability to be used and reused several times without losing their quality and staying in a continuous cycle are called Technical Nutrients.
These are generally metals and plastics created from highly stable materials and specially designed to be collected and reused in the closed loop cycle [...]

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Take Back

March 16, 2010

The Take Back program is a producer responsibility initiative that encourages recycling or reuse of products. Consumers are encouraged to return used products to the company that manufactured them. The Take Back laws create incentives for the companies that incorporate recyclability into the  original designing itself.

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Socially Responsible Investing

March 16, 2010

Investments which are made taking into consideration the social, environmental and financial returns are termed Socially Responsible Investing. They are also called socially- conscious or ethical investments. The investors prefer to invest with companies that have corporate principles promoting consumer protection, human rights, diversity and environmental stewardship.
Some might even avoid dealing with companies that involve [...]

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Service Ecology

March 16, 2010

Service Ecology refers to a group effort towards creating a sustainable service or experience. The group can include many specialised companies and organisations interacting to offer the service where each company may work on only one aspect. Each company should be allowed to create and realize the value of their input for the ecology to [...]

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