Category: Climate Action & Science

Air-to-water heat pumps can be efficient, but they aren’t right for every home. Learn when an air to water heat pump systems makes sense. Source: Green Building Advisor.

The project brief called for the design of a contemporary six-bedroom coastal residence on a steeply sloping site within the Romansbaai Estate. The client’s vision was to maximise panoramic sea views while creating a…

This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology. But there’s another subject that’s been sneaking into…

What narratives do materials carry, and how can the visible “traces” of artisans engage in a dialogue with manufacturing processes and industrialization? Between design and construction, the act of thinking through making can become…

If you think avoiding fast chargers can save you from EV battery degradation, think again. Source: InsideEVs.

Wevo has developed WEVOPUR 60210 FL T, a polyurethane compound for the selective potting of multilayer printed circuit boards in automotive battery management systems. The system is applied by the dam-and-fill method and is…

Empowering women through greater access to finance could “strengthen” households’ resilience to “climate shocks,” according to a new study. Published in Climate Risk Management, it analyses the impact of financial access on “women-headed households”…

CUTRIC has a credibility problem that extends well beyond its long enthusiasm for hydrogen buses. The underlying issue is whether an organization whose mission includes commercializing technologies should receive a presumption of neutrality when…

More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe.By Liza Gross…

On today’s hard-working episode of Quick Charge, we tip our collective hat to Apple CEO Tim Cook on his last day at work before taking a look at Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto’s approach to…

The US battery storage market just posted its biggest quarter ever, adding 20.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in Q2 2026. more… Source: Electrek.

Only 5% of EU ships’ tonnage was dismantled in Europe despite the capacity to recycle much more. Vast majority of end-of-life ships are sent for beaching in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh under poor environmental…