On a global scale, which product is produced the most in weight per year – steel, cement, plastic or paper? Would you have known the answer to this 1-million-euro question in a popular German TV-Show? While the...
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Chancen und Herausforderungen in Energieeffizienz-Netzwerken: Experteninterview
Vera Schürmann ist geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin von Arcanum Energy. Als Dienstleister, Berater und Partner, bietet Arcanum maßgeschneiderte Strategien und Geschäftsmodelle in den Bereichen Erneuerbare Energien...
The greening of construction (Part I): Overview
In recent years humankind reached a significant milestone when we became a predominantly urban species. This trend towards urbanization is part of the transition from agrarian to industrial society that is radically...
Beyond Heavy Oil – 8 Future-Proof Cargo Vessel Technologies
Think global, buy local? The idea of limiting one’s personal consumption to national, regional or local boundaries is an excellent way to reduce personal carbon footprints and help establish small, human-scale...
Efficiency 2.0 – How to Reveal Hidden Savings Potential with Integrated Energy Management
Adjust all the details, but don’t forget the big picture. That’s the best conclusion you can draw from analyzing industry’s most stunning cases of energy efficiency improvement. You can’t hear it...
Top-Notch Sustainability Practitioner Gathering: Umberto User Workshop in Essen, Sept 11/12, 2013
When the only way to implement a satisfactory future in human development is holistic thinking about sustainability, why is it that we so rarely happen to come across aids for realizing this mindset? Well, it’s a...
How to Get Maximum Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Emerging Economies, Part II: India, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea
Last week, I critically reviewed the term emerging economy and concluded that, given the lack of an appropriate alternative, it remains all right to use it even though some of the countries it refers to have long since...
How to Get Maximum Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Emerging Economies, Part I: Brazil and China
Over the course of the last two decades, most people have realized that in a rapidly changing economic world order, country development categories could do with an update. Especially needed is a new title for the...
5 Steps towards Maximum Resource Efficiency Part 2: Material Flow Modeling, MFCA and LCA Made Easy
Last week, I introduced you to the first three steps small and medium-sized companies need to take to increase their resource efficiency to a maximum. Today, you’ll find the last two of the five steps involved in...
5 Steps towards Maximum Resource Efficiency: Material Flow Modeling Made Easy
When calculating and reducing business-related environmental effects, two different approaches are traditionally taken. There is the product centered concept on the one hand, and the production centered one on the other...