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Envigreen develops environment friendly plastic product

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 3, 2017

In Ashwath Hegde’s 10th-floor office in the south-Indian city of Bengaluru, plastic has become a multi-sensory experience.

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Turning e-waste to electricity: IIT Madras innovation waits for takers

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 27, 2017

Scientists at IIT, Madras have come up with a novel technique where e-waste can be used as a resource not only to treat waste water but also to generate electricity simultaneously, making it an...

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Carbon dioxide turned into fuel using light

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 24, 2017

Scientists have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane - a key building block for many types of fuels - using only ultraviolet light as an energy source....

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'Soon, Print Solar Cells At The Cost Of A Newspaper'

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 20, 2017

Printing solar cells may soon be as easy and inexpensive as printing a newspaper, thanks to researchers who have cleared a critical manufacturing hurdle in the development of a new class of...

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Telangana government mulls 50 % subsidy on solar powered cold storage facilities

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 20, 2017

To facilitate farmers store their horticulture produce for longer period, the Telangana government is considering provision of 50 % subsidy  on ‘solar powered cold storage’ with the help of...

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Samsung launches world’s first solar-powered refrigerators

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 17, 2017

Samsung India today expanded its consumer electronics portfolio by introducing smart convertible frost-free and direct cool refrigerators which run on solar power and a new range of air...

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Target Corporation to invest $5mn in 'green chemistry' innovation

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 31, 2017

US retailer Target Corporation aims to invest $5 million in ‘green chemistry’ innovation by 2020. The Minneapolis-based firm aims to improve textile products by eliminating added perfluorinated...

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Family-sized Solar Car to Race in World Solar Challenge

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 30, 2017

Solar Team Great Britain has started a kickstarter page to help fund their design for entry in the 2017 World Solar Challenge. Founder Steven Heape leads a team of volunteers from many different...

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Videocon launches solar energy air conditioner

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2017

Videocon, the consumer electronics and home appliances company, on Tuesday unveiled a Hybrid Solar Air Conditioner (AC). The company claims it's the world's first AC to run on solar energy....

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Solar-powered system to provide safe drinking water in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 24, 2017

Scientists are developing a low-cost, solar-powered water purification system that may help over 77 million people in remote parts of India get access to safe drinking water.

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