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Meet Daisy, Apple's latest robot for recovering and reusing iPhone components

Launched this week, Daisy helps dissemble iPhones for reuse and recycling

  • IT
  • 20 April 2018
Verv
Verv completes UK's first blockchain energy trade

Residents of the Hackney Banister House Estate sent excess solar energy from one housing block to another over encrypted trading platform

  • IT
  • 17 April 2018
Uncle Ben's/Blippar
Uncle Ben's dials in augmented reality to reveal rice supply chain

Shoppers in France can use AR app to find out information on where their rice has come from

  • IT
  • 06 April 2018
How smartphones are heating up the planet

Smart phones are rarely recycled and that's just one reason tech devices are increasing our carbon footprints, says Lotfi BelkhiR from McMaster University

  • IT
  • 27 March 2018
Could 5G roll-out unlock the smart city?

New report from O2 argues next wave of mobile networks could deliver enormous environmental, efficiency, and cost savings

  • Technology
  • 16 March 2018
'Much work needed' to make digital economy environmentally sustainable

MPs cast doubt on whether energy efficiency gains can keep offsetting rising power demand

  • Politics
  • 20 February 2018
Don't write off Blockchain because of the Bitcoin hype

The underlying crypto-ledger technology holds major promise for the energy industry, argues Policy Exchange's Josh Burke

  • IT
  • 07 February 2018
BRE
Smart homes: BRE cuts ribbon on new research hub

Building science body has teamed up with EDF, BT, and Telefonica to launch a new centre for smart home research

  • IT
  • 30 January 2018
PwC: Concern over climate change threat surges among CEOs

Annual poll finds 31 per cent of CEOs now 'extremely concerned' about threat to growth from environmental damage, as separate report examines AI's role in tackling green challenges

  • Risk
  • 24 January 2018
ACWA Power joins cryptocurrency craze with adoption of SolarCoin

ACWA is the first utility-scale power generator to adopt the cryptocurrency, which awards digital tokens for every MWh of solar generation

  • IT
  • 16 January 2018
QTSS
Quantum Technology Supersensors: Smart pressure sensors win 'Breakthrough of the Year' and are set to radically disrupt the tech industry

From flexible touch screens to smart driving seats and robot 'skin', smart material pressure sensors from Quantum Technology Supersensors have a host of exciting applications

  • IT
  • 13 December 2017
Hacking the home energy market

New research by techUK reveals that tech-savvy Millennials have emerged as the new home energy champions. But consumer participation cannot be taken for granted, tech UK's Susanne Baker warns

  • IT
  • 12 December 2017
One Planet Summit: Blue chips unveil blockchain pilot for greener supply chains

Banks, corporates, and tech start-ups will work together to test whether the much-hyped crypto-ledger technology could unlock more sustainable supply chains

  • IT
  • 11 December 2017
Alphabet, Intel and Walmart: Low-carbon products make business sense

Opportunities abound in these efforts to boost efficiency and cut emissions

  • Technology
  • 08 December 2017
Why consumer electronics giants are flunking toxic phaseouts

And what other industry sectors can learn from those shortcomings

  • Waste
  • 01 December 2017
Is the European city stifling greener ecommerce?

Mark Bellamy of B2C Europe argues policymakers and businesses need to come together to curb the environmental impact of eCommerce deliveries

  • Automotive
  • 23 November 2017
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AI start-up PowerScout launches Facebook chatbot for solar installations

The PowerScout chatbot can instantly assess a home's roof and calculate how much the owner could save by installing solar systems

  • IT
  • 16 November 2017
Microsoft vows to cut emissions 75 per cent by 2030

Tech giant commits to Paris Agreement inspired target, arguing both the environment and its business benefit from ambitious sustainability targets

  • IT
  • 15 November 2017
Industrial Digitalisation: Manufacturers could cut UK emissions 4.5 per cent

Major new government-commissioned review argues new smart technologies could revolutionise manufacturing sector, boosting productivity and slashing resource use

  • Technology
  • 30 October 2017
Blockchain waste-to-energy start-up 4NEW raises $25m in eight days

A major US private equity fund injected the capital to fund 4NEW's first waste-to-energy plant in the UK

  • IT
  • 30 October 2017
Blockchain energy pioneer LO3 secures Centrica investment

British Gas parent company joins Braemar Energy Ventures in funding LO3, the blockchain firm pioneering peer-to-peer green energy trading

  • IT
  • 26 October 2017
British Gas touts next-generation smart meter to deliver greener grid

First SMETS2 meters begin widespread rollout, in bid to deliver more flexible UK grid

  • IT
  • 20 October 2017
Inside Pure Planet's plan for a mobile-first clean energy membership model

Steven Day, co-founder of new app-only supplier Pure Planet, explains why its tech-savvy approach makes it well placed to lead the next phase of the clean energy revolution

  • Infrastructure
  • 18 October 2017
Fairphone and Apple top green electronics league table

Greenpeace says its rankings show big names such as Samsung and Amazon must demonstrate 'greater ambition' on renewables, resource use and hazardous chemicals

  • Supply chain
  • 17 October 2017
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