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#planettech - AI for sustainability
TechUK's Susanne Baker explores how the exciting world of AI could be recruited in the race to develop sustainable business models
M&S teams up with Dearman to take the climate heat out of chilled deliveries
Dearman's clean cold technology will be trialled by M&S to see if it could be suitable for nationwide use
We need to be smarter at designing 'smart cities' programmes to make urban areas greener
Too often initiatives for 'smart cities' skate over the environmental challenges, argues the EIC's Matthew Farrow
Megadrones, self-driving cars and 3D-printed buildings: Is this the low carbon city of the future?
PwC's new VR experience is aimed at preparing companies for the myriad disruptions presented by climate and technological change - BusinessGreen takes a tour
Clean tech opportunity: Government launches £1bn AI sector deal
Ministers aim to make UK an AI research hot spot as clean tech firms seek to exploit machine learning opportunities
Rewiring the workplace: How Energi Mine promises to change employee behaviour to save company cash
The start-up believes a blockchain-based reward system could be the answer to workplace energy saving - and National Rail is its first guinea pig
Meet Daisy, Apple's latest robot for recovering and reusing iPhone components
Launched this week, Daisy helps dissemble iPhones for reuse and recycling
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
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
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
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
'Much work needed' to make digital economy environmentally sustainable
MPs cast doubt on whether energy efficiency gains can keep offsetting rising power demand
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Alphabet, Intel and Walmart: Low-carbon products make business sense
Opportunities abound in these efforts to boost efficiency and cut emissions
Why consumer electronics giants are flunking toxic phaseouts
And what other industry sectors can learn from those shortcomings
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
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
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
