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More Traffic, More Energy
Exploiting the traffic of cities to realize energy? It is possible thanks to piezoelectric materials put under the roads where vehicles pass every day. The so-called “piezoelectricity” is the capacity to produce electric current when subject to a mechanical stress, i.e. the movement of vehicles on the road. The company Innowartech, which launched the... »
It takes some sweetness – Eco-tips for drivers good for both the wallet and the environment
By using appropriate driving style and habits drivers can save up to 15 percent of petrol, said a survey of the University of California. Researchers also tested a specific ICT tool which tell the drivers the most sustainable and eco friendly driving behaviours. Under aggressive driving behaviours – i.e. full speed acceleration when departing from... »
Sustainable mobility among mountain municipalities, “Rosengartenbus” – 28 February 2011, h. 20:30, Vigo di Fassa (Italy)
Transdolomites is organizing a meeting to be held on 28 February 2011 at 20:30 p.m., in the Municipality building of Vigo di Fassa Rosengartenbus” – 28 February 2011, h. 20:30, Vigo di Fassa (Italy). The meeting focuses on the new initiative “Rosengartenbus”, aiming at developing a sustainable mobility network linking... »
“Klimamobility” – 22 – 24 September 2011, Bolzano (Italy)
A new event dedicated to sustainable mobility will open its doors on next 22 – 24 September 2011, in the Alpine city of Bolzano (Italy), while growing interest is spreading worldwide towards initiatives for a more eco-friendly transport economy. The “Klimamobility” eco-vehicles showroom will be organized at the Bolzano Fair –... »
Philadelphia metro: when breaking will provide clean energy to its city
Metros are already fundamental in everyday urban life: by providing rapid and efficient public transport in cities, they allow citizens and commuters to avoid stressful driving and facilitate the decongestion of streets from car traffic and pollution. Without metros, life in modern cities would be otherwise upsetting, and CO2 and NoX levels would be... »
Sweden and Norway’s green highway
Finland plan to build the first green highway was strongly advertised and made public last month. We also gave notice of it through the SWOMM website. In a recent post, Bengt Magnusson, Editor-in-chief and Europe correspondent for the ERA magazine, in the Euractiv blog, introduced a green highway project implemented by Sweden... »
Google Launches Open Spot, an App to Help You Find Open Parking
Google has launched Open Spot, a new app aimed at helping “driving users” to find and share parking spots. How does it work? It is very easy: users update a map when they are leaving their parking spots, thus enabling other drivers who are looking for a parking spot in the same area to quickly... »
The magazine “Espansione” fostering sustainable mobility – Milan, 30 June 2010
On the 30 June 2010 the magazine “Espansione” is shaking the city of Milan on mobility, energy and environment by launching the event “Una scossa alla città – Mobilità, energia e ambiente”. “Espansione”, the monthly magazine of the newspaper “Il Giornale” dedicated to the economy, has always been focusing on the issues of energy, waste... »
Taiyou: a solar-powered lift for the future?
People enjoying winter holidays in the mountain generally come home with a beautiful tan, because of the stronger impact the sunbeams have on their skin due to the weakest filter exerted by the atmosphere. Today, a project from Fredrik Hilten – a Swedish industrial design student at Lund University – explores new ways of... »
Boosting sustainable postal deliveries: The Greenpost Project
Even if nowadays our mail travels for the most throughtout the web and writing paper has lost most of its fascination, there will always be room for communication by post. Hence, why don’t try alternative and less polluting solutions for hauling our hard copies? Greenpost is a project co-financed in the frame of the European... »