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Ten more days for the Global Prize for Innovation in Desalination (GPID) 2024! This is your chance to be recognized and celebrated for your outstanding contributions in water production, purification, or desalination. The GPID Awards honor excellence across technology, companies, and the people who make them tick. We have 5 Prize categories this year, including: ·      Discovery Award - $100,000 award for early-stage concepts, ideas, and solutions ·      Breakthrough Award - $100,000 award for leading proof-of-prototype and technologies ·      VC Deal of the Year – highlight market deals, developments, and financial opportunities ·      Most Impactful Lab/Accelerator in Water Production – for trailblazing researchers, academics, and teams ·      Most Innovative Idea in Water Production Policy/Economics – for market-defining technologies and policies across the water market It’s absolutely free to enter, with any and all IP remaining with you, the submitter. GPID is just looking to identify, boost, and celebrate the leaders in water production and desalination. There is $10m in program funding over 3 years, including cash awards, pilot value, and an all-expenses-paid trip to a leading water conference in November. To participate, simply submit details of your project via our online entry form. The submission process is straightforward: ·      Create an account in just 2 minutes ·      Choose and register for one of the 5 GPID opportunities ·      Provide details about you, your project, and why it should win – takes < 30 minutes Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your work on a global stage! Submit your entry today to boost, accelerate, and celebrate your work! See link: https://lnkd.in/e-rENk9w #water #prize #challenge

🌱 You want to develop a biochar project? 🌍 How much does it cost to develop your project under Puro.earth or Carbon Standards International AG? Which standard is more suitable for you? Here's a comparison of the costs involved at each stage: 💼 Registration & Initial Fees 💳 Credits Issuance Fees 📄 Project Design Document (PDD) Crafting ✔️ Validation, Monitoring, Verification Got questions? ❓ Feel free to ask them in the comments section! 💬 This post is inspired by the comprehensive Manual for Biochar Carbon Removal from International Biochar Initiative. 📘

🌍 Turning Ambition into Reality: The #Decarbonization of #Buildings ✨ 📅 In a timely event organized on March 20th, 2024, by European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE), REHVA Supporter, the recent positive vote on the #EPBD Recast by the European Parliament was discussed with a focus on turning ambitious goals into actionable strategies for the decarbonization of buildings. 🏢💡 🏗️👷 Leading experts in the field shared their insights! Johann Zirngibl, representing EPB Center & REHVA, shared the organisations' insights on leveraging #HVAC #professionals and #building #technologies to meet the EU's #carbon #neutrality and #healthy #buildings objectives. There is no «one fits all solution». 🌱This event marked a significant step forward in the EPBD Recast's #implementation journey, emphasizing the need for #inclusive #holistic #technological #solutions and #stakeholder #cooperation.🤝 🔗 For more information and the full slide deck, check out the details of this invaluable discussion 🖥️📊 https://lnkd.in/d5F32gJ7 Manon Roussel | Andrea Martin | Russell Patten | Stefan Moser | Valérie Séjourné | Davide Sabbadin | Laetitia Aumont | Charlotte van de Water | Jozefien Vanbecelaere | Christina von Westernhagen European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) | European Commission | Solar Heat Europe (ESTIF) | European Environmental Bureau | Agoria | European Heat Pump Association | Johnson Controls

There is still time to submit your Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program (GIFMP) funding applications. Does your organization have an eligible GIFMP project, and need help preparing the application? With only two weeks left to apply, Aladaco Consulting Inc. is here to help. With 20 years of experience supporting industrial organizations with energy efficiency projects, our team of Professional Engineers, CEM's and CMVP's, can assist in the development of your GIFMP application. Contact us now for help in preparing your application that will get approved and get your organization access to the maximum available funding. #NationalResourcesCanada #GreenIndustrialFacilitiesandManufacturingProgram #energyefficiency

“To ensure that buildings are fit for the EU's enhanced climate ambition under the European Green Deal, the revised directive will contribute to the objective of reaching emission reductions of at least 60% in the building sector by 2030 compared to 2015 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050. It will work hand in hand with other policies of the Green Deal package, in particular with the emissions trading system for fuels used in buildings, the revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EU/2023/1791), the revised Renewable Energy Directive (EU/2023/2413), as well as the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation. Other measures in the revised EPBD include a gradual phase-out of stand-alone boilers powered by fossil fuels, starting with the end of subsidies to such boilers from 1 January 2025. “

Webinar Opportunity 1PM AEST 23rd April 2024 - Exploring the Commercial Viability and Proven Outcomes of Innovative Pyrolysis Technology PYROCO for Biosolids Management: Findings From Second Pilot Plant Trials. https://lnkd.in/gW3qJ8t2 A conversation with RMIT, South East Water and Iota on their journey to scale up the technology and considerations for water authorities looking at the business case for pyrolysis among alternatives to land spreading for biosolids management. The panel will discuss the latest results from the operation of the second pilot plant, the business case for PYROCO, and the commercialisation pathway for this technology in the context of a viable biochar market. Also, the panel will explore what utilities need to start considering today if they wish to explore adoption of a more energy efficient pyrolysis technology that can produce a high value commercial biochar product towards the end of the decade. 

Optimizing ATMP Production: Balancing Costs and Environmental Impact Our latest #IWTNews analysis explores the environmental impact of ATMP production, comparing CO2 emissions, energy use, and costs between traditional cleanrooms and closed systems with isolators over a 21-day cycle. Want to learn more? Contact me for additional details or to discuss the findings. #ATMP #Sustainability #Cleanrooms #LifeSciences #Canada

❕❕ Tender Opportunity: Screening impact on digestate quality The Research Hub is pleased to announce a new tender opportunity for a project titled “Appraisal of the impact on digestate quality with a final screening step, from introduction of a smaller screen size.” The project aims to help operators identify effective technologies for reducing plastic contamination while preserving nutrient content of final digestate products, and to evaluate if small changes in screen size affect digestate quality factors beyond physical contaminants. The work will involve laboratory analysis of digestate samples from digesters processing various feedstocks and screened through a range of screen sizes. Key objectives include: 📊 To compare the relative proportions of nutrients and contaminants (and their nature) in the final liquor and fibre/screenings for different screen sizes used. ✅ To determine compliance of digester outputs with PAS110 for each group of screened materials. 🔎 To determine the relative significance of any differences in digestate quality identified in material screened at different screening size. The outcomes may help to determine which parameters, other than physical contaminants, may need re-validation (for PAS 110/BCS compliance) when screen size is reduced. For full details and submission instructions, see the Tender Invitation Document linked below. Questions? Contact Jackie Robinson at jackie@recc.org.uk by Friday 29th November. Submission Deadline: Friday 20th December 2024. https://lnkd.in/eKQKJbqj

As every quarter, RHP knowledge center for substrates yesterday gave webinars for the certified companies to update them on RHP research. In the morning the Dutch ‘RHP Online Onderzoeksupdate’ and in the afternoon the English ‘RHP Online Research Update’. This time Hans Verhagen shared knowledge on the behaviour of packaged growing media. And Richard Bremmer and Martine Holtkamp introduced 'RHP Innovation Support' to facilitate certified companies with a safe innovation of renewable raw materials at their locations.   In case you have missed it all, certified companies can watch all previous webinars about our research (from the last 4 years) on demand. Log in to My RHP at our website with your personal account (or register first) and find the links in the RHP Toolbox.   Would you like to stay informed about these webinars from now on and/or about our other latest news? Subscribe to the monthly RHP newsletter! https://lnkd.in/efSMhG2G #RHP #research #knowledge #StayUpToDate #GrowingMedia #watch #webinars #OnDemand #MyRHP #newsletter

A topic that is less talked about, i.e., how does Europe compare on #patents and innovation? The European Patent Office has released a study giving insights into trends in #innovation in #water-related technologies. The key findings are: 💦 Water-related technologies have represented less than 1% of of all international patent families (IPFs) filed worldwide between 1992 and 2021. 💦 Innovation in water-related technologies is dominated by water treatment, which represents a stable share of about 60% of all IPFs. IPFs in water treatment are mainly focused on wastewater and sludge treatment. 💦 Although it is primarily driven by traditional control and automation technologies, the integration of #artificialintelligence and the #InternetofThings has seen a rapid increase. Notably, European companies lead in technologies associated with the automation and control of wastewater treatment operations, whereas US applicants are more prominent in the integration of renewable energy sources 💦 Producing drinking water from open water sources represents the largest subfield within potable water harvesting technologies. The majority of IPFs in this area are associated with the #desalination of seawater. 💦 Europe has contributed 40% of all IPFs in this sector between 1992 and 2021 and holds leading positions in all water technology fields. 💦 #Universities and public research organisations (PROs) are increasingly contributing to water-related technology innovations, from under 5% of all IPFs in the 1990s to 14% by 2017-2021. Nonetheless, the European and US contributions are still below 10%. The full report can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gd3yjUyp Jacob TompkinsMax StortoBrianne Nakamura, P.E.Bruno AbreuOrianna BretschgerJamie SpotswoodJonathan HaswellMads Damsgaard-HansenGregoire de HemptinneDominique DarmendrailSiemensBASFXylemOliver Puckering