Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The words “eco home” probably conjure up images of low-rise futuristic dwellings with their own gardens and an unaffordable array of low-energy technologies including solar panels, ground source heat pumps and a biomass boiler. With pioneers in the field producing one-off expensive eco-homes on large plots of land, one could be forgiven for thinking that
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The French government on Tuesday launched the process of compensation for farmers affected by drought in the national guarantee fund for agricultural disasters, said Tuesday Bruno Le Maire. The French Minister of Agriculture made the announcement after a meeting with Ministry representatives of agricultural organizations and producers, manufacturers and distributors of animal industries. Read More
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
They are in fact remote-controlled floating weather and atmosphere data monitors. These controlled meteorological balloons, or CMETs, are light enough to drift with the wind, tracking how fast and in which direction pollution drifts in the lower levels of the atmosphere. For the first time, they survived ice-laden clouds for a total of 80 flight hours
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The enormous concrete shells are as tall as a house, and they were designed to listen for enemy aircraft in the 1920s and 30s. Pre-World War II acoustic experiments led to some extraordinary architecture — and to a remarkably effective technology which ultimately succumbed to the invention of radar. Read More
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The Netherlands is unlikely to achieve EU emissions standards by 2015, according to a report published on Tuesday by the national environment assessment agency PBL and the ECN energy research centre. The report estimates the country will achieve roughly 50% of the EU standard in nitrogen emitted by traffic, industry and energy companies and in ammonia
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Agency9 today released their cloud service CityPlanner 2.0 internationally. Agency9 CityPlanner is a web service that empowers project managers, planners and architects to visualise and interact with 3D models on the internet. Project ideas can easily be created and edited, allowing for rapid evaluation of alternatives and feed-back from stakeholders and project members. CityPlanner features
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Dassault Systèmes announced at the Mexico Innovation and Collaboration Forum gathering Dassault Systèmes clients and partners, that it is significantly increasing its academic partnerships and initiatives across the region. Governments, businesses and organizations across Latin America are investing in educational programs to support economic growth across traditional and growing industries such as aerospace, automotive, energy and
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
connectCAD helps but doesn’t ‘take over’ – lines go where you draw them not where the program decides. It works by making your drawings both human and machine-readable. All data is stored in the drawing and can be inspected and modified using standard Vectorworks commands.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, today announced that one of the leading international renewable energy consultants, Natural Power, has chosen to deploy IFS Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, to consolidate its business systems and support 50 percent minimum year-on-year growth plans.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Engineering work has begun at a coal-fired power station in Essex that could turn it into the world’s largest biomass plant – burning wood pellets with almost no carbon emissions. RWE, the German owner of the Tilbury power station on the Thames, says it hopes to be ready to produce up to 750 megawatts of
