Dreamforce 2023: Salesforce Net Zero Cloud Automates Writing ESG Reports

Salesforce also offered tips about right-sizing generative AI and granted $2 million to AI nonprofit contest winners. Continue reading Dreamforce 2023: Salesforce Net Zero Cloud Automates Writing ESG Reports

Renewables surprisingly “on track” to meet net zero by 2050

Renewable energy is taking off at exponential rates, putting global clean power “in line with ambitious net-zero scenarios.” A new report suggests fossil fuel demand in the energy sector has already peaked, and “will be in freefall” by 2030.Continue Re… Continue reading Renewables surprisingly “on track” to meet net zero by 2050

Fast, low-cost direct lithium extraction could avert a supply crisis

Canadian company Volt Lithium has developed and pilot-tested a new low-cost lithium extraction method to pull this critical battery metal out of low-concentration brines. Now it plans to turn old oil fields into lithium production operations.Continue R… Continue reading Fast, low-cost direct lithium extraction could avert a supply crisis

Lithium resource squeeze could put the brakes on decarbonization

As the EV revolution speeds up, and big battery projects ramp up to stabilize power grids running on intermittent renewables, global demand for lithium batteries will rise sixfold in the next 10 years. But can the world actually supply the materials?Co… Continue reading Lithium resource squeeze could put the brakes on decarbonization

Five solar farms, each as big as Tasmania: Australia’s path to net zero

Australia has a lot of sun and desert space, positioning the country well to continue being an energy exporter in the net zero era. But the renewable assets it’ll need to build to get there are absolutely epic in scale, according to a new report.Contin… Continue reading Five solar farms, each as big as Tasmania: Australia’s path to net zero

NYC supertall skyscraper will go big on sustainable design

Foster + Partners recently revealed its design for a new skyscraper that combines a supertall stature with a significant number of sustainability features. The building, named 270 Park Avenue, will reach an impressive height of 1,388 ft (423 m) in New … Continue reading NYC supertall skyscraper will go big on sustainable design

UK McDonald’s offers fries with a side of sustainability

A new McDonald’s restaurant in the UK has been designed with sustainability in mind. Hailed by the fast-food giant as the UK’s “first Net Zero Carbon Restaurant,” it was constructed using recycled materials, and solar panels and wind turbines help meet… Continue reading UK McDonald’s offers fries with a side of sustainability

Energy efficient home rises up and over dramatic rocky landscape

Italian architectural firm Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio has recently finished a stunning single-family home that balances on 12 slim pillars, raising the house up and over a dramatic rocky landscape. Located in the small town of Ragusa in Sicily, Italy, Ca… Continue reading Energy efficient home rises up and over dramatic rocky landscape

Europe’s biggest department store gets a new office with a green heart

Following projects like Maggie’s Leeds and Eden, Heatherwick Studio continues its run of greenery filled works with Castellana 69. The firm’s first building in Spain, it’s conceived as an office with a “green heart” and will boast significant sustainab… Continue reading Europe’s biggest department store gets a new office with a green heart

America’s first triple net-zero development planned for New York

New York-based Garrison Architects has joined forces with sustainable developers South End Development to create what they believe to be the very first triple net-zero mixed-use project in the United States. Dubbed Seventy-Six, the sustainably ambitiou… Continue reading America’s first triple net-zero development planned for New York