Innovation & Technology

element14, a Premier Farnell/Avnet Community, Launches ‘Upcycle Cycle it’ Design Challenge with Intel® Edison

element14, the world’s largest electronic design community, has launched a new Design Challenge for designers and engineers called ‘Upcycle it’. Sponsored by Intel® , element14 will challenge 15 community members to Upcycle an unwanted or waste product to give it a new or enhanced lease of life.

Innovation & Technology

Can U.S. Highways Evolve After 60 Years of Stagnation?

Cars are getting smarter—can’t the road get smarter, too? That’s the question Harriet Langford is trying to answer along an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in western Georgia.

Green Infrastructure

SCS Partners with GIGA to Promote Green Building Product Transparency

SCS Global Services is partnering with GIGA to promote green building product transparency through origin.build, an international material data hub to increase visibility of manufacturer products and corresponding certifications to specifiers and building industry professionals.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - February 2017

Welcome to the Ray C. Anderson Foundation's Quarterly Newsletter

Innovation & Technology

Georgia Project Aims to Build Smarter Roads

Cars are getting smarter and more sophisticated all the time, but the roads they drive on are still pretty much pavement. That’s slowly starting to change. States are turning highways into technology laboratories for everything from traffic management to environmental sustainability.

Environment

HP Commits to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Its Global Operations Another 25 Percent

After setting and meeting two successive Scope 1 and Scope 2 absolute reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions, HP Inc. announces a new target to reduce the GHG emissions from its global operations by 25 percent by 2025, compared to 2015.

Green Infrastructure

Delos™ and Glumac Form Strategic Alliance to Integrate Health and Well-Being into the Built Environment

Delos™, a wellness real estate and technology firm, today announces a strategic alliance with Glumac, a full-service consulting and engineering firm, to accelerate the transformation of indoor environments into spaces that promote human health and wellness. The new relationship will leverage Glumac’s extensive network of sustainable building services clients to further expand the global reach of the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL), which is the world’s first building standard focused exclusively on the effects of the built environment on human health and well-being.

Innovation & Technology

Grid Modernization: Utility 2.0 has arrived, but it brings opportunity and caution

For years, utilities have struggled to define the more responsive operational systems and customer-centric performance models that would trumpet the arrival of Utility 2.0. Lacking a singular event marking the shift, it seems more likely a steady, incremental advance through technology deployments, analytics and a focus on customer engagement represents the path towards a continually evolving future state.

Innovation & Technology

Xylem Rental Pumps Provide Fast Solution for Dewatering

A large construction project in Mainz, Germany, recently used Xylem rental pumps for a drainage solution. The pumps were quickly delivered and provided reliable service.

Diversity & Inclusion

21st Century Fox and AMC Theatres Celebrate Black History Month With Free Screenings of “Hidden Figures” in Communities Across the Country

In celebration of Black History Month, 21st Century Fox and AMC Theatres are joining forces to provide free screenings of Academy Award nominated film “Hidden Figures” in communities across the country. The film – starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe – tells the 'untold' story of three African American female NASA mathematicians during the Space Race of the 1960's.

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