The world's first sand battery is already operating in Finland 🇫🇮, supplying heat to residential and office buildings in the city of Kankaanpää
It’s been created by Markku Ylönen and Tommi Eronen ⤵️
The
@UN
strikes an historic deal to safeguard marine life, protecting 30% of the oceans by 2030🔵🌐
Below, why this is such a significant milestone for the planet ⤵️
The integration of AI is paving the way for an era of autonomous robots poised to assist in diverse fields, ranging from agriculture to elderly care 🤖👇
Wind turbine blades can be recycled 🌬️♻️
A solar plant built with materials obtained from recycled wind turbine blades illustrates the transition from renewable energy to the circular economy 👇
A lift/elevator for salmon 🐟
Installed in the Nansa River, Spain, it allows salmons to pass the 20-metre barrier that previously prevented them from continuing upstream to the spawning area 👇
Did you know this? ⤵️
For the past 50 years, meteorological, climatic and water risks have been responsible for half of all of the world’s disasters - and climate change is behind many of them ⛈️🌡️
The OZONE LAYER is recovering! 🎉🥳
Global efforts have resulted in the progressive elimination of almost 99% of prohibited substances that were destroying the ozone layer 🌍
.
@LiamHemsworth
invites you to think about ways to help our planet’s future and minimize the footprint that we all leave on it. How do you contribute to a better planet?
#InvestInThePlanet
A team of innovative students has unveiled a prototype hydrogen-powered motorcycle, aiming to provide an eco-friendly alternative to traditional gasoline models 🏍️
@MIT
This 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗲 now operational in the Faroe Islands is capturing energy from the sea 🇫🇴, joining forces with other methods like the thermal gradient to tap into oceanic power 🌊👇
This is one of the stories we most enjoy sharing with you. This is how this salmon elevator 🐟 contributes to restoring their historic route between the Nansa River (Spain) and the sea 🌅
These are the kind of surprises our employees deserve. THANK YOU, Teresa, for your great work at the Bidasoa Hospital, in the Basque Country 👏👏👏
#Covid19
#ACCIONAteam
#coronavirus
Made from recycled plastic by a Canadian company, this floating
#desalination
plant harnesses the sea's energy to produce fresh water 🌊⚡️ This is how 👇
Remember the time when you could trust the old sayings predicting the weather? Well, climate change appears to have put a stop to that. Proverbs about the weather no longer appear to reflect popular wisdom 👇
A new generation of
#beehives
will take care of bees 🐝 and even harvest honey automatically using solar energy ☀️
The aim is to reduce the mortality rate of this species, which has faced many threats in recent years ⤵️
Several floating farm projects capable of desalinating seawater and operating with solar energy could offer an alternative to land-based agriculture 🥬🥦
Find out how ⤵️
Two U.S. scientists have developed a technology that transforms CO2 into cellulose, making it possible to manufacture carbon-negative garments 🪡 👚
Find out how ⤵️
Floods, fires, tornadoes… there was no lack of news in 2021 about climate change, warning us of what‘s to come if we don’t get global warming under control 🔥🌡️
Bees in a city collect much more than pollen
🐝🐝🐝
These pollinators also catch samples of bacteria and microbes that permit us to know the state of the environment 🏙️⚕️ This is how 👇
What do Galapagos tortoises and Australian kangaroos have in common? 🐢🦘 They’re both endemic species. Caring for them is so important for
#biodiversity
👇
We LOVE the Kugira! It’s the Europe’s biggest floating caisson-building dock, able to construct docks and quays of over 200 meters long within a month ⚓️
🌱 This is the world seed bank, a new Noah’s Ark containing a back-up of all the planet’s edible plants 🌎 Its objective is to protect them from natural disasters, as well as other
#climatechange
effects 👇
If you have to leave your home (please
#StayAtHome
🙏), follow these measures 👇
↩️On your way out
↪️On your way in
👉SHARE 👈 this infographic to spread the word against the
#COVID19
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the field of architecture, reshaping every stage from initial building design through construction to ongoing maintenance 🏙️❤️
We certainly have reasons to expect great things from 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 💚 It's a form of
#renewableenergy
that has many uses and in this article we explain what these are 👇
𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲-𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🏙️🌳 What is it?
From concrete jungle to sustainable urban development, cities are adapting to the climate crisis before and after suffering consequences ♨️
Printing buildings with biomaterials 🏙️🧱 University of Idaho (
@uidaho
) researchers are working on this new composite based on wood waste for sustainable construction 👇
The ancient inscription "If you see me, weep" is carved on one of the stones that the European drought has left exposed in the Elbe River 🌄
Its warning is more significant than ever 😢⤵️
An innovative prototype uses hexagonal mycelium tiles covering building facades as an innovative solution to air pollution 🏡 Brunel Design (
@bruneluni
) student has come up with this solution 👇
In Queensland 🇦🇺, construction is underway of one of the largest wind farms in the Southern Hemisphere and our largest wind farm globally 🌬️
Protecting native flora and fauna is a fundamental activity of this project 🌿🐨 Read more to find out how 👇
The carbon-positive building will automatically seek the best orientation towards the sun and integrate new ventilation solutions to adapt to climate change
#InvestInThePlanet
𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 is the construction industry’s response to new environmental challenges in cities and the concept of urban regeneration 🏘️🌱
Find out more ⬇️
👩🏭👷♀️Constructing a building from scratch with an exclusively female workforce is completely disruptive in construction, laying down a challenge for it to incorporate the role of women in any construction work, not only for engineering or administrative tasks ⤵️
#PeopleACCIONA
The Great Green Wall, alternative agriculture, and liquid clay to turn arid soil into fertile soil are some of the projects aimed to face
#desertification
🌱☀️ Find out more in this video 📺
The current air quality in most of the world's most polluted cities was unimaginable just a few months ago
#COVID19
👇 Take a look at the images of cities that now breathe pollution-free 👇
We become engineers, in part, for projects like this: the cable-stayed bridge of Cebu 🌉 🇵🇭
👉 2.5km cable-stayed bridge + 650m main structure
👉 a main span of 390m between its two pillars
➕info
Wind farms and photovoltaic plants in the same space to optimize the use of the electricity grid 🌬️☀️, reduce the environmental footprint of infrastructures, and boost renewable energy output 🔋⚡️
Find out how ⤵️
They reach up to 100 meters long, typically with excavation diameters of 18 meters. That is, they can be as long as 9 buses 🚍, as high as a five-story building 🏫
👇 This is all you need to know about 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 👇
At the cost of a green roof, a next-gen biobattery will allow parks and gardens to generate their own lighting and power IoT devices 🏞️⛲️
This is how ⤵️
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 tries to avoid the unnecessary production and purchase of objects of little use which later end up just stored away in a drawer 📚⤵️
On the horizon, more sustainable and accessible cities 🏙️🚇
And in this 📸, one of the twin tunnels that we are constructing as part of the
#BroadwaySubwayProject
metro project, in Vancouver 🇨🇦, to make these cities a reality
....
@ACCIONA_CA
@GhellaSpa
@broadwaysubway_
We are ranked 20th on the list of THE TOP 250 INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS by the prestigious publication
@enrnews
. We also ranked fifth in regions such as Australia and seventh in Latin America. The Water business is ranked number 2 in its category
As part of the ongoing shift towards a circular economy ⭕️♻️, recent research has harnessed the potential of E. coli bacteria, utilizing them to produce bioelectricity ⚡️
Good news in 🇨🇦! The TBMs “Phyllis” and “Elsie” reached the fourth station of their six-stop journey in October
#BroadwaySubwayProject
The future Oak-VGH station will provide improved access to Vancouver General Hospital & the surrounding medical district
As a recap of our 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 of
#2022
, we propose a brief tour of eight of the inventions and developments that have enabled progress in areas such as
#desalination
, offshore
#windenergy
or
#greenhydrogen
✅
Discover more 👀⤵
Great news in Canada! 🇨🇦
@ACCIONA
and its partners Peace River Hydro Partners consortium (
@PRHydroPartners
) have completed the construction of the Site C dam body. The dam, the largest in Canada, is 60 meters high and more than a kilometer long ⤵️
Cracks are beginning to appear in the ground and in buildings in Chicago and other cities. This is due to underground climate change. What is this and how does it affect urban areas? 🌆♨️
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄? 🌍💯 It all depends on the climate policies being implemented. These are all the scenarios ⬇️
#InvestInThePlanet
Energy positive ⚡️ and carbon negative➖, this skyscraper imitating the baobab is an example of
#biomimeticarchitecture
🗼🌳 and integration with the environment 👇