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Two weeks after the Philippines’ deadliest volcano blew up, thousands of displaced residents are still living without electricity and inhaling ash. Some Filipinos have come up with earth-friendly ideas to make life a little easier for the victims.
Explaining how technology can boost residents' quality of life, and protecting their privacy will be crucial, experts say.
Green Buildings
5 ways green buildings are good for your health
EB Studio
At the 2018 International Green Building Conference, experts spoke about the changing face of the workplace and how human health and wellness are driving innovation in construction and building management.
Green Buildings
Beyond colour, how are paints creating sustainable cities?
EB Studio
Paints have been used for centuries to beautify spaces, lift spirits and keep cities cool in hot weather. Dutch paints and coatings specialist AkzoNobel is proving that paints can help build greener cities too.
Green Buildings
Super Bowl LII tackles sustainable design
#lighting Opinion
Increasingly, we’re hearing that individual action is insignificant relative to needed political change, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook.
As extreme weather events intensify, so too will the political siege on the fossil fuel industry, and rightfully so. But Daniel Litvin warns that an unthinking backlash on Big Oil could have perverse effects for the global energy transition.
Villages in rural India, Bangladesh and Africa may be racing ahead of cities when it comes to embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution and cutting-edge technology for their energy needs, says Global Himalayan Expedition's Jaideep Bansal.
Lutron Electronics Southeast Asia director Boon Liang Seng explains how dimming lights can save energy and raw materials, as well as improve productivity.
Green Buildings
The real value of investing in sustainability
Food & Agriculture
Could vertical farms feed the world?
#lighting Videos
Food & Agriculture
The next, big smart opportunity
In the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, lighting giant Philips has built one of the world’s largest city farming research facility which grows thousands of vegetables, herbs and strawberries in multi-level racks fitted with state-of-the-art technology.
From seawater to gravity, startup firms are using basic science to create simple and sustainable innovations to light up rural and off-grid communities around the world.
Food & Agriculture
Toshiba showcases the future of vegetables
Growing green and leafy vegetables in the future would require the help of innovation, says Toshiba, the latest electronics giant seeking to address threats of natural disasters in food security.
United States-based Ethical Markets Media has awarded this year’s top ethical media campaigns to ‘A Liter of Light’ from the Philippines and Thai Life Insurance’s ‘Unsung Hero’.
