Green Product Design & Packaging
In this section we explore the ways that designers are just beginning to integrate environmental considerations, harnessing such approaches as biomimicry (designs inspired by nature), cradle-to-cradle (closed-loop production systems involving benign materials), green chemistry (less- or non-toxic alternatives to petrochemicals), and local sourcing (to reduce transport energy use and emission).
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Cheryl Martin, deputy director of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy talks energy innovation at the 2013 VERGE conference in Boston.
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New technologies that enable billions of devices to collect and analyze data can help systems operate with startling efficiency.
- Enlighted raises $20M to expand energy-efficient office tech
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- Volvo puts trucks on autopilot
- Energy efficiency finds its cell phone: Part II
- House Democrats release energy app
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