Jaunumi,
10. March 2023
2022. gada gada 31. decembrī noslēdzās Viedās pilsētas klastera projekts Nr. 3.2.1.1/16/A/017. Projekta aktivitātes tika īstenotas laika periodā no 2017. gada 13. februāra līdz 2022. gada 31. decembrim. Līgumā[...]
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Jaunumi,
07. November 2022
Viedās pilsētas klasteris aicina piedalīties Pasīvo ēku atvērtajās durvju dienās 2022! No 2022. gada 11. novembra līdz 13. novembrim visā Latvijā noritēs Pasīvo ēku atvērtās durvju dienas, kuru mērķis ir[...]
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Jaunumi,
01. September 2022
2022. gada augustā ir parakstīti līguma Nr. 3.2.1.1/16/A/017 grozījumi Nr. 10 par projekta īstenošanas termiņa pagarinājumu. Projekta īstenošanas termiņš ir pagarināts līdz 2022. gada 31. decembrim. Līdz projekta īstenošanas beigām[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. July 2022
Viedās pilsētas klasteris sadarbībā ar biedrību “Passive House Latvija” piedalīsies kopīgā darba grupā, kuras uzdevums ir veikt “Rīgas energoefektivitātes fonda” (REEF) koncepta un biznesa modeļa izstrādi. Darba grupa nodarbosies ar[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
28. June 2022
Viedās pilsētas klastera projekta ietvaros ir izstrādāts “zaļo” automobiļu reģistrācijas vizuālais pārlūks, izmantojot Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcijas datus. Risinājums ļauj analizēt datus par “zaļajiem” automobiļiem, balstoties uz tādiem parametriem kā[...]
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Jaunumi,
16. March 2022
Centrālā finanšu un līgumu aģentūra ir apstiprinājusi projekta “Viedās pilsētas klasteris” (projekta Nr. 3.2.1.1/16/A/017) projekta īstenošanas termiņa pagarināšanu līdz 2022. gada 30. jūnijam. 2022. gada 16. martā stājās spēkā līguma[...]
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Jaunumi,
22. December 2021
Viena no Viedās pilsētas klastera aktivitātēm ir viedās mobilitātes veicināšana. Lai to sekmētu, tika izstrādāts apjomīgs pētījums par transporta nodokļu politiku un tās piemērošanu Eiropas valstīs.
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Enerģētika,
27. September 2021
Ceļā uz klimatneitralitāti izmešu samazinājums transportā ir viens no lielākajiem izaicinājumiem, jo tieši vieglās automašīnas ir lielākais izmešu radītājs. Lai to mainītu, nepieciešams mainīt ne tikai transporta infrastruktūru, bet arī[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
15. July 2021
COVID-19 pandēmija būtiski un neatgriezeniski ir mainījusi veidu, kā arī Latvijas uzņēmumi veicina savas produkcijas un pakalpojumu noietu ārvalstīs. Klātienes izstāžu un konferenču nozīme jaunu biznesa kontaktu dibināšanā ir būtiski[...]
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Pilsētvide,
11. May 2021
Rīgas domes Pilsētas attīstības komiteja trešdien, 5. maijā, atbalstīja lēmumprojektu par trīs viedpilsētas tehnoloģiju testēšanas jeb pilotteritoriju izveidošanu galvaspilsētā. Tādas plānots attīstīt VEF apkaimē, Latvijas Universitātes ēku kompleksa teritorijā Torņakalnā,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
11. May 2021
Auto pārbūves uzņēmums SIA “Electrify Ventspils” pasažieru pārvadāšanas vajadzībām ir uzbūvējis pirmos elektriskos mikroautobusus, un to pārbūves darbi tiek pilnībā veikti Latvijā. Kopējās investīcijas projektā ir 4,4 miljoni eiro, no[...]
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Jaunumi,
06. May 2021
06.05.2021. Viedās pilsētas klastera projekta koordinators Krišjānis Kalnciems piedalījās Rīgas pilsētas pašvaldības Nekustamā īpašuma reformas darba grupas sēdē un kopā ar citiem ekspertiem prezentēja vīziju par ventilācijas sistēmu attīstību izglītības[...]
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Jaunumi,
23. March 2021
23.03.2021. Viedās pilsētas klasteris sadarbībā ar Dienas Bizness, Ekonomikas ministriju, “Mitek Baltic” un “Koka dienām”, organizēja un piedalījās digitālajā konferencē “Koka būvniecība Latvijā – attīstības iespējas un izaicinājumi”. Konferencē piedalījās[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
17. February 2021
Viedās pilsētas klasteri, tāpat kā visu sabiedrību un uzņēmējdarbību, būtiski skāra COVID-19 pandēmija, kas turpinājās visu 2020.gadu kopš ārkārtējās situācijas izziņošanas 12.martā. Īpaši smagi klājās Latvijas auto nozarei, bet arī[...]
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Pilsētvide,
11. February 2021
Apstiprinātie noteikumi nosaka atbalsta programmas īstenošanas kārtību, atbalsta piešķiršanas nosacījumus, finansējumu un atbalsta nosacījumus viena dzīvokļa dzīvojamo māju atjaunošanai un energoefektivitātes paaugstināšanai. “Pirmo reizi atbalsts energoefektivitātes pasākumu īstenošanai būs pieejams[...]
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Mobilitāte,
09. February 2021
No 6. februāra līdz 13. februārim “Rīgas satiksme” testēs uzņēmuma “Solaris Bus & Coach” ar ūdeņradi darbināmu autobusu. Autobuss veiks pasažieru pārvadājumus regulārajos reisos un kursēs 55. autobusa maršrutā “Abrenes[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. February 2021
Aprīlī Jelgavā tiks uzsākts pētījums, lai, izmantojot viedās tehnoloģijas, vēl detalizētāk pētītu satiksmes plūsmu pilsētas centrā un fiksētu gadījumus, kad pa Lielo ielu neatļauti pārvietojas kravas transportlīdzekļi vai autostāvvietās mašīnas[...]
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Mobilitāte,
29. December 2020
Trīs Latvijas uzņēmumi – “IKTK”, “Rodentia” un “Igate Būve” īstenojuši inovatīvu “zaļo risinājumu”, no līmētā koka ražojot un uzbūvējot modernu elektroauto uzlādes staciju Dānijā, informē uzņēmumu pārstāvji. Stacija būvēta pēc Dānijas elektroauto[...]
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Bizness,
29. December 2020
Latvijas informācijas tehnoloģiju uzņēmums “WinGo Deposit” ir saņēmis kārtējo starptautisko atzinību – atbalsta finansējumu tālākai inovatīvās atkritumu šķirošanas iekārtas attīstībai. “WinGo” ir radījis inovatīvu iekārtu, kas ar mākslīgā intelekta risinājuma[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. November 2020
Šogad trīs ceturkšņos Latvijā reģistrēto elektroauto skaits, salīdzinot ar attiecīgo periodu pērn, palielinājies par 328%, kas ir straujākais elektroauto skaita pieaugums Eiropas Savienībā (ES), liecina Igaunijas uzņēmuma “RIA.com Marketplaces” apkopotā[...]
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Mobilitāte,
17. November 2020
ecerēts, ka Astipalejas salā Egejas jūras dienvidaustrumos nebūs iekšdedzes auto ar izplūdes gāzēm, visu elektroenerģiju saražos vēja ģeneratori un saules baterijas. Grieķija pirmo “viedās zaļās salas” (“Smart Green Island”) projektu plāno[...]
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Jaunumi,
14. October 2020
14.10.2020. Klastera projekta koordinators Krišjānis Kalnciems ar prezentāciju “7 mīti ar elektroauto” 2020. gada 14. oktobrī uzstājās Altum organizētajā “Energoforumā 2020”. Savā prezentācijā Kr. Kalnciems pievērsās vairākiem būtiskiem sabiedrībā pastāvošiem[...]
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Mobilitāte,
08. October 2020
Auto asociācija, Latvijas Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības kamera (LTRK) un Latvijas Darba devēju konfederācija (LDDK) Saeimas Budžeta un finanšu (nodokļu) komisijas Nodokļu politikas apakškomisijas sēdē aicināja, veicot plānotās Transporta nodokļa likmju[...]
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Mobilitāte,
08. October 2020
Ceturtdien, 1. oktobrī, “Latvenergo” un Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcija (CSDD), kā arī koplietošanas pakalpojumu uzņēmumi “Fiqsy”, “Carguru” un “CityBee” kopīgā memorandā vienojās par elektromobilitātes veicināšanu Latvijā, attīstot datos balstītu infrastruktūru.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
14. September 2020
Lai sasniegtu Eiropas Savienības (ES) mērķus elektromobilitātes attīstībā, Latvijā ir strauji jāveicina elektrouzlādes infrastruktūras izveide, un tas nebūs iespējams bez valsts atbalsta, un liela nozīme ir arī Eiropas fondiem, secināja diskusijas “Uzlādes tīkls savieno[...]
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Pilsētvide,
26. August 2020
Igaunijas Ekonomikas un infrastruktūras ministrija un valsts kredītu un eksporta garantiju aģentūra “KredEx” gatavo pilotprojektu, kas radītu nosacījumus rūpnieciskai daudzdzīvokļu ēku renovācijai un šā procesa izmaksu samazināšanai. Ar valsts atbalstu[...]
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Mobilitāte,
26. August 2020
Apritējis gads, kopš Rīgā, Uzvaras bulvārī 7, Pulkveža Brieža ielā 12 un Jūrmalā, Jomas ielā 4 darbu sāka Elektrum elektroauto uzlādes stacijas. Tajās tiek nodrošināta gan ierastās ātrās 50kW līdzstrāvas stacijas, gan pilsētai[...]
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Mobilitāte,
20. August 2020
Pirms gada “Latvenergo” ar tirdzniecības zīmolu “Elektrum” atklāja uzņēmumā pirmās komerciālās elektroauto uzlādes stacijas. Turpinot attīstību un līdz 2021. gada nogalei atklājot vismaz 84 pieslēgvietas, “Elektrum” būs lielākais komerciālais elektroauto[...]
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Mobilitāte,
17. August 2020
Pirmo reizi Latvijā – augustā Jelgavā un septembrī Aizkrauklē – divas nedēļas kursēs bezpilota autobuss, kuru Zemgales Plānošanas reģions (ZPR) atvedis, īstenojot projektu “Baltijas jūras reģiona sadarbība pārejai uz videi[...]
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Pilsētvide,
17. August 2020
Pie Ogres Mūzikas skolas uzstādīts jauns infrastruktūras objekts – viedais sols, kas pilnībā darbojas uz saules paneļiem un ir pirmais šāda veida objekts, kas uzstādīts kādā no pašvaldībām Latvijā. Viedais[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. July 2020
Jau šonedēļ Rīgas ielās sāks ripot 100 koplietošanas pakalpojuma sniedzēja “Fiqsy” elektroauto – šis ir nākamais solis kompānijas vīzijā par mobilitātes risinājumu dažādām vajadzībām. Finanšu institūcijas “Altum” Zaļo grantu programmas[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. July 2020
Trešdien, 1. jūlijā, plkst.10 pretī VEF kultūras pilij, Ropažu ielā 10 tiks atklāts Rīgā un Latvijā pirmais mobilitātes punkta prototips – VEF mobilitātes punkts. Mobilitātes punktu izveidojusi Rīgas enerģētikas aģentūra[...]
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Jaunumi,
01. July 2020
Latvijas uzņēmums “Fiqsy” ar “Altum” finansējumu izveidojis lielāko koplietošanas elektroauto parku Baltijā, informē “Altum”. Attēlā “Renault Zoe” elektromobilis. “Altum” 2018. gadā emitēja zaļās obligācijas, piesaistot 20 miljonus eiro. “Zaļās” programmas mērķis[...]
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Mobilitāte,
17. June 2020
Latvijā nepieciešams attīstīt elektroauto uzlādes staciju tīklu, lai veicinātu elektroauto tirgus straujāku attīstību un ērtāku braukšanu elektroauto vadītājiem, vebinārā “Cik gatavi esam elektrotransportam?” sacīja Eiropas Komisijas (EK) pārstāvniecības Latvijā ekonomikas padomnieks Mārtiņš[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
09. June 2020
Talsu uzņēmums AE Lux radīs pirmās gudrās mājas prototipu Ziemeļeiropā. Gudro māju būs iespējams klātienē aplūkot ikvienam interesantam, kā arī izmēģināt tehnoloģiju iespējas viedajā mājā. Gudrā jeb viedā māja dod iespēju kontrolēt visas ierīces mājā,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
09. March 2020
Cik drīz elektroauto kļūs par iedzīvotāju pirmo izvēli? Arvien vairāk iedzīvotāju izvēlas elektroauto kā savu ikdienas pārvietošanās līdzekli, un ir skaidrs, ka šādu automašīnu skaits tikai pieaugs. Jautājām ekspertam –[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. March 2020
Valdībai cīnoties pret hroniskajiem ceļu satiksmes sastrēgumiem, Luksemburgā no sestdienas sabiedriskais transports būs bez maksas. Vairākas pilsētas jau ir ieviesušas bezmaksas sabiedrisko transportu, bet šī ir pirmā reize, kad tas[...]
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Mobilitāte,
21. February 2020
Viens no plānotajiem siltumnīcefekta gāzu (SEG) emisijas samazināšanas pasākumiem transporta nozarē ir videi draudzīga transporta izmantošanas veicināšana un šī pasākuma mērķis tiks sasniegts, ja 2030.gadā Latvijā būs 18 000 elektroauto,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
04. February 2020
Veicinot alternatīvās degvielas izmantošanu un attīstot saspiestās dabasgāzes (CNG) pieejamību, pašmāju degvielas tirgotājs “Virši-A” atver otro CNG spēka uzpildes staciju Latvijā – Rīgā, Lubānas ielā. Patlaban Latvijā ir pieejamas jau[...]
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Enerģētika,
04. February 2020
Transporta nozare ir Latvijas tautsaimniecības asinsrite, un meklēt efektīvākos un tīrākos enerģijas veidus šobrīd ir gan viens no valsts uzdevumiem, gan pašu uzņēmēju interese un iniciatīva.Kas ir jādara, lai veicinātu[...]
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Mobilitāte,
04. February 2020
Turpinot elektromobilitātes pakalpojumu ieviešanu, AS “Latvenergo” ar tirdzniecības zīmolu “Elektrum” ir uzsācis elektromobiļu uzlādes iekārtu mājsaimniecībām tirdzniecību. Tās ļauj veikt uzlādi vismaz divas reizes ātrāk, nekā izmantojot rozeti. Līdz šim[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
04. February 2020
Dagdas novada pašvaldība piedalīsies projektu konkursā, lai iegūtu finansējumu divu soliņu ar ierīču uzlādes iespējām uzstādīšanai skvērā. Uzlāde būtu iespējama, izmantojot saules enerģiju. Viedo solu uzstādīšana ir pirmais solis viedo[...]
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Mobilitāte,
24. January 2020
Pagaidām viedās brīdināšanas sistēmas strādā izmēģinājuma režīmā, bet, ja izrādīsies, ka jaunievedums attaisnojas, ar to aprīkos vēl astoņas pārejas dažādās Igaunijas otrās lielākās pilsētas vietās. Viedās pārejas darbojas vienkārši –[...]
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Mobilitāte,
17. January 2020
Autoražotājs “Toyota” veicis kārtējās investīcijas kompānijā “Joby Aviation”, kas nodarbojas ar lidojoša taksometra izstrādi. Japāņu autoražotājs piešķīris tai 394 miljonu ASV dolāru (353 miljoni eiro) finansējumu. Kad jau gatavs lidojošais[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
06. January 2020
Jaunu elektrisko automobiļu tirdzniecība Norvēģijā pērn sasniegusi jaunu rekordaugstu līmeni, tiem veidojot 42,4% no visiem pagājušajā gadā reģistrētajiem jauniem automobiļiem, norāda valsts automašīnu tirgu uzraugošā grupa OFV. Pērn Norvēģijā pārdoti[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. January 2020
Auto koplietošanas platformas “Carguru” šā gada lielākais sasniegums un izaicinājums bija parēja uz jaunu IT platformu. “Tas nebija viegli – faktiski vajadzēja strādājošo mehānismu pārcelt no vecā “ķermeņa” uz jauno[...]
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Enerģētika,
22. November 2019
Enefit Idea Hub Baltijas grantu konkursam šogad iesniegti 226 pieteikumi, vairāk nekā trešā daļa – no ārvalstīm. Konkursa, kuru jau otro gadu pēc kārtas rīko energokompānija Enefit, mērķis ir izaicināt reģiona gaišākos[...]
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Bizness,
11. November 2019
Par Rīgas domes grantu programmas «Atspēriens» 2019. gada uzvarētājiem atzīti SIA «Evlab», SIA «ARConstruction» un SIA «Kong», kas no pašvaldības katrs saņems 25 000 eiro savu ideju realizēšanai. SIA «Evlab»[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. November 2019
The fossil fuels driving climate change make people sick, and so do impacts like extreme heat, wildfires, and more extreme storms, according to research published on Wednesday. In short, the climate crisis is[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. November 2019
Saltwater rushed into St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice last week, submerging marble tombs, intricate mosaics, and centuries-old columns. A man was spotted swimming across St. Mark’s Square, normally bustling with tourists, as[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. November 2019
Preparing humanity for a carbon-neutral future is a daunting task. And based on our progress, we’re not doing a great job. As the effects of climate change become more impossible[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. November 2019
Having spread to multiple industries already, blockchain is disrupting the world of business. Here’s how blockchain changes nowadays business security. The demand for blockchain technology keeps growing. The size of the blockchain[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. November 2019
The Internet turned 50 years old this year. So where are we heading in the next 50 years? Here’s a look at the excellent report from Pew Research and Elon[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. November 2019
Modern technology and urbanization have resulted in a lot of significant developments out there. The smart cities are the new name for the cities equipped with the latest technology. A[...]
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Bizness,
10. November 2019
‘Everyone knows German engineering is outstanding for sure’ FRANKFURT — To unclog bottlenecks last year in Tesla Model 3 production in California, Elon Musk flew in six planeloads of new robots and equipment from[...]
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Bizness,
10. November 2019
The EIB will stop backing fossil fuel energy investments in 2021 unless they negate their emissions through carbon capture or offsets. The European Investment Bank will stop backing fossil fuel[...]
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Bizness,
10. November 2019
While U.S. President Donald Trump may be “the world’s most powerful climate change denier,” our latest research suggests that he took over over a thriving green economy. According to new data, by 2016[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. November 2019
Tesla on Thursday unveiled its first pickup truck: the six-seat Cybertruck. The automaker says the truck’s body — made of “ultra-hard” stainless steel and “armor glass” — is almost impenetrable, though the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. November 2019
Okay, let’s be frank: Tesla pushed the EV revolution up to today. Volkswagen Group execs, to their credit and honor, have basically said the same. Good on them. Also, before[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. November 2019
Electric vehicles are lauded as an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-powered cars, thanks in part to producing no emissions on the road. Yet building electric cars creates more greenhouse-gas emissions[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. November 2019
When I pull into a parking lot in my Toyota 4Runner, I hope I won’t see any of my friends who are environmental activists. I hope I’ll fit into the[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. November 2019
A mix of old favorites and brand-new territories will be worth keeping an eye on in the new year, according to industry insiders. The world’s total renewable power capacity will[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. November 2019
Italy’s Snam has created a new hydrogen business unit, pledging to direct 20 percent of its investments to low-carbon projects. The largest natural-gas infrastructure firm in Europe has launched a[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. November 2019
Better system economics, higher energy yield, and more robust modeling and field data are driving demand for bifacial solar modules. There is no doubt that bifacial modules are ready for[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. November 2019
The world just got its energy report card … and at best, its grades are mixed. Every year, the International Energy Agency releases a mammoth report detailing the world’s progress[...]
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Vide,
10. November 2019
Only 9% of plastics get recycled, and significant reductions will require systemic change – but there are easy tips for individuals to cut back As plastics corporations ramp up production,[...]
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Vide,
10. November 2019
Humans have been building machines to separate waste into different streams of different value requiring differing processes for decades. Until recently, we were mostly failing to do it well enough[...]
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Vide,
10. November 2019
As a result of Black Friday many old fridges will be replaced. But what happens to your old fridge, which by law must be disposed of by an approved contractor?[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. November 2019
Some employers are making warehouse workers wear biometric harnesses that track their every movement while on the job, including Walmart, Toyota, and Heineken. The devices were created by Brooklyn-based startup[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. November 2019
Apple has been granted a patent for headphones that could position audio signals in the room around you, making conference calls feel more realistic and natural. The technology would create a virtual room[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. November 2019
Mary Beth Foster has three Google Home units throughout her Mint Hill, N.C., home, and her two-year-old often talks with them, walking up to them as if they are another[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. November 2019
First in Architecture’s latest guide includes all new CAD drawings and 3D SketchUp models to download. Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. The world is[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. November 2019
An excerpt from “Design with Nature Now,” which revisits landscape architect Ian McHarg’s visionary 1969 work at a time of unprecedented global environmental change. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. November 2019
The urban way of life is en route towards completely new frontiers. Within the past two decades, slews of new cities have appeared out of what seems like thin air.[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
06. November 2019
SIA “i2 Factory” jaunākais logs ar novatorisku iebūves tehnoloģiju ir ieguvis II vietu pasaulē, līdzās “Advantage Architectural Woodworks” (USA), aiz sevis atstājot 20 uzņēmumu no 11 valstīm ar kopumā 31[...]
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Jaunumi,
01. November 2019
Šogad 8., 9. un 10. novembrī jau astoto gadu pēc kārtas norisināsies Viedās pilsētas klastera un Passive House Latvija organizēts pasākums – PASĪVO ĒKU ATVĒRTO DURVJU DIENAS. Šī pasākuma ietvaros[...]
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Jaunumi,
21. October 2019
Ceļa asfalta segumā izmantoti pārstrādāti plastmasas atkritumi, un šis ir pirmais šāda veida ceļš ne vien Baltijā, bet visā Ziemeļu un Austrumeiropā. Būvuzņēmuma «Verston Ehitus» izpilddirektors Veiko Veskimē (Veiko Veskimäe)[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. October 2019
Pēc piecu gadu ilgas celtniecības, Šveices pilsētā Bīlē ir pabeigta pasaulē lielākā koka ēka – Šveices rokaspulksteņu “Swatch” ražotnes galvenā mītne, vēsta portāls “Designboom”. Neparastās ēkas autors ir japāņu arhitekts Šigeru[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. October 2019
We’re slowly getting used to sacrificing once-beloved traditions for the environment, like drinking from plastic straws and cooking on gas stoves. Could racking up miles through frequent flyer programs be[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. October 2019
Survey also finds two-thirds of people agree climate is biggest issue facing humankind A majority of people in the UK say the climate crisis will influence how they vote in[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. October 2019
Flooding and extreme heat are coming to nearly every city (especially their vulnerable populations). But a new report finds that few cities are ready for what’s coming. Last year, the United[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. October 2019
Antarctic ice sheets have been melting rapidly for hundreds of years, much longer than scientists previously thought, according to a study out Thursday. The findings suggest that estimates for global[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. October 2019
As technologies like the Internet of Things, virtual reality and augmented reality mature, city planners can build virtual replicas of urban infrastructure to better respond to local energy and environmental[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. October 2019
Every possible entity, whether it is a machine, a satellite, an object that performs their tasks independently using the internet as a medium, has to transfer relevant data. IoT has[...]
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Bizness,
10. October 2019
Technologies that capture, reuse, or lock away carbon dioxide have long seemed more like science fiction than viable ventures: Buildings that trap waste gases in their concrete bricks. Meatless burgers[...]
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Bizness,
10. October 2019
The world’s largest investment banks are pouring billions into fossil fuels. According to the Guardian newspaper, over $700 billion worth of “loans, equity issuances and debt underwriting” has funneled its[...]
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Bizness,
10. October 2019
Aboard the Sustainable Ocean Alliance’s floating startup program In our oceans the scale of disasters is measured in millions, billions, and trillions, while solutions amount to single digits: individuals or institutions[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. October 2019
The U.K. government wants to boost sales for ultra-low-emission vehicles by offering special number plates—and perks—for EV drivers. It could soon be much easier in Britain to recognize the cleanest[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. October 2019
Space-age sails, bionic hulls, clean fuels drawn from the oceans themselves — the shipping industry is poised for transformation … if the stars align. An evening drizzle falls on the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. October 2019
In the 1930s big auto dreamed up freeways and demanded massive car infrastructure. Micromobility needs its own Futurama—one where cars are marginalized. There’s a quote that’s stuck with me for[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. October 2019
Oil major buys Hudson Energy, which supplies 200,000 households with power from renewable PPAs. Oil major Shell acquired another customer-facing electricity and gas provider in the U.K., potentially bolstering its[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. October 2019
But utility EnBW warns that renewables projects must retain priority access to the grid to remain viable in a post-subsidy world. German utility EnBW has signed off on the investment[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. October 2019
The global offshore wind industry is expected to grow by as much as 15-fold and attract a cumulative investment of $1 trillion by 2040, according to a new report published[...]
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Vide,
10. October 2019
The process lets any plastic—say a polyester shirt—be recycled into any other plastic (like a clear water bottle). It could fundamentally change the market for recycling. Inside a bioreactor in[...]
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Vide,
10. October 2019
My cat is the problem. But, to be fair, so am I. Earlier this year, I challenged myself and my feline roommate/son, Kirby, to go zero-waste for seven days. Like[...]
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Vide,
10. October 2019
A package with no note, no return address, and nothing in it but a plastic container that once housed a vape cartridge arrived at a cannabis company in Northern California[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. October 2019
Nowadays, you can get smart doorbells with video cameras for added security or nifty wireless doorbells that you don’t have to hard wire. Of all the doorbells you can buy,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. October 2019
Google released its Pixel Buds in 2017. They sounded decent, but our reviewer ran into some connectivity issues and found them uncomfortable to wear. But 2019 has been a year of assistant-equipped[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. October 2019
Commentary: If Apple’s going to catch up in the smart home, the time is now. Apple’s HomePod debuted in 2018. It had a $349 MSRP, great sound and the risk of putting white rings on[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. October 2019
Feng shui is about creating harmony by finding ways to connect manmade things with nature through design. Architects from around the world have made major design decisions based on feng[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. October 2019
Every year, France uses 66,600 tons of plant protection pesticides for its agriculture and produces 4.5 million tons of plastics, of which only 22% are recycled. Almost 48,000 deaths are attributed to[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. October 2019
Commisionned by Grupo Karim’s, and designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the first Smart Forest City in Mexico will focus on innovation and environmental quality. The city balances green and built spaces, and is completely[...]
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Jaunumi,
08. October 2019
Tartu pabeigta desmit padomju laika daudzdzīvokļu namu, kas pievienojās SmartEnCity projektam, renovācija. ārējās septiņas ēkas plānots pabeigt līdz šā gada beigām. Eiropas Savienības finansētajā projektā SmartEnCity laikmetīgā māksla satiekas ar viedās pilsētas projektēšanu. Tā[...]
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Jaunumi,
03. October 2019
Līdzīgi kā Carguru, arī CityBee kopš oktobra sākuma Rīgā piedāvā vieglo auto koplietošanas pakalpojumu. Sākumā galvaspilsētā būs pieejamas 200 CityBee koplietošanas automašīnas, un ar laiku to skaits tiks palielināts. «Braucieni ar CityBee būs aptuveni par[...]
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Jaunumi,
20. September 2019
Iecavas uzņēmums «Vizulo», kas ražo iekštelpu un ārtelpu gaismekļus, eksportē savu produkciju uz 29 pasaules valstīm, tostarp uz Izraēlu. Šobrīd ražotājs LED gaismekļus uzstādījis četros Izraēlas reģionos – trešajā lielākajā[...]
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Jaunumi,
20. September 2019
Ieguldījums apgaismojumā ir visbiežāk īstenotās investīcijas uzņēmumu energoefektivitātes paaugstināšanai, liecina Dienas Biznesa veiktā uzņēmumu vadītāju aptauja. Investīcijas apgaismojuma nomaiņā 71,6% aptaujas dalībnieku nosauc kā reāli veiktos ieguldījumus energoefektīvos pasākumos. Nākamie[...]
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Jaunumi,
16. September 2019
Lai uzlabotu satiksmes plūsmu un drošību, izbūvēts Mūkusalas un Dēļu ielu krustojums, aprīkojot to ar modernām satiksmes detekcijas un vadības iekārtām, informē SIA Mūkusalas Biznesa Centrs valdes priekšsēdētāja Iveta Bahmane.[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. September 2019
Storms, drought, beetles and fires have destroyed equivalent of 250,000 football fields Angela Merkel’s government has promised more than half a billion euros to revitalise the country’s crisis-hit forests in[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. September 2019
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist, has become one of the most visible faces of the climate activism movement. She’s had a particular gift for articulating the seriousness of the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. September 2019
For decades, oceans have served as the planet’s carbon garbage dump, soaking up 90 percent of the excess atmospheric heat generated since 1970 and a third of our greenhouse gas[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. September 2019
Amazon‘s new mesh network could enable the company to track your phone’s location, even if you don’t use its WiFi or products. Privacy watchdogs are sounding alarm bells about what[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. September 2019
A missing link in the grid’s evolution. When blockchain arrived on the energy scene three years ago, much of the discussion went straight to disruption and disintermediation. Like Uber racing[...]
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Bizness,
10. September 2019
Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra hasn’t exactly had a good start, with critics pummeling it from all sides since its revealing in June. Most recently, France and Germany said they would block Libra altogether, as they deem that[...]
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Bizness,
10. September 2019
There has been a massive shift in how we build tech companies. The old way of hiring top tier tech talent was to look for talent 20 miles from company HQ or[...]
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Bizness,
10. September 2019
The startup had already raised more than $1 billion from Amazon, Ford and others. Rivian raised another $350 million to support its electric truck and SUV commercialization. This investment came[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. September 2019
Amazon aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Amazon has ordered 100,000 electric trucks from startup Rivian, the e-commerce giant announced Thursday. The order is part of Amazon’s larger pledge—also[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. September 2019
Porsche has unveiled its flagship electric sports car, the Taycan, equipped with features designed to rival Tesla. Many of the car’s features have never before been used in either a Porsche[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. September 2019
Electric vehicle sales have grown rapidly, but investments into charging companies have been much lumpier. Electric vehicle infrastructure companies have come a long way in the last decade, but they’re[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. September 2019
Switching to EVs en masse could help bring down planet-killing carbon emissions. But Americans also need to drive less, right now. Earlier this month, in their seven-hour climate town hall, CNN had[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. September 2019
Rising load factors, heightened developer competition, and the prospect of expanding electrification are all playing a role. Improving load factors, rising competition among developers, and the prospect of expanding electrification[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. September 2019
While not a new concept, the EEaaS model is gaining momentum as new entrants join the market. The as-a-service model, in which capital-intensive costs are spread out over the useful[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. September 2019
Solar cells need sunlight to generate electricity, but with rays also comes heat. As the planet gets warmer, scientists are warning that temperatures could become too high for solar panels[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. September 2019
How Half a House, WikiHouse and the IKEA effect will change how we design and build our homes. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from “The Shaping of Us:[...]
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Vide,
10. September 2019
100,000 tons of batteries may be recycled this year—almost all of it in Asia. The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. It’s just[...]
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Vide,
10. September 2019
If you’re like me, you’ve looked at a paper coffee cup or an empty tube of toothpaste and thought, “Is this recyclable?” before tossing it in the recycling bin, hoping[...]
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Vide,
10. September 2019
Can drinking water out of a can really save us? Recycled aluminum is coming for your water and your iPad. Making products out of used aluminum is now a way for[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. September 2019
DJI announced two new drones and a new initiative to support first responders during natural disasters and recovery missions with drone technologies as it moves to consolidate its position as the[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. September 2019
Music meets makeup in Simplehuman’s new sensor mirror hi-fi. The vanity has a built-in speaker equipped with Amazon Alexa capabilities, because why not? The combined technology of a sensor mirror and[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. September 2019
Buried at the bottom of iPhone 11 promotional material detailing new cameras and improved battery life, Apple mentions Ultra Wideband (UWB) chips, a technology which could usher in a new era of[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. September 2019
Coastal metros are building more multi-family units than in the past, but it’s still not enough. Meanwhile, in some Sun Belt metros, new building outpaces jobs. California is permitting new[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. September 2019
The German company Siemens is launching an ambitious adaptive reuse project to revitalize its historic corporate campus, with a modern data-collecting twist. BERLIN—Right now, it’s hard to imagine what Siemensstadt[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. September 2019
Across the globe, tall wood structures have begun transforming the world of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, ushering in an important shift to an architectural practice that has traditionally been dominated[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
03. September 2019
Jaunais autobusa maršruts savieno Kadriorgas tramvaja līniju un «Kumu» mākslas galeriju. Maršruts dodas pa Veizenbergi ielu līdz «Kumu» galerijai, tālāk pa Maekalda, Koidula un Poska ielām atpakaļ uz Veizenbergi ielu.[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
09. August 2019
The way we use land — for farming, mining, logging, and raising livestock — accounts for 23% of human-produced greenhouse gas emissions, a new report from the United Nations has found. The[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
09. August 2019
The conventional wisdom is that planting trees will save us from the ever-encroaching threat of climate change. Alas, the conventional wisdom is wrong: It’s going to take a lot more[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
09. August 2019
Al-Max village in Alexandria was ruined by floods in 2015. Yet, despite climate change’s growing threat to the city, critics say it has scarcely been addressed. ALEXANDRIA— At first glance,[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
09. August 2019
New studies find cities most vulnerable to climate change disasters—heat waves, flooding, rising seas, drought—are the least prepared. This month the cities of Austin and Seattle passed ordinances to tackle[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
09. August 2019
Cray has been commissioned by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to create a supercomputer head and shoulders above all the rest, with the contract valued at some $600 million. Disappointingly, El Capitan,[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
09. August 2019
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises increased visibility and control for the entire supply chain. Meaning, that visibility and control will cover the cold chain logistics, too. Through real-time data,[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
09. August 2019
Look past digital currencies’ nosebleed pricing volatility, and you’ll discover a robust, decentralized, secure database. Brands and technologists are quickly figuring out how to put this powerful ledger to good use. Here are[...]
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Bizness,
09. August 2019
Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A is the costliest stock in the world, with its price sitting at roughly $300,000 a share. This is primarily due to CEO Warren Buffett’s choice to not[...]
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Bizness,
09. August 2019
It’s committing to technology for the long haul. It’s clear by now that IKEA is serious about smart home tech between its Sonos-powered speakers and connected lights, but the home furniture giant wants[...]
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Mobilitāte,
09. August 2019
When I was buying a Tesla Model 3, a few article topics came to mind immediately. It wasn’t till the end of the process that I realized I really should[...]
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Mobilitāte,
09. August 2019
Every new home with a parking space would be required to install an EV charger with a universal socket. New homes and offices in England would be required to install[...]
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Mobilitāte,
09. August 2019
At an event in Beijing last week, Chinese scooter company Segway-Ninebot Group unveiled a trio of new products. The most compelling of the bunch was no doubt the KickScooter T60, which harnesses[...]
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Enerģētika,
09. August 2019
Banks of solar panels would be able to replace every electricity-producing dam in the US using just 13% of the space, according to a new study. The researchers say this[...]
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Enerģētika,
09. August 2019
The question is when, not how. The main solution to climate change is well known: stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more complicated, but as a scholar who does[...]
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Enerģētika,
09. August 2019
In the US, it’s cheaper to build and operate wind farms than buy fossil fuels. This week, the US Department of Energy released a report that looks back on the state of[...]
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Vide,
09. August 2019
A new report paints a harrowing picture of an industry that shows no signs of slowing down. Take a moment to look around you. How much packaging do you see[...]
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Vide,
09. August 2019
The New Safe Confinement structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On April 26, 1986, the core of a reactor[...]
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Vide,
09. August 2019
You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, Oliver Franklin-Wallis reports on a global[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
09. August 2019
Some tech products, like smart speakers and self-driving cars, make the world a better place. However, they may have a dark side that gives tech experts pause. Technologies like deepfakes, de-pixelation, and door-opening robots,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
09. August 2019
Using systems as complex as smart home technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms to support eldercare would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. But as smart home technology gets[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
09. August 2019
Commentary: By using all of Wyze’s products, you could potentially save over $1,000 for a full smart-home setup. When I started writing about the smart home in 2013, influential startup Dropcam, purchased by[...]
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Pilsētvide,
09. August 2019
Concrete, an essential building material, has for decades offered us the possibility of shaping our cities quickly and effectively, allowing them to rapidly expand into urban peripheries and reach heights[...]
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Pilsētvide,
09. August 2019
Canadian company Henson Developments has released plans to build the world’s tallest passive house in Vancouver’s West End neighborhood. The 60-story project and rezoning application is being reviewed by the City of Vancouver before[...]
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Pilsētvide,
09. August 2019
North America is on the cusp of a mass timber revolution, and Sidewalk Labs’ Waterfront Toronto project is leading the way. But the smart material faces major obstacles. A building[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. July 2019
Earth’s skyrocketing CO2 levels are now rising at rates that are unprecedented in both the historic and geologic record. Already, levels of the potent heat-trapping gas are the highest they’ve been in at least 800,000[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. July 2019
Among some of the tallest trees in the world, warmer temperatures are making for faster growth than ever before. With record-breaking summer temperatures in Alaska, melting sea ice in Greenland and animal species going[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
10. July 2019
Paris recorded an all-time high temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday, as a blistering heat wave scorched through Europe. Météo-France, the nation’s meteorological service, said the[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. July 2019
Daimler and blockchain firm Riddle&Code have partnered to produce a blockchain hardware wallet for automobiles, which was presented at Startup Autobahn in Stuttgart, Germany. The wallet is a tamper-resistant box, powered by[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. July 2019
The words “permissionless” and “regulated” don’t exactly go together. But Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, Libra, is promising to adhere to regulations and be open to everyone, which may turn out to[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
10. July 2019
Countries like Russia, Venezuela, and China have all investigated ways to use blockchain tech to dodge U.S. sanctions, according to a new report. U.S. rivals like Iran, Russia, China, and[...]
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Bizness,
10. July 2019
Bank of England governor says firms that ignore crisis ‘will go bankrupt without question’ Capitalism is “very much part of the solution” to tackling the climate crisis, according to the[...]
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Bizness,
10. July 2019
Most building energy retrofits are one-off affairs. “We need an Amazon” in the market, says one architect. It’s almost always easier and cheaper to build an energy-efficient building in the[...]
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Bizness,
10. July 2019
On Friday, Ford and the Volkswagen Group announced that they would step up their global alliance. “Ford will become the first additional automaker to use Volkswagen’s dedicated electric vehicle architecture and Modular Electric Toolkit[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. July 2019
Toyota and Honda have signaled they are finally ready to embrace electric vehicles. For reasons that appear to involve national politics, Japanese automakers have been reluctant to embrace the EV[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. July 2019
By 2050, National Grid predicts, 35m electric cars will supply energy when needed A fleet of 35m electric vehicles could help the UK reach its net-zero carbon target by forming[...]
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Mobilitāte,
10. July 2019
Founded in 2011, Gogoro now makes the best-selling electric scooters in Taiwan, where it is headquartered. The startup has always seen itself as an end-to-end platform developer, however, and today it marked[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. July 2019
Peaker replacement by battery storage has begun in California. Substituting bulk gas power is another matter entirely. Battery storage is gaining a foothold in the California peaker plant market previously[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. July 2019
Only 10,000 upgrades such as loft insulation happen each month compared with 65,000 in 2014, report shows Efforts to end fuel poverty and energy waste by making the UK’s draughty[...]
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Enerģētika,
10. July 2019
An increased rollout of onshore wind turbines across Europe could technically provide the continent with more than 10 times its existing electricity needs, according to a new paper. To make[...]
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Vide,
10. July 2019
In Helsinki, Restaurant Nolla worked with suppliers to deliver food without packaging, serves a set menu so it doesn’t order too much food, and sends its customers home with house-made compost.[...]
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Vide,
10. July 2019
There are thousands of giant oil tankers crisscrossing the world’s oceans with their cargoes of death-dealing products. Every year, a hundred or so are retired. Many of those are run[...]
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Vide,
10. July 2019
In December of 2016, a flatbed truck carrying 450 solar panels — enough to cover the roofs of an entire city block — pulled into the waste-transfer station in Berkeley,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. July 2019
An energy weapon that blasts not artillery or lasers but radio signals could represent the future of warfare. Last Thursday, nearly a month after Iran shot a $220 million US drone out[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. July 2019
It would allow for more dynamic flying, and help tighten DJI’s grip on the market DJI appears to be readying the release of a first-person-view (FPV) drone, according to FCC[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
10. July 2019
Interest in smart home tech isn’t waning. On the contrary, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), 2019 is heading toward a record-breaking year in U.S. consumer technology sales. The CTA expects tech[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. July 2019
Amazon submitted development plans for its new second headquarters, known as HQ2, in May. Plans for the Arlington, Virginia-based Metropolitan Park site call for two 22-story LEED Gold-certified sustainable office buildings, 50,000[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. July 2019
Transparency, data privacy and collaboration are critical to urban innovation From Toronto to Tokyo, the challenges faced by cities today are often remarkably similar: climate change, rising housing costs, traffic,[...]
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Pilsētvide,
10. July 2019
You may already live in a smart city, and you don’t even know it. An abandoned mine shaft beneath the town of Mansfield, England, is an unlikely place to shape[...]
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Pilsētvide,
01. July 2019
Jūnija beigās Siguldā daudzdzīvokļu namu kvartālā Leona Paegles ielā tiks uzsākti darbi, lai ar jaunāko pilsētvides tehnoloģiju atbalstu ierīkotu pirmo dalītās atkritumu savākšanas viedpunktu Latvijā. Papildus šķirotiem stikla un vieglā[...]
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Bizness,
19. June 2019
Gatavi gaidīt atjaunojamās enerģijas vērtspapīru cenu pieaugumu. Līdzekļu pārvaldnieki arvien lielākā mērā sola ieguldīt uzņēmumos, kas sniedz kādu sociālo labumu un ir videi draudzīgi. Tas šobrīd ir modē, un ar[...]
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Jaunumi,
14. June 2019
Uber un Volvo Cars 2016. gadā noslēdza inženiertehnoloģiju sadarbības līgumu un kopš tā laika izstrādājuši vairākus prototipus ar mērķi paātrināt uzņēmuma autonomo automobiļu izstrādi. Volvo XC90 SUV ir pirmais ražošanas automobilis, kas apvienojumā ar Uberautonomās braukšanas[...]
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Jaunumi,
14. June 2019
Volkswagen vēlas panākt strauju e-mobilitātes attīstību, tādēļ arvien vairāk tiek ieguldīts elektromobiļu uzlādes infrastruktūras izveidē. Līdz 2025. gadam Volkswagen grupa visā Eiropā plāno būvēt kopumā 36 000 uzlādes staciju, no kurām[...]
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Jaunumi,
21. May 2019
Autobūves industrija virzās ātri, taču reizēm kļūst grūti izsekot, kādā virzienā tas notiek. Šķita, ka elektroauto pārņems pasauli, un savā ziņā tas arī notiek. Tehnoloģijas automašīnās attīstās, un, virzoties pretim[...]
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Jaunumi,
16. May 2019
Šajā rudenī DrivE cer sākt piedāvāt elektromobiļu koplietošanas pakalpojumu Rīgā – plānots sākt ar 20 līdz 50 automašīnām. «Esmu ļoti ambiciozs cilvēks un nekad negribu apstāties. Mēģināšu domāt par risinājumiem lielākajām pilsētām[...]
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Enerģētika,
25. April 2019
Lai viedpilsētas koncepcijas ieviešanā veidotos veiksmīga sadarbība starp pašvaldībām, iedzīvotājiem un uzņēmējiem, vajadzīga vīzija par viedu pilsētu un vēlme to īstenot. Pilsētu un uzņēmumu vadītāji, biznesa vadības eksperti, stratēģiskie vadītāji,[...]
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Jaunumi,
25. April 2019
Gatavojoties bezpilota transportlīdzekļu izmēģinājumiem Zemgalē, apzināti iespējamie maršruti, kuros Jelgavā un Aizkrauklē varētu veikt izmēģinājuma braucienus, informē Zemgales Plānošanas reģiona sabiedrisko attiecību speciālists Aigars Ieviņš. Sadarbībā ar Somijas partneriem, kas[...]
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Jaunumi,
25. April 2019
Uzņēmums “Vizulo” kopš 2013. gada ražo tehnoloģiski inovatīvu, videi draudzīgu LED teritoriālo un iekštelpu apgaismojumu, eksportējot produkciju uz 35 pasaules valstīm. “Vizulo” ražošanā nodarbināti 100 cilvēki, un apgrozījums 2018. gadā[...]
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Jaunumi,
25. April 2019
Elektromobiļi pamazām maina automašīnu tirgu – emisijas prasībām kļūstot arvien stingrākām, gandrīz katram ražotājam sortimentā ir ar elektrisko enerģiju darbināms transportlīdzeklis. To lieliski apliecina statistika: pirmais elektromobiļu miljons tika pārdots[...]
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Jaunumi,
08. April 2019
No šā gada aprīļa Rīgā darbu testa režīmā uzsākusi elektrisko skrejriteņu noma Atom. Uzņēmums drīzumā sola arī iespēju nopelnīt, iegādājoties skrejriteņus un piedāvājot tos citiem platformas lietotājiem. Atom ir Latvijas uzņēmums, kas[...]
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Jaunumi,
05. April 2019
Nepilnu divu gadu laikā, kopš Rīgas ielās parādījies stilīgais “Toyota” hibrīdauto ar sarkani melno zīmējumu uz sāniem un zīmīgo nosaukumu CARGURU, automobiļu koplietošanas pakalpojums (car sharing) kļuvis par mūsdienīga, zaļi[...]
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Enerģētika,
14. March 2019
Salaspilī 20.martā tiks ielikts pamatakmens saules enerģijas centralizētās siltumapgādes sistēmai, kas izmaksās 7,228 miljonus eiro, informēja Salaspils novada domes pārstāve Lolita Balcerbule. Pašreiz pašvaldības uzņēmumā “Salaspils Siltums” tiek veikti sagatavošanās darbi,[...]
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Jaunumi,
07. March 2019
FOTO: Testē pirmo lielā izmēra bezpilota autobusu Zviedrijas kompānija Volvo Buses un Singapūras Nanyang Technological University otrdien paziņoja, ka Singapūrā sāks testēt pirmo lielā izmēra bezpilota elektrisko autobusu, raksta Reuters.[...]
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Jaunumi,
28. February 2019
Vācijas autobūves uzņēmumi «Daimler» un BMW piektdien paziņoja, ka investēs vienu miljardu eiro, lai apvienotu un paplašinātu to kopbraukšanas pakalpojumus «Car2Go» un «DriveNow», nākotnē piedāvājot plašus mobilitātes pakalpojumus, tostarp elektriskajiem[...]
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Enerģētika,
28. February 2019
Pašvaldības SIA “Rīgas satiksme” un aģentūra “Rīgas gaisma” konkursā “Siltumnīcefekta gāzu emisiju samazināšana ar viedajām pilsētvides tehnoloģijām” ieguvušas tiesības noslēgt līgumus gandrīz piecu miljonu eiro vērtībā viedā apgaismojuma ieviešanai galvaspilsētā.[...]
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Jaunumi,
18. February 2019
Tādējādi kopumā uzņēmums piesaistījis jau 178 miljonus dolāru. Finansējums tiks izmantots, lai palielinātu kopējo uzņēmuma īpašumā esošo automašīnu skaitu līdz vismaz 50, un tādējādi TuSimple kļūs par lielāko pašbraucošo kravas[...]
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Jaunumi,
15. February 2019
Inženieris Andris Dambis, kas pasaules slavu ieguva ar savām sporta automašīnām eO, kuras veiksmīgi startējušas virknē sacīkšu, tostarp “Pikes Peak” Amerikā, pēc trim gadiem plāno gadā saražot 100 elektriskos mikroautobusus, par bāzi[...]
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Jaunumi,
15. February 2019
Amazon investē pašbraucošo automobiļu tehnoloģiju jaunuzņēmumā Pašbraucošo automobiļu tehnoloģiju jaunuzņēmums «Aurora Innovation”, kuru dibinājuši bijušie «Google», «Tesla» un «Uber» darbinieki, ceturtdien paziņoja, ka nodrošinājis 530 miljonus dolāru (467,2 miljonus eiro) jaunā finansējumā,[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
13. February 2019
Biedrība “Auto Asociācija” kā Viedās pilsētas klastera dibinātājs 2017. gada 13. februārī parakstīja līgumu ar Centrālo finanšu un līgumu aģentūru (CFLA) par Viedās pilsētas klastera projekta ieviešanu (projekta Nr. 3.2.1.1/16/A/017).[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. February 2019
Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world. Buterin was 21-years-old when the cryptocurrency was initially released. Buterin became interested in bitcoin in 2011[...]
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Bizness,
07. February 2019
Microsoft has said that it will allow anybody to open an app store for its new HoloLens 2 headset. The plan has already won over a former critic: Epic Games[...]
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Bizness,
07. February 2019
The automotive industry is at a once-in-a-century turning point. New developments are reported daily in fields such as autonomous driving, electric vehicles (EVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). The International[...]
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Bizness,
07. February 2019
Amazon is acquiring Eero, the pioneering Wi-Fi router company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Eero makes “mesh” Wi-Fi routers, which help blanket even the largest spaces with a[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. February 2019
Self-driving cars may eventually eliminate the need for personal vehicles, but they may not lessen road congestion New research from the Journal of Transportation Policy suggests traffic could even get[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. February 2019
The Porsche Macan is the brand’s best-selling model and accounts for nearly half of its total sales. The German automaker confirmed on Tuesday that the next generation Macan compact luxury[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. February 2019
After years of development, the housing startup Arkup has debuted a floating home that can withstand rising sea levels and Category 4 hurricanes. The home contains a hydraulic system that[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
06. February 2019
Enough to induce a panic attack … a brutal portrait of climate change and our future lives on Earth. But we have the tools to avoid it You already know[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
06. February 2019
Get rid of all the country’s coal plants, run the country purely on renewables, and we’ll still be left with the top source of greenhouse gas emissions: transportation. Carbon-belching cars,[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
06. February 2019
In his 2008 white paper that first proposed bitcoin, the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto concluded with: “We have proposed a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust.” He was referring to blockchain, the system[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. February 2019
Tesla vs Rivian: 12 point comparison Rivian has been getting a lot of press in North America and in the EV-centric media in the past months. Most recently, the company[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. February 2019
Global oil major BP published its annual Energy Outlook last week and predicted that renewable energy will become the dominant global source of power generation by 2040 at the same[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. February 2019
Regular readers of this column are well aware of the wonderful benefits of EV ownership. However, electric vehicles can also have a positive impact on the electric grid, serving as the perfect[...]
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Vide,
06. February 2019
Scientists say it is likely no marine ecosystems are left that are not affected by pollution The world’s deepest ocean trenches are becoming “the ultimate sink” for plastic waste, according[...]
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Vide,
06. February 2019
Electronic waste hazardous due to toxic parts was tracked to developing countries The UK is the worst offender in Europe for illegally exporting toxic electronic waste to developing countries, according[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. February 2019
This small, stylish box for its cloud service offers device and network connections for a PC-free Windows gaming setup. Blade’s Shadow Ghost is a cool little box that lets you[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. February 2019
The wide-ranging patent application for augmented reality tech hints at a possible headset from the iPhone maker. Apple’s interest in augmented reality (AR) is revving up. That’s the message behind[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. February 2019
The newly unveiled plan would see every existing building in the U.S. retrofitted for energy efficiency. But it doesn’t stop there. Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
06. February 2019
If atmospheric CO2 levels exceed 1,200 parts per million (ppm), it could push the Earth’s climate over a “tipping point”, finds a new study. This would see clouds that shade[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
06. February 2019
The UK’s housing emissions are “off track” to meet the country’s climate targets, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says in a new report. These should have fallen to 13% below 1990[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
06. February 2019
The UK’s CO2 emissions peaked in the year 1973 and have declined by around 38% since 1990, faster than any other major developed country. Here, Carbon Brief presents detailed analysis[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
06. February 2019
Scientific misconduct is more than just a problem for academia. The falsifying of results can lead to incorrect information spreading out into the world and can have real-world consequences as well as undermining[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
06. February 2019
It will surprise almost no one that Google Home and Amazon Alexa collect and compile data on how you use the devices in your home. Enough stories have emerged in[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
06. February 2019
Google takes its smartphone market strategy to cars, starting with the Polestar 2. Volvo’s newest brand, Polestar, took the wraps off the Polestar 2 yesterday, the company’s all-electric Tesla Model 3 fighter.[...]
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Bizness,
06. February 2019
It’s not nation states or even cities, but mega-regions—combinations of multiple metro areas—that are the real forces powering the global economy. When world leaders, economists, and pundits talk about global[...]
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Bizness,
06. February 2019
The acquisition follows Shell’s purchase of EV charging company Greenlots. On Friday, oil major Royal Dutch Shell and German energy storage company Sonnen announced that Shell would acquire Sonnen for an undisclosed[...]
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Bizness,
06. February 2019
SEC says Musk broke a promise to get tweets pre-approved by Tesla lawyers. The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge to hold Tesla boss Elon Musk in contempt for tweeting last[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. February 2019
I reported 11 days ago that the Tesla Model 3 was the best selling electric car in the world in 2018 (special thanks to Jose Pontes and EV Volumes for the data). What the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. February 2019
A much fuller vision of the future of motorcycles California-based Zero Motorcycles pulled the cover off of its newest electric bike, the SR/F, at an event in midtown Manhattan on[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. February 2019
Polestar’s first EV will go head-to-head with Tesla’s Model 3 packing a 275-mile range estimate. Polestar, Volvo’s electrified-performance spinoff, will soon launch a beautifully styled, 600-horsepower plug-in hybrid coupe. But as far as[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. February 2019
As the price of wind turbines tumbles, the hydrogen fuel cell revolution is nigh. Hydrogen gas has been the pipe dream fuel of clean-energy advocates for decades. Splitting electrons from[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. February 2019
The clean energy boffins in their labs are always upping the theoretical limit on how much power you can get out of sunshine, but us plebes actually installing solar cells[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. February 2019
While politicians are debating the merits of a massive job-creating effort known as the Green New Deal, jobs in solar power are getting harder to find. The solar industry lost[...]
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Vide,
06. February 2019
By emphasizing recyclability and recycling over reduction and elimination of plastic waste, major companies are still ducking their responsibility to tackle plastic pollution. The problem with plastic is not new.[...]
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Vide,
06. February 2019
Victoria’s first waste-to-energy project is going ahead but these projects threaten recycling and could pose health concerns It’s the controversial scheme that’s attracting attention across the nation but as more[...]
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Vide,
06. February 2019
The more emissions-efficient way to recycle an EV battery is to remove the cathode. Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts that there will be 559 million electric vehicles on the road by 2040.[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. February 2019
Until now, the Exodus 1 has, fittingly, only been available for purchase with cryptocurrency. Starting today, however, interested parties will be able to pick HTC’s blockchain phone up through more[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. February 2019
Xiaomi doesn’t want to miss the 5G bandwagon — the company just unveiled its first smartphone that comes with a 5G modem at a press conference in Barcelona. The Mi Mix[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. February 2019
The sink in our little apartment makes a lot of weird noises but at least it doesn’t talk back to us yet. Apparently, the whole house will respond to your[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. February 2019
3D printing was expected to transform architecture and construction, but uptake has been slow. Could that be changing? There’s a soft buzzing sound coming from a tent that stands next[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. February 2019
These concept houses are created using cave-like domes of concrete. Architects: Showcase your work and find the perfect materials for your next project through Architizer. Manufacturers: To connect with the world’s largest[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. February 2019
Manchester might be best known to its cousins across the pond for its famous football teams and its infamous music scenes but due to rapid growth, the world’s first industrialized city is[...]
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Jaunumi,
06. February 2019
Ceļotāji, kas izlidos no Londonas Getvikas lidostas, drīzumā, iespējams, varēs nesatraukties par brīvas autostāvvietas atrašanu, jo viņu vietā to darīs robots, raksta CNN Money. Šā gada otrajā pusē lidostā tiks[...]
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Jaunumi,
05. February 2019
The volume of solar panels and electric cars connected to the grid is still manageable for now. But massive new load expected from electric vehicles in the coming years will[...]
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Jaunumi,
05. February 2019
As urbanization increases – an additional 2.5 billion people will live in cities by 2050 – cities and suburbs will undergo significant transformations to create sustainable living conditions for their residents. Energy[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
31. January 2019
Amazon is working on a video game streaming service, like Netflix but for video games, according to a new report in The Information. Amazon’s competition at Microsoft and Google are[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
31. January 2019
From the manpower efforts to the digital technologies, Internet of Things (IoT) has changed the way we interact with the world around us. This means bringing new opportunitiesfrom every challenge and[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
31. January 2019
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he expects Tesla vehicles to be able to safely drive themselves without human assistance by the end of 2019. Musk has missed[...]
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Bizness,
31. January 2019
Tesla is routinely considered to be influencing the traditional auto industry. Tesla has exerted some influence, but it has been relatively modest in the grand scheme of things. Auto executives[...]
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Mobilitāte,
31. January 2019
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Electric scooters provide[...]
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Mobilitāte,
31. January 2019
There are many reasons why Tesla has taken the automotive world by storm. Of course, one big reason is that Elon Musk decided to make his car company an electric car company.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
31. January 2019
The proposed maximum charging speed for Porsche‘s first fully electric vehicle could represent a breakthrough for charging technology, Edmunds manager of industry analysis Jeremy Acevedo told Business Insider. Porsche said[...]
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Enerģētika,
31. January 2019
A prototype of the world’s largest announced wind turbine, GE Renewable Energy’s 12 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X, will be installed in Rotterdam during the middle of 2019 for five years of[...]
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Enerģētika,
31. January 2019
Compressed-air energy storage isn’t carbon neutral, but it’s a lower-carbon option. Decarbonizing the world’s electricity grids won’t be an easy task, but it is a necessary one if we’re going[...]
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Enerģētika,
31. January 2019
The plan includes $45 billion in aid to coal-reliant regions. On Saturday, a German commission made up of federal and state leaders as well as industry representatives, environmentalists, and scientists[...]
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Pilsētvide,
31. January 2019
As more people live in cities than ever before, improving them takes on added urgency. In becoming “smart,” cities often first tackle projects that affect the largest number of people,[...]
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Pilsētvide,
31. January 2019
A few nations are embarking on expensive megaprojects with technologies that must be seen to be believed. Saudi Arabia is developing a $500 billion city with robot workers and drone[...]
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Jaunumi,
29. January 2019
Būvniecība ir viena no tām nozarēm, kura salīdzinoši lēni pieņem digitālos risinājumus, taču pēdējos gados pasaulē aizvien vairāk tiek novērtēti ieguvumi, ko tehnoloģijas spēj radīt būvlaukumā. Tās palielina procesu caurskatāmību,[...]
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Jaunumi,
29. January 2019
Galvenais iemesls, kādēļ jau šodien katrs otrais auto uz ielas nav elektromobilis, ir apstāklis, ka šīs kategorijas braucamie maksā vairāk nekā mašīnas ar iekšdedzes dzinēju. Auditorfirmas Deloitte jaunākais pētījums tikmēr[...]
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Jaunumi,
28. January 2019
Liels skaits planētas iedzīvotāju vēl joprojām netic globālajai sasilšanai. Neskatoties uz to, pasaulē ir simtiem pilsētu, kas dara visu iespējamo, lai kļūtu videi draudzīgākas un pilnībā pārietu uz atjaunojamo energoresursu[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
23. January 2019
Cities are hotter than surrounding areas because of a climate phenomena that is known as the urban heat island (UHI). While scientists have studied this effect for decades, new information has recently[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
23. January 2019
Dive Brief: Findings from a national survey, Climate Change in the American Mind, indicate Americans’ concern about climate change is increasing, and a growing percentage believes it is mostly caused by[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
23. January 2019
The polar vortex has broken into ‘two swirling blobs of cold air’, bringing the most frigid conditions in decades to the midwest What is the polar vortex? As its name[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
23. January 2019
The bone-chilling temperatures currently pummeling the Midwest are the direct result of the warming Arctic losing its grip on the polar jet stream that usually keeps frigid air trapped up[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
23. January 2019
An international research programme has uncovered data that could transform scientists’ understanding of the Atlantic Ocean current – a circulation pattern that plays a central role in determining weather across[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
23. January 2019
You may think that the worst you’ll risk by buying a bargain-bin smart bulb or security camera will be a bit of extra trouble setting it up or a lack[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
23. January 2019
The 51 percent attack is real, and it’s easier than ever On Saturday, the Coinbase security team noticed something troubling. Someone had made a deep reorganization in the distributed ledger[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
23. January 2019
If you’ve been following the smart city trends, it won’t surprise you to hear that next-generation 5G wireless service will make smart cities more intelligent. “I don’t think 5G needs much[...]
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Bizness,
23. January 2019
The news reflects mounting competition among global battery manufacturers. Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation announced Tuesday that the two companies will establish a joint venture next year to produce[...]
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Bizness,
23. January 2019
Power systems producer Siemens Corp. will team up with three national energy labs to test new technologies to bolster electricity supply, options and resiliency in the years ahead. Siemens Corporate[...]
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Bizness,
23. January 2019
The company reported Thursday that fourth-quarter revenues were up 28 percent for the new business unit. General Electric this week announced an expansion of GE Renewable Energy, in the latest[...]
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Mobilitāte,
23. January 2019
A leader in EV sales, Nissan is ready to take the fight directly to Tesla Encouraged by strong sales of its affordable, all-electric Leaf vehicles, Nissan seems ready to jump into[...]
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Mobilitāte,
23. January 2019
Toyota’s been slacking on developing its own all-electric car. It’s reached the point that its hybrid Prius owners are defecting over to electric car company Tesla. Recent comments from Toyota’s North America[...]
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Mobilitāte,
23. January 2019
It’ll be on the same platform as the Model 3 but built 260 miles apart During a conference call Wednesday to discuss Tesla‘s second-straight profitable quarter, CEO Elon Musk said the company has[...]
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Enerģētika,
23. January 2019
India has reiterated its medium-term targets for renewable energy installed capacity. The targets, up to 2030, will result in a 40% share of renewable energy capacity in the overall power[...]
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Enerģētika,
23. January 2019
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, investments in clean energy once again exceeded $300 billion in 2018. Solar investment fell in 2018, according to new data out from Bloomberg New Energy Finance,[...]
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Enerģētika,
23. January 2019
MIT researchers studied the steady decrease in solar PV module costs over the last several decades and had their results published in the December 2018 issue of the journal Energy Policy.[...]
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Vide,
23. January 2019
The trash gets diverted from landfill, melted down, and 3D-printed into park benches. In the Greek city of Thessaloniki, a park features citizen-designed street furniture made from an unlikely source: local[...]
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Vide,
23. January 2019
Loop will send you name-brand products, like Tide detergent, Crest mouthwash, or Häagen Dazs ice cream. When you’re done, you ship the empty container back, where it gets cleaned and[...]
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Vide,
23. January 2019
London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK’s food waste problem Mothers with toddlers at their ankles sit beside elderly men and women out for a welcome bit of[...]
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Vide,
23. January 2019
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste says it will spend $1 billion to keep plastic waste out of the environment. But its members–like ExxonMobil, Shell, Dow–are undermining the commitment by[...]
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Vide,
23. January 2019
Solutions to preserve access and reduce contamination are emerging from municipalities, partners and citizen-led efforts in states such as Oregon, Virginia and New Hampshire. Hardships caused by China’s global recycling[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
23. January 2019
This past year was challenging for the tech world, to say the least, but the new year brings an opportunity to change the conversation. A huge opportunity, actually — CES 2019,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
23. January 2019
If you’re a fan of Kasa smart plugs and switches, you’re going to love this news. TP-Link’s Kasa line of smart home products is expanding this year, with the addition of multiple[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
23. January 2019
It’s a pretty novel use of a charging station It seems that we haven’t yet hit the limit on weird and novel implementations of Alexa, as Lenovo just announced what[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
23. January 2019
The SmartThings platform may have expanded, but Samsung’s smart home company still has a lot of kinks to work out. Samsung’s smart home company, SmartThings, has changed a lot since it was first[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
22. January 2019
The company showed off a trio of robots and an exoskeleton at CES 2019 A funny thing happened at Samsung’s CES press conference. After the PC news, 8K TVs and Bixby-sporting washing[...]
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Pilsētvide,
22. January 2019
Nottingham pioneers ‘Energiesprong’ after it wins £5m funding from EU A Dutch approach to transforming old homes through a dramatic green makeover has arrived in the UK and cut tenants’[...]
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Pilsētvide,
22. January 2019
The Danish capital is expanding its land mass and creating climate resiliency. But is it sustainable? In a bid to create new space for green industries and fossil-free energy production,[...]
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Pilsētvide,
22. January 2019
In 2017, ArchDaily Brazil reported that Smart City Laguna would become the first “smart city” in Brazil. With its inauguration scheduled for that same year, the venture opened with 1,800 units in its[...]
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Jaunumi,
21. January 2019
Eiropas Savienības publisko pakalpojumu sektors ievērojami kavē investīciju veikšanu digitālajās tehnoloģijās, izdevniecības «Dienas Bizness» sadarbībā ar zvērinātu advokātu biroju BDO LAW un AS BDO Latvia rīkotajā konferencē «Nodokļi 2019 –[...]
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Jaunumi,
11. January 2019
Uzņēmuma šā gada mērķi ir gana ambiciozi. «Saistībā ar to, ka visā Eiropā pieaug pieprasījums pēc elektriskajiem autobusiem, īpaši Skandināvijas valstīs un Francijā, arī Latvijā radās nepieciešamība piedāvāt klientiem elektrificētus[...]
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Mobilitāte,
31. December 2018
The electric SUV will take you 258 miles, but will it be affordable enough? Hyundai announced late last week that the Kona Electric, the company’s second fully electric vehicle, will start at[...]
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Mobilitāte,
31. December 2018
Norway is the world’s biggest per-capita market for electric vehicles, but incentives are being clawed back as Oslo aims to go car-free. No other country on Earth has bet as[...]
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Mobilitāte,
31. December 2018
At its maximum charge rate, the prototype charger would be more than twice as fast as Tesla’s current Supercharger design. The proliferation of DC fast charging for electric cars has made owning one a[...]
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Enerģētika,
31. December 2018
Leading clean energy analysts IHS Markit released a new solar PV installation forecast before Christmas which expects to see 2019 deliver the highest level of new solar capacity installed in[...]
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Enerģētika,
31. December 2018
Australia’s renewable energy and storage project pipeline has surpassed $20 billion worth of investment in 2018, with currently 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of projects under construction which will deliver 13,000 direct[...]
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Enerģētika,
31. December 2018
A few years ago, Evan Mills’ 14-year-old son Nathaniel wanted to get into gaming. To juice up the experience, he wanted to build his own computer like more and more[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
31. December 2018
Tiny monitoring stations that alert farmers to every change in conditions on their farms could help them better understand the extreme weather shifts that are becoming more common due to[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
31. December 2018
For years tech companies such as Amazon, Alphabet and Uber have promised us delivery drones bringing goods to our doorsteps in a matter of minutes. So why are they taking[...]
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Pilsētvide,
31. December 2018
Though seemingly opposite environments, cities are a lot like rainforests. At ground level, the world is dank, dark, and full of predators. Inhabitants seeking fresh air, sunshine, and privacy have[...]
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Pilsētvide,
31. December 2018
Advocates say we could design city buildings and neighborhoods that cancel out more carbon than they emit, with the right policies and mindset. Cities are crucial to fighting climate change.[...]
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Pilsētvide,
31. December 2018
A team of Dutch design studios have won the competition for a new high-rise development next to the Leidsche Rijn station in Utrecht. Architekten Cie, Karres en Brands, KCAP and Geurst & Schulze joined together to create[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. December 2018
Starptautiskajai uzņēmumu grupai ar lietuviešu kapitālu Modus group gatavojoties ienākt Latvijas un Igaunijas tirgū ar automašīnu koplietošanas pakalpojumu CityBee un tālāk attīstīt šo darbību Polijā, tai piederošā kompānija CityBee Solutions[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. December 2018
The most attention-grabbing 21st-century addition to Milan’s skyline is arguably Bosco Verticale. This is quite the accomplishment, as it takes a lot for heads to swivel in Italy’s second-largest city. A hotbed[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. December 2018
I recently got an email from a friend, asking me to take a look at an alternative way of thinking about greenhouse gases. He forwarded a link to a long[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. December 2018
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Civil society groups have pledged growing international protests to drive rapid action on global warming after the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. December 2018
If France isn’t willing to take action on climate change on its own, well, the courts are always an option to force the government’s hand. More than 1.8 million people[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. December 2018
Thinking Positive A plan to clean up the Pacific Ocean is off to a slow start. Literally. It seems a device designed to corral ocean plastic for removal is traveling too slowly to get[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. December 2018
Eating meat has a hefty impact on the environment from fueling climate change to polluting landscapes and waterways Recycling or taking the bus rather than driving to work has its[...]
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Bizness,
12. December 2018
From Theranos to Telltale, here are some of the companies that didn’t make it There are few things in this world more difficult than launching a successful startup. It takes talent,[...]
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Bizness,
12. December 2018
As Tesla’s Model 3 continues to gain market share, legacy automakers face some daunting decisions. Bloomberg warns, “The future of the auto industry is going to look like the history of the cell phone[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
12. December 2018
The term “internet of things” (IoT) was first mentioned in 1999, but it really started gaining traction in the early 2010s. Since then, big tech companies, futurists, and industry analysts[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. December 2018
The Model 3 might still be pricey but there are alternatives. It’s easy to look at a luxury automaker like Jaguar and declare 2018 the year the automotive industry caught[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. December 2018
Tesla boss Elon Musk is eyeing 2019 for a major expansion of the Supercharger network in Europe and beyond. Musk tweeted the news on Thursday, December 27 in response to[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. December 2018
Tesla set record after record in 2018. It passed up automaker after automaker in terms of sales as well as market cap. And it actually started turning a profit. Let’s[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. December 2018
California is officially the first state to require newly built homes to come with enough solar panels to offset their electricity use. The state Building Standards Commission voted unanimously to[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. December 2018
Startup follows on a number of innovative ideas to make renewable energy more flexible. An energy storage startup that found its footing at Alphabet’s X “moonshot” division announced last week that it[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. December 2018
This story was originally published by the HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Call it the nuclear power industry’s thirst trap. The United States’ aging fleet of nuclear reactors ―[...]
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Vide,
12. December 2018
The $20 million effort to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has hit a bit of a snafu. Organizers for The Ocean Cleanup, which launched the project in September,[...]
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Vide,
12. December 2018
CleanTechnica sat down with Andreas Wade, Global Sustainability Director at First Solar, to talk about the what the future holds for solar module recycling. Mandatory Recycling Andreas said that recycling is something[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. December 2018
TL;DR: Don’t buy the PlayStation Classic There were countless gadgets released in 2018. It’s the end of the year, so Brian and I rounded up the best of the best and[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. December 2018
Drone “hot spots” in Australia are getting sensors to automatically identify the aircraft and their pilots. Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Casa) said it would install the equipment at the[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. December 2018
Greenhouses are being wired up to the internet of things in order to save cash. More U.S. cannabis cultivators are deploying internet-of-things (IOT) technologies in greenhouses to optimize the use[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. December 2018
Tech giant Siemens is to partner with World Expo 2020 Dubai in rolling out a major smart building project, encompassing 130 structures in a digital platform to control energy efficiency, comfort, safety, and security. As reported[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. December 2018
The government of Moscow has begun developing an existing district in the city to test nearly 30 new ‘smart’ technologies for urban development. Home to over 8,000 people, the district is testing[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. December 2018
Oslo’s Powerhouse collective wants buildings that make better cities in the face of climate change. The European Union has a target of making all new buildings zero-energy by 2020, but[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. December 2018
Bitmain may start a massive round of layoffs this week that could impact more than 50% of its employees, according to a report by CoinDesk on Tuesday. Bitmain is the[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. December 2018
How confident are you that your business will continue to operate in the event of a cyberattack? How would you recover from a cyberattack? Do you have a cyber incident[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. December 2018
The West’s biggest security weakness is in the old electronics and sensors that control processes in infrastructure and industry. It’s not that hard to take an entire country’s internet offline[...]
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Bizness,
07. December 2018
Apple is having trouble selling its latest iPhones, according to numerous reports. There’s an easy way for the company to solve the problem — cut its sky-high prices. Apple can[...]
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Bizness,
07. December 2018
Tesla has developed a mini-monopoly in the auto industry. Tesla is the first new auto brand to appear in decades, and as it has survived it’s come to dominate the[...]
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Bizness,
07. December 2018
The company expects the Model 3 to add substantially to its 2018 delivery totals. 2017 saw 100,000 vehicles delivered, and 2018 could more than double that total.
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Vide,
07. December 2018
What do you do with all of those sentimental birthday and holiday cards you receive every year? It feels wrong to put them in the trash, but at the same[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. December 2018
Tesla patent filings reveal plans for augmented reality glasses to assist with manufacturing. Factory employees has previously used Google Glass in its factory as recently as 2016. Tesla‘s Model 3[...]
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Jaunumi,
04. December 2018
The keyword “gamification” has been gaining increasing popularity in recent years, having practical and useful application, and support for a huge number of areas of life. Impementing game mechanisms such[...]
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Jaunumi,
04. December 2018
Uz Via Baltica izvieto inteliģentās transporta sistēmas (ITS). Tas bija spilgts piemērs dažādu ražotāju produkcijas integrācijai vienā risinājumā, par projektu Smart E67 sarunā ar Dienas Biznesu norāda SIA Fima komercdirektors[...]
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Jaunumi,
04. December 2018
Droša un tīra vide, iespēja izmantot mūsdienu tehnoloģiju dotās iespējas, tie ir galvenie priekšnosacījumi, lai, liekot lietā savas zināšanas, cilvēks, kurš to vēlas, vairotu savu labklājību, būtu ilgtspējīgs un konkurētspējīgs.[...]
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Jaunumi,
04. December 2018
Vācijas-Latvijas Uzņēmējdarbības balvu kā gada labākais jaunuzņēmums saņēma zaļo tehnoloģiju uzņēmums Alina, kas attīsta un ražo antimikrobiālās piedevas krāsām un apdares materiāliem pēc bezatkritumu un resursus taupošas tehnoloģijas, informē Vācijas-Baltijas Tirdzniecības[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. November 2018
Free charging for electric cars will be available for customers at some Tesco stores from next year. Tesco, in partnership with Volkswagen, plans to install almost 2,500 charging bays at[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. November 2018
Elon Musk will need to release that Model Y soon. Volkswagen, the German automaker that cheated diesel emissions tests, is aiming to release an all-electric car for $23,000 — undercutting the[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. November 2018
German energy company E.ON announced last week that it is set to build one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe, following the company’s decision to invest in the[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. November 2018
“Over time, these coal-fired power plants will just become more and more unviable.” The uphill battle confronting coal seems to be getting steeper. A new global analysis of 6,685 coal plants finds[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. November 2018
All International Energy Agency scenarios show renewables growth won’t deliver a climate cure. None of the scenarios in the latest International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook show renewables growing fast enough to[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. November 2018
There’s a new cryptocurrency-oriented phone in town, and it’s very different from anything currently available for purchase. Coming from the crypto startup Sirin, the Finney is a powerful smartphone with[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. November 2018
Drones have arrived in US airspace, and now they are multiplying. By 2022, 700,000 of the little unmanned aircraft could be exploring American skies, according to the FAA, delivering packages, monitoring[...]
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Jaunumi,
14. November 2018
8. decembrī Iecavas kultūras namā notiks konkursa «Iecavas novada uzņēmēju gada balva» uzvarētāju sumināšana. Par titula »Gada uzņēmējs» īpašnieku šogad kļūst LED gaismekļu ražotājs SIA «Vizulo». Pilnu rakstu skatīt ŠEIT
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. November 2018
The world is far from being on track to meet its climate targets unless emission-reduction commitments are dramatically expanded, according to the latest UN Environment Programme (UNEP) emissions gap report. The[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. November 2018
The US economy could lose $221 billion annually by 2090 as people stop working as much or as hard. The costs of lower labor productivity under soaring temperatures could reach[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. November 2018
The technology is there, why not the will? Confirmation of a rapid rise in renewable energy and a decline in coal use should be cause for celebration. Instead, the upbeat[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. November 2018
When Californians voted to keep their state’s gas tax this Election Day, they bucked a disturbing international trend. Many experts think that carbon taxes — or their cousins, gas taxes[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. November 2018
Cold meltwater running off Antarctica’s ice sheets and into the ocean could dampen the pace of global temperature rise, a new study suggests. The research, published in Nature, finds that the[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
12. November 2018
A startup says it has tackled a long-standing problem that has kept smart contracts from responding to actual events. You have probably heard that blockchain technology and “smart contracts” are[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
12. November 2018
As mining machines harvest bitcoin, they generate excess heat. Instead of letting it go to waste, a Canadian company is capturing it and using it to warm people’s homes. Bitcoin[...]
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Bizness,
12. November 2018
Electric cars still only make up a fraction of a percent of passenger vehicles. But that’s quickly changing. Here’s more evidence of the coming transition: ChargePoint, the world’s largest network of[...]
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Bizness,
12. November 2018
Workers and politicians ask: Why now? DETROIT — Even though unemployment is low, the economy is growing and U.S. auto sales are near historic highs, General Motors is cutting thousands of jobs[...]
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Bizness,
12. November 2018
Inside the massive factory where Tesla will soon make 60 percent of the world’s lithium-ion batteries Right now, in the desert just east of Reno, Nevada, Tesla is drilling into[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. November 2018
Tesla shares dropped about 5% in value on Monday. Could recent statements by Volkswagen head Herbert Diess have anything to do with that decline? Diess is boasting this week that[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. November 2018
Electric bicycles are having a moment. Major global companies which make cars and motorcycles are suddenly delivering or talking about delivering electric bicycles. What’s going on? This red beast of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. November 2018
Rivian has kept a relatively low profile since the automotive startup with Midwestern roots launched in 2009. Those days are over. CEO and founder RJ Scaringe unveiled two all-electric vehicles this[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. November 2018
As utility customers invest more in advanced energy technologies, buildings are becoming dynamic energy hubs. Anywhere, anytime, a building could be a consumer, storage point, or generator of energy. And[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. November 2018
Europe is looking to compete with Asia in battery manufacturing for stationary storage and EVs. Europe is on track to increase its battery-making capacity by 20 times in the next[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. November 2018
Sales and marketing costs have been reduced by 50%, according to the company. Tesla just slashed prices on its residential solar systems by 10 to 20 percent — or $3,000 to $5,000 for[...]
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Vide,
12. November 2018
Goodbye burnable agricultural residue, hello new furniture. This past August, Ikea opened its first Indian store in the southern city of Hyderabad. The reaction from consumers was, well, enthusiastic —[...]
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Vide,
12. November 2018
In October of this year, the European Parliament voted in favor of a ban of the ten most notorious single-use plastics that harm our planet and marine life, including straws,[...]
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Vide,
12. November 2018
Many cities don’t accept coffee cups in their recycling. Now there’s proof it works. Earlier this year, Starbucks sent 18 truckloads of old paper cups to a paper mill in[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. November 2018
A new drone developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could be the key to finding hikers lost in the woods. A challenge with search and rescue operationsfor people lost in forests[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. November 2018
A huge drone that can wash buildings and put out fires is being developed in Latvia. The Aerones drone weighs about 55kg (121lbs) and is tethered to the ground with[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. November 2018
The smart home concept is increasingly becoming the norm. Over the past few years, we’ve seen an increase in voice recognition assistants and connected devices to make our busy lives more seamless.[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. November 2018
As architects face up to the need for ethical, sustainable design in the age of climate change awareness, timber architecture is making a comeback in a new, technologically impressive way. Largely overlooked in[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. November 2018
Australia’s largest engineered timber commercial building has opened in Brisbane, designed by Bates Smart. At 10 stories, and 45 meters in height, the “25 King” open plan office complex is the tallest timber structure in Australia, and[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. November 2018
In a world increasingly obsessed with the potential of Blockchain (the decentralized technology behind Bitcoin), lawyer and cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns has purchased an enormous 67,000-acre plot of the Nevada desert near Reno envisioned[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. November 2018
Apple charges a lot of money to add more built-in storage to devices like iPads and Mac computers. A new iPad Pro with 64 GB of storage costs $799, but[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. November 2018
Amazon announced AWS Ground Station, a new product that will let businesses rent access to data from satellites. The company plans to build 12 ground stations throughout the world, with[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. November 2018
Reliable patient data has been notoriously difficult to come by in healthcare. Connected IoT medical devices aim to bridge the gap by allowing remote monitoring of patients and faster emergency[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. November 2018
An efficient airport experience depends on the smooth running of a complex logistics network. IoT solutions are helping airlines and airports better monitor and track assets. The availability of 5G[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. November 2018
Audi unveiled its E-Tron GT electric sedan concept on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The automaker said it would begin delivering the production version of the vehicle in[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. November 2018
The Lighthouse security camera was a $300 internet-connected device that could identify you and your family members. But Lighthouse shut down its operations last December and sold its patents to[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. November 2018
A remote school complex in Brazil has just been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize for the world’s best new building. The building was designed by[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. November 2018
The Internet of Things is helping to make commercial buildings more energy efficient. One solution is doing so by monitoring usage carefully —where, when, and how much. 5G will make[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. November 2018
Iecavas SIA “Vizulo” ražo iekštelpu un ārtelpu gaismekļus, uzņēmuma inženieri izstrādā jaunus gaismekļus, veic dažādus pētījumus. Ar tā gaismekļiem ir izgaismota “Porsche” ēka Nīderlandē, Māstrihtā, Brīvības piemineklis Rīgā, tie ir izmantoti Francijā, Kurševelas[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
31. October 2018
Few companies specialize in carbon removal and the tools they produce are currently still expensive Peter Fiekowsky, a physicist and entrepreneur, hates silver bullets. But at a climate summit in[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
31. October 2018
While violence and poverty have been cited as the reasons for the exodus, experts say the big picture is that changing climate is forcing farmers off their land – and[...]
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Vide,
31. October 2018
Plastic has become a major threat not only to the Earth’s ecosystem, but also to humans — many sea animals ingest microplastics, which ultimately can end up in our food.[...]
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Vide,
31. October 2018
About 2.1 billion people around the world do not have immediate access to clean drinking water. The Water Abundance XPrize competition rewards innovators who come up with new ways to[...]
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Jaunumi,
26. October 2018
Jau pirms četriem gadiem Eiropas Savienības (ES) varas gaiteņos tika pieņemta direktīva par alternatīvo degvielu infrastruktūras ieviešanu, taču ar tās izpildi dalībvalstīm veicies visai švaki – direktīvā nospraustos mērķus līdz šim pilnībā[...]
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Jaunumi,
26. October 2018
Viedās pilsētas klasteris un tā biedri piedalījās izstādē ar elektromobilitātes stendu „Elektriskie transportlīdzekļi izstādē „Vide un Enerģija 2018”” Šā gada 19.–21.oktobrī Starptautiskajā izstāžu centrā Rīgā tika organizēts e-mobilitātes stends „Viedais[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
19. October 2018
Ziemeļvalstu Ministru padomes birojs Latvijā sadarbībā ar izstādi “Vide un enerģija” rīkoja starptautisku konferenci “Ziemeļvalstu un Baltijas valstu enerģētikas un klimata izaicinājumi”, kas 2018.gada 18.oktobrī notika “Altum” konferenču zālē Rīgā. Konferencei[...]
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Jaunumi,
19. October 2018
Vienā no Stambulas metro stacijām sācis darboties automāts, ar kura palīdzību par braucienu pilsētas sabiedriskajā transportā var norēķināties, nododot tukšas plastmasas pudeles un skārdenes. Automātā jāievieto pilsētas sabiedriskā transporta viedkarte[...]
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Jaunumi,
15. October 2018
Viedās pilsētas klasteris šā gada 11. oktobrī organizēja ikgadējo biedru sanāksmi Birojnīcas telpās Rīgā, lai informētu biedrus par projekta progresu un šajā laikā paveikto. Kopīgi pārskatītu turpmākās plānotās aktivitātes, apspriestu[...]
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Bizness,
13. October 2018
Part of a $1 billion investment to upgrade its factory in Tuscaloosa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler on Friday said it will start building a battery plant as part of its[...]
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Bizness,
13. October 2018
The Shanghai-area plant could give Tesla some company. VW’s grandiose electric car plans just became more tangible. The automaker has started building its first group-wide, large-scale EV production factory in Anting, about[...]
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Mobilitāte,
13. October 2018
Automakers have a choice: build their own charging networks or rely on third-party networks Electric cars hit a new global sales record in 2017 — 1 million cars sold, with[...]
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Mobilitāte,
13. October 2018
At its heart, the car industry remains a deeply conservative one Carmakers are a weird bunch. On one hand, they’re willing to give their designers free rein and millions of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
13. October 2018
That could save both companies a huge chunk of cash. Building new cars from scratch is expensive, which is why so many automakers pursue partnerships with one another. A Toyota-Subaru[...]
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Enerģētika,
13. October 2018
Could allow us to generate electricity using supercritical carbon dioxide. With the price of photovoltaics having plunged dramatically, solar is likely to become a major contributor to the electrical generating[...]
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Enerģētika,
13. October 2018
Substitute out some of the platinum catalyst, and the battery gets much cheaper. Battery technology is extremely important for a world that uses more and more renewable energy. Renewable energy[...]
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Enerģētika,
13. October 2018
These are the largest solar farms on the face of the planet Photovoltaic solar energy is the fastest-growing energy source in the world. Currently China, India, and the US produce the[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
13. October 2018
Superfast 5G mobile broadband could power smart cities and the internet of things, (IoT) but as more devices get connected, telecoms and security experts are warning that cyber-attacks could increase[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
13. October 2018
We love drones. You know what we don’t love? Drone flight times. Today, your average consumer drone has an average flight time of between 10 and 20 minutes — with[...]
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Pilsētvide,
13. October 2018
Migration as a result of changing climate has already begun. And while this poses enormous challenges for governments – particularly at a global moment that seems indisposed towards immigration and[...]
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Pilsētvide,
13. October 2018
One of architecture’s most exciting contemporary frontiers. Architects: Find the perfect materials for your next project through Architizer. Manufacturers: Sign up now to learn how you can get seen by the world’s top[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. October 2018
The most recent international report on climate change paints a picture of disruption to society unless there are drastic and rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Although it’s early days, some cities[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. October 2018
The administration’s pullout from the Paris Climate Agreement and skeptical stance on climate change has caused a great deal of anxiety, but some environmentalists are pursuing solutions on their own:[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
12. October 2018
Ahh, carbon prices. Those pesky, politically fraught penalties governments slap on pollution and the polluters who emit it. Carbon taxes and pricing schemes could be our golden ticket out of[...]
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Bizness,
12. October 2018
PEOPLE USUALLY HAVE three questions about Tesla and Elon Musk’s promises: When can I get a $35,000 Model 3? Can Teslas drive themselves? And can Tesla actually make money selling electric cars? The[...]
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Bizness,
12. October 2018
His Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund is teaming up with the European council to invest in companies focused on agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation. Bill Gates has coined a new way to[...]
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Bizness,
12. October 2018
Buying enough clean energy to make up for your dirty energy is one thing; using all clean energy 24/7 is another, and it could signal a new approach. Our time[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
12. October 2018
Commentary: The O.G. of the cryptocurrency and blockchain world was born a decade ago. Today it’s bigger than ever but still not what it set out to be. Ten years[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
12. October 2018
It’s calling on devs to create AAA and indie titles on the upcoming platform. EA has announced a new cloud gaming development platform called ‘Project Atlas’ as it eyes a[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
12. October 2018
Distributed ledger technology could be integrated into GE’s Predix platform. GE is investigatingblockchainto potentially incorporate the technology into a virtual power plant offering, likely delivered via the company’s Predix platform. Steven[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. October 2018
A study on the ethical decisions of autonomous vehicles had interesting results. Today, MIT released the results of a global survey on the moral and ethical decisions that autonomous vehicles should be[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. October 2018
Plugging in cars and trucks will be critical to averting climate catastrophe, according to the IPCC. How far has the U.S. come? According to a new report from the United Nations’ scientific[...]
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Mobilitāte,
12. October 2018
Contextual, personalized vehicle suggestions spotlight bikes For the first time, Uber will make contextual, personalized suggestions about the best way to get from point A to point B. The startup offers[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. October 2018
Solar will represent a very substantial part of our power supply, but we’re hardly at risk of generating too much. Here’s why Over the last few weeks there have been[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. October 2018
Recent solar projects have offered solar energy for less than 3 cents/kWh. Is that right? In recent years, massive solar projects proposed for the Middle East have grabbed headlines with[...]
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Enerģētika,
12. October 2018
Solar and wind projects are transforming Australia’s power grid, but unclear policies will slow new investments The relentlessly corrosive nature of political debate about climate change can sometimes mask that[...]
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Vide,
12. October 2018
Through a new pledge organized by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, PepsiCo, Unilever, H&M, and more will team up with governments to boost recycling and end the flow of plastic into[...]
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Vide,
12. October 2018
Istanbul is the latest city to install “reverse vending machines” to allow commuters to top up their transit cards by recycling plastic and aluminum, the New York Times reports. It’s part[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. October 2018
OpenROV’s cheap robots help people explore their local waterways, and National Geographic is helping get them to more people so they can map their discoveries. Since David Lang cofounded OpenROV, a low-cost[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. October 2018
Shortly after announcing the Home Hub, a Google exec told me the timing was simply about “getting the product right.” Still, it’s curious launching your own entry in the space more than[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
12. October 2018
“Yeah! Well of course we’re working on it,” Facebook’s head of augmented reality Ficus Kirkpatrick told me when I asked him at TechCrunch’s AR/VR event in LA if Facebook was building AR[...]
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Jaunumi,
12. October 2018
Līdz 2030. gadam jaunu automobiļu CO2 izmeši jāsamazina par 40%, vienlaikus veicinot elektrisko un zemu emisiju auto nonākšanu tirgū, uzskata Eiropas Parlamenta deputāti. Trešdien atbalstītā likumprojektā EP deputāti aicina ES[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. October 2018
Steel and concrete facades have dominated contemporary cityscapes for generations, but as pressures from climate change pose new challenges for design and construction industries, some firms are turning to mass[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. October 2018
Lessons from the Dutch, where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people. DITOR’S NOTE: The following is excerpted from “Building the Cycling City,” by Melissa and Chris Brunlett,[...]
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Pilsētvide,
12. October 2018
The center enables visitors to try out electric vehicles and learn more about upcoming innovations such as autonomous vehicles and kiosks. COLUMBUS, OH — “A city that stays the same[...]
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Jaunumi,
28. September 2018
Tuvākās desmitgades laikā ievērojami pieaugs datu apjoms, kuru radīs dažādas ikdienā izmantotās ierīces un jaunie pakalpojumi. Nepārtrauktai to darbībai būs nepieciešams daudz ātrāks internets, nekā tas ir pieejams pašlaik. Sagaidāms, ka[...]
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Jaunumi,
25. September 2018
Biznesa portāls Db.lv viesojas pie ēveļskaidu produktu ražotājas SIA Cewood. Investējot 5 miljonus eiro, SIA Cewood Jaunlaicenē izveidojusi Baltijā vienīgo cementēto koka ēveļskaidu plātņu ražotni. Plātnes sastāv no 100% dabīgiem[...]
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Jaunumi,
19. September 2018
Rīgas domes Satiksmes departaments (RDSD) izsludinājis konkursu par satiksmes infrastruktūras uzraudzības punktu ierīkošanu 16 Rīgas centra vietās, lai veiktu satiksmes situācijas novērtēšanu, informē RDSD pārstāve Una Ahuna – Ozola. Iepirkuma[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. September 2018
Ziemeļvalstu Ministru padomes birojas Latvijā sadarbībā ar izstādi “Vide un enerģija” rīko starptautisku konferenci “Ziemeļvalstu un Baltijas valstu enerģētikas un klimata izaicinājumi”, kas 2018.gada 18.oktobrī notiks “Altum” konferenču zālē Rīgā. Konferences[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. September 2018
Nīderlandes pilsētā Zvollē, kas ir Overeiselas provinces galvaspilsēta, uzstādīs 5000 Latvijas uzņēmuma “Vizulo” izstrādātos “VIZULO Mini Martin” gaismekļus, portālu “LA.lv” informēja “Vizulo” pārstāvji. Jau šobrīd pilsētu izgaismo 2500 gaismekļu, bet[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. September 2018
Preiļu novada pašvaldība startēs Emisijas kvotu izsolīšanas instrumenta (EKII) finansēto projektu iesniegumu konkursā “Siltumnīcefekta gāzu emisiju samazināšana ar viedajām pilsētvides tehnoloģijām” ar ieceri atjaunot pilsētā apgaismojumu, kas varētu izmaksāt 451 947[...]
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Bizness,
07. September 2018
Tesla critics and short-sellers have offered dire warnings about impending electric-car competition coming for the automaker. But globally, EV sales amount to only about 1% of sales — there’s no[...]
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Bizness,
07. September 2018
Chances are, you or someone you know has two or three or more ride-share, car-share, or bike-share services apps on their smartphone. The app-driven shared mobility services we regularly use[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. September 2018
Audi e-tron, the first electric SUV from the German automaker, debuted in San Francisco on Monday night. Two electric motors power the all-wheel-drive e-tron. A 95 kWh battery gives it[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. September 2018
BMW recently unveiled an electric concept SUV, the Vision iNEXT, with plans for the vehicle to enter the market in 2021. The vehicle will feature technology that includes autonomous driving,[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. September 2018
Restricting global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels would prevent large increases in temperature-related deaths across much of the globe, a new study finds. And keeping warming to 1.5C – the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. September 2018
As Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas and Virginia, a million climate deniers are rushing to escape the brunt of the storm without ever stopping to ask why they[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. September 2018
Following years of extremely high and low temperatures, catastrophic hurricanes, droughts, floods, forest fires and sea-level rises eating away at valuable shorelines, the American people share a growing awareness of[...]
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Bizness,
07. September 2018
Estonian ride-hailing company Taxify will compete with Bird and Lime in Europe with its new brand of e-scooters, called Bolt, launching in Paris on Thursday. The company has rolled the scooter sharing[...]
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Bizness,
07. September 2018
Insurance companies lead the sell-off of coal, oil and gas stocks over climate change and financial fears – oil majors now cite divestment as a risk to them The funds[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. September 2018
Mercedes-Benz shared on Monday its vision for how people and packages will someday move in dense urban environments. It’s called Vision Urbanetic — an all-electric autonomous concept vehicle that can[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. September 2018
As Autumn begins to finally gear up across the Northern Hemisphere, for those in Europe, the massive 2018 heatwave will disappear into forgotten memory for most, except for the region’s[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. September 2018
A model demonstrates how renewables could increase rainfall. Installing large-scale wind and solar projects in the Sahara could increase rainfall and help the desert bloom, according to research released this[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. September 2018
Massive renewable additions will require more grid-stabilizing technology. This week, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told the Global Wind Summit that wind energy was likely to[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. September 2018
Impossible Aerospace took a “battery-first approach” when designing its US-1 drone. One startup is reimagining how drones are designed — and how long they can fly. Impossible Aerospace, which came out of stealth[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. September 2018
By 2050, if even just 7% more trips were made by bike and foot, we could avoid around 5 gigatons of carbon emissions. It’s simple, but effective. The day after[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. September 2018
Nicola Sturgeon told more vigorous action needed to achieve post-2020 emissions target Nicola Sturgeon’s government needs much tougher policies on cutting emissions from Scotland’s roads and farms to meet its[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. September 2018
From Canada to the United Kingdom to Japan, heat waves exacerbated by climate change have swept across the globe this summer, leaving a trail of death. A lack of action on climate change[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. September 2018
Underwater nurseries offer glimmer of hope for endangered ecosystems, encouraging growth of coral fragments on fibreglass structures anchored to the seabed As an ocean early warning system, coral reefs have[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. September 2018
The last few months haven’t been easy for crypto investors. Following the dizzying highs of crypto trading late last year, which saw Bitcoin reach a peak of $19,276 and a market cap[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. September 2018
Walmart has been working with IBM on a food safety blockchain solution and today it announced it’s requiring that all suppliers of leafy green vegetable for Sam’s and Walmart upload their data to[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. September 2018
Kitties. Flying kitties all over your face. Even as Facebook faces extreme pressure from Congress on issues like foreign interference and fake news, the company has to remain focused on keeping users[...]
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Bizness,
07. September 2018
As the tech giant’s first move into prefab construction, Amazon has invested in home-building start-up Plant PreFab. Known for smart home technology and sustainable construction, Plant PreFab is based in Rialto, California and is set[...]
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Bizness,
07. September 2018
Most publicly traded automakers grew workforce since 2013 Even as many automotive assembly lines look like a scene from a dystopian science fiction movie, with robots performing everything from welding[...]
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Bizness,
06. September 2018
The large, legacy car industry has pinned a lot of hopes and dreams on innovative startups to build the next generation of automotive technology, and today the latest chapter in[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. September 2018
Companies like ChargePoint and Tritium announce plans to expand and develop more charging infrastructure, which could boost the adoption of electric vehicles. Electric vehicle charging continues to surge, a move[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. September 2018
There’s a revolution in the air. Literally, up in the sky. Winged devices and the necessary ecosystem around them are undergoing the biggest transformation since “humanned” flight began over 100[...]
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Mobilitāte,
06. September 2018
The slow roll towards electrified vehicles isn’t isolated to passenger cars and SUVs. Manufacturers are investing in commercial vehicles as well — everything from school buses and delivery vans to big[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. September 2018
A number of stories have popped up in the news recently about turning traditional hydroelectric stations, which generate power by using water captured from a flowing river, into pumped storage[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. September 2018
In the quest for carbon neutrality, the City of Helsinki in Finland announced its action plans to minimize greenhouse gas emissions substantially by 2035. The city’s fully owned energy company, Helen Ltd, a producer of district heating,[...]
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Enerģētika,
06. September 2018
The scrappy industry has found a new fantastic point of view. Solar Power International has entered a whole new world of smart energy devices. The trade show has been growing its[...]
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Vide,
06. September 2018
When today’s solar panels are tomorrow’s electronic waste, who will finance their recycling? Within a few years, the United States will be facing the sunset of a large number of[...]
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Vide,
06. September 2018
PAC-MAN STYLE This past weekend, a Dutch nonprofit deployed a giant floating trap into the San Francisco Bay. The organization, called The Ocean Cleanup, says that the trap will scoop up plastic debris in the Pacific[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. September 2018
Dive Brief: Sonnen on Wednesday announced the launch of a new home energy management system to unify automation, distributed generation and storage with smart load control to optimize residential energy use. Sonnen says its new[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. September 2018
In launching its own online service, the Berkeley-based upstart Rigetti aspires to be the Amazon of cloud-based quantum computing. Quantum computing–which harnesses the peculiar physics of subatomic scale–long appeared to[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. September 2018
Once homes and living communities are more connected, they can plug in to larger smart city programs — though we still have a long way to go. The internet of[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. September 2018
An aggressive expansion of one of Amazon’s boldest brick-and-mortar ideas Amazon plans to open as many as 3,000 of its cashier-less Amazon Go convenience stores by the year 2021, according[...]
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Pilsētvide,
06. September 2018
Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. One hundred years ago, the United States had a public transportation system that was[...]
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Jaunumi,
29. August 2018
Vācijas autobūves koncerns “Volkswagen” ceturtdien paziņoja, ka nākamgad Berlīnē ieviesīs pilnībā elektrisku automobiļu koplietošanas pakalpojumu, tādējādi cerot sabiedrību iepazīstināt ar jauniem automašīnu modeļiem un ielauzties šajā strauju izaugsmi piedzīvojošajā tirgū.[...]
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Jaunumi,
29. August 2018
Līdz ar iedzīvotāju pirktspējas palielināšanos, auto cienītāji vairāk interesējas par elektriskajiem un hibrīdauto un iespējām tos iegādāties līzingā, TVNET pavēstīja AS “PrivatBank” Preses centrā. PrivatBank pēdējā gada laikā ir palīdzējusi piepildīt daudzu[...]
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Jaunumi,
22. August 2018
Piektdien Salaspilī viesojās viesi no Ukrainas, lai iepazītos ar mūsu pieredzi daudzdzīvokļu dzīvojamo ēku atjaunošanā. Daļa delegācijas pārstāvju savā valstī strādā ANO Attīstības programmā, kas vairāk fokusējas uz ēku, īpaši[...]
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Jaunumi,
22. August 2018
LED gaismekļu ražotājs “Vizulo” ierindojies starp uzvarētājiem Ungārijas pašvaldības izsludinātā iepirkumā, kā rezultātā Budapeštā līdz 2019. gada maijam plānots nomainīt un uzstādīt 2500 jaunus uzņēmuma ražotus gaismekļus, portālu “Delfi” informēja[...]
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Jaunumi,
20. August 2018
Lietuvā šonedēļ reģistrēts uzņēmums “Ionity GmbH Lietuvos filialas”, kas būs Eiropas elektroautomobiļu uzlādes tīkla “Ionity” vietējā struktūrvienība, raksta Lietuvas biznesa ziņu avīze “Verslo žinios”. Uzņēmumu vadīs visa “Ionity” tīkla izpilddirektors Markuss Grolls.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
15. August 2018
While electric vehicles aren’t posting big sales numbers yet, auto companies are making significant investments in them. Both new and traditional car manufacturers plan to release electric vehicles in the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
15. August 2018
The Audi PB18 e-tron electric concept sports car made its world debut on Thursday at Pebble Beach in Monterey, California. The electric concept is powered by three electric motors that[...]
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Mobilitāte,
15. August 2018
Nissan Leaf Pushes Forward in Holiday Season The European passenger plug-in market slowed down a bit to enjoy the holiday season, registering some 27,000 registrations in July. That’s an increase of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
15. August 2018
Mercedes-Benz unveiled its new EQ Silver Arrow concept on Friday at Pebble Beach in Monterey, California. The striking electric concept pays homage to the company’s record-breaking W125 Grand Prix racer[...]
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Mobilitāte,
15. August 2018
Workhorse, with its 120 employees, hopes to beat larger players to market. I wasn’t sure entirely what I expected an electric helicopter to look like, but what I found waiting[...]
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Mobilitāte,
14. August 2018
Germany was supposed to be a model for solving global warming. In 2007, the country’s government announced that it would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by the[...]
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Enerģētika,
14. August 2018
Australian physicist says technology could make signing up for energy accounts as easy as a mobile phone subscription An Australian physicist is leading a push to pioneer a new type[...]
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Enerģētika,
14. August 2018
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has this week announced that, according to its figures, the world surpassed a total of 1 terawatt (TW) worth of wind and solar capacity some time before[...]
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Enerģētika,
14. August 2018
The current heatwave in Western Europe is also contributing to a ‘wind drought,’ negatively impacting wind farm operators across the region, which includes the U.K., France, Spain, Germany and much[...]
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Enerģētika,
14. August 2018
Imagine a world where we depend on sunlight and the wind for most of our energy needs. Then imagine nighttime and our main source of electricity literally falls asleep. Unless[...]
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Enerģētika,
14. August 2018
The second phase of BMW’s ChargeForward pilot makes an even stronger case for electric vehicles as a grid resource. Electric vehicles are cleaner than their gasoline-powered counterparts on a life-cycle[...]
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Vide,
14. August 2018
Heinz may be phasing out its classic ketchup packets. It’s part of a larger sustainability push that Kraft Heinz is spearheading. By 2025, the company aims to make 100% of[...]
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Vide,
14. August 2018
Evian says it will produce all its plastic bottles from 100% recycled plastic by 2025. Starbucks made headlines this summer with its pledge to eliminate plastic straws by 2020. British supermarket Morrisons said it would[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
14. August 2018
Pro tips on the best way to lock down your collection of smart home tech. With the advent of gadgets like doorbell cameras, smart kitchen appliancesand data-logging sensors that track your sleep,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
14. August 2018
Over the past decade or so, the notion of the “smart home” has transitioned from a futuristic concept to reality. While it’s been a slow curve, we’ve finally reached a[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
14. August 2018
Lenovo’s got its hands in basically everything else at this point, so why not extend that reach into smart home devices? Today at IFA, the company announced the upcoming release[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
14. August 2018
Magic Leap is a secretive Florida-based startup that makes augmented-reality headsets. On Wednesday morning, it launched its first device: Magic Leap One. It’s a product that’s over six years and[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
14. August 2018
The world was a very different place 10 years ago. A decade ago, you couldn’t order an Uber on your phone. You couldn’t surf the web on Google Chrome. You[...]
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Pilsētvide,
14. August 2018
The apple of every athlete’s eye, the Olympic Games direct the gaze of the world onto one host city every two years, showcasing the best that sport has to offer across both[...]
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Pilsētvide,
14. August 2018
When it comes to building a bridge, what prevents it from having the most enduring and sustainable life span? What is its worst enemy? The answer is, simply, the bridge[...]
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Pilsētvide,
14. August 2018
AT THIS POINT, it seems like every so-called consumer smart device—from routers and baby monitors to connected thermostats and garage door openers—has been shown to have vulnerabilities. But that same security crisis has also played out on a macro[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. August 2018
The new “For You” tab lets you see photos you took that day in past years, and shows you previews of how Apple-made special effects could be applied to your[...]
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Bizness,
07. August 2018
When Nichole Mustard found herself adrift after college, she made a simple promise to herself: Be happy. Time and again, that choice led her to revamp her life and start[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. August 2018
Cyclical natural phenomena that affect planet’s climate will amplify effect of manmade global warming, scientists warn The world is likely to see more extreme temperatures in the coming four years[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. August 2018
The economic damage from coastal flooding in Europe could reach almost €1 trillion per year by 2100 without new investment in adaptation to climate change, a new study finds. The[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. August 2018
Crops grown in a high CO2 atmosphere are less nutritious, containing less protein, zinc and iron Rising levels of carbon dioxide could make crops less nutritious and damage the health[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. August 2018
The last three Julys on Earth have been the three warmest ever recorded. But, they may also be the warmest months to occur on our planet in about 120,000 years.[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. August 2018
They put the best parts of other games in a big, cartoony blender, and now we can’t get enough. If you are even remotely tuned into the world of video[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. August 2018
Payment infrastructure is evolving at a rapid pace, yet few global metropolises have truly embraced the speed of innovation — and there needs to be a change in strategy. How[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. August 2018
To say that the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin eats a lot of energy is an understatement. If Bitcoin were a country (praise be to the libertarian god that it’s not),[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
07. August 2018
Some are far better than others Storing your most sensitive files locally on a hard drive is still (and probably always will be) the logical thing to do. But it’s[...]
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Bizness,
07. August 2018
The cleantech, tech, stock, and business news of this past week was more obvious than an elephant sitting in a Fiat 500e — Elon Musk may take Tesla private. It[...]
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Bizness,
07. August 2018
Thank heaven for the old RAF airfields that dot the British countryside, for they provide the local population with lots of fond memories and empty buildings that can be repurposed[...]
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Bizness,
07. August 2018
Just when you thought Apple’s top secret car project was dead, the rumor mill has once again started back up. This time, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (aka the guy who’s[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. August 2018
Denmark is turning climate change solutions into a business opportunity. While Trump insists on building walls, reviving dead industries like coal mining, and just doing everything possible to ignore and worsen climate change[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
06. August 2018
Samsung, naturally, would never be content to launch a regular old Tile competitor. The company just doesn’t roll like that. While the basic foundation of the SmartThings Tracker is similar[...]
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Jaunumi,
18. July 2018
2018. gada jūlijā LMT ir uzņemts starptautiskajā 5G Automotive asociācijā (5GAA). Iestāšanās asociācijā ir stratēģisks Latvijas Mobilā Telefona (LMT) solis, jo 5G balstītas savienoto auto tehnoloģiju inovācijas ir viena no[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. July 2018
Kopbraukšana kā fenomens pēdējā dekādē ir pieņēmies spēkā ļoti strauji un daudzos tirgos kļūst par alternatīvu privātajam auto, otrdien vēsta laikraksts Dienas Bizness. «Baltijas valstis ir starp līderiem Eiropā ar savu[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. July 2018
Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrs Kaspars Gerhards (NA) aicina Latvijas Lielo pilsētu asociāciju (LLPA) klimata pārmaiņu ierobežošanu izvirzīt par prioritāti, aģentūru LETA informēja Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrijā[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. July 2018
SIA 4SmartStreets izstrādājis vairākus produktus, kas palīdz analizēt satiksmi pilsētā, lai noskaidrotu, kādi uzlabojumi ir nepieciešami. Uzņēmums izaudzis KleinTech services paspārnē, kura viens no zināmākajiem produktiem ir VAS Latvijas dzelzceļa uzskaites[...]
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Jaunumi,
03. July 2018
Attīstības finanšu institūcija «ALTUM» un energoservisa kompānija «RCG Lighthouse» noslēgušas sadarbības līgumu par «apgaismojuma kā ārpakalpojuma» energoefektivitātes projektu finansēšanu 1 miljona eiro apmērā. Finansējums uzņēmumam «RCG Lighthouse» piešķirts valsts atbalsta[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
The UK can have low-carbon electricity, heat and transport in 2050 at the same cost as today’s high-carbon energy system. That’s according to the UK’s first National Infrastructure Assessment, published today[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
Emissions of CO2 and methane from wetlands and thawing permafrost as the climate warms could cut the “carbon budget” for the Paris Agreement temperature limits by around five years, a[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
As part of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community committed in 2015 to limit rising global temperatures to “well below” 2C by the end of the 21st century and[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
The northern hemisphere is having a baking summer – and it’s not just down to climate change Last week, authorities in Sweden took an unusual step. They issued an appeal[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
A rapid assessment by scientists of the ongoing heatwave across northern Europe this summer has found that human-caused climate change made it as much as five times more likely to have occurred.[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
The implementation of a global tax on greenhouse gas emissions could – without other complementary policies – “have a greater negative impact on global hunger…than the direct impacts of climate[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
Experts say the state’s increasingly ferocious wildfires are not an aberration – they are the new reality Roger Gray has lived in his suburban subdivision in a quiet California city for 30[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
01. July 2018
The most populous region of the biggest polluter on Earth – China’s northern plain – will become uninhabitable in places if climate change is not curbed The deadliest place on[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
01. July 2018
Google has been quietly working for years on a replacement for Android, the operating system that powers three quarters of the world’s smartphones. Engineers who work on the new software,[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
01. July 2018
It’s one thing to run machine learning models in the cloud, where you have plenty of resources. On mobile devices, you’re dealing with very finite compute resources, so if you[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
01. July 2018
The new feature will let you “try on” items as you browse the site. Facebook is now testing augmented reality ads in its News Feed, the company announced today at an[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
01. July 2018
Chatbots don’t need to be smart. They just need to work. Tech giants have been trying to one-up each other to make the most intelligent chatbot out there. They can help[...]
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Bizness,
01. July 2018
By acquiring Motivate, Uber’s chief rival will take over the docked systems in New York, D.C., San Francisco, and more. Most people know Lyft as a peppy upstart nipping at[...]
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Bizness,
01. July 2018
From food-delivery startups to mapping and co-living companies, technology focused on urban systems is drawing billions of dollars in venture capital. The terms high-tech and venture capital conjure images of[...]
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Bizness,
01. July 2018
But global warming will. Eleven teams participated in a recent Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) project, examining the economic and environmental impacts of a carbon tax. The studies included “revenue recycling,”[...]
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Bizness,
01. July 2018
Ten years ago Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes said he wasn’t worried about digital streaming. “I’ve been frankly confused by this fascination that everybody has with Netflix,” he said. Blockbuster’s head of[...]
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Bizness,
01. July 2018
The inverter company has expanded simultaneously into smart homes, uninterruptible power and virtual power plants. SolarEdge has moved into the utility-scale inverter market as a new growth opportunity. The Israeli[...]
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Bizness,
01. July 2018
Qualcomm makes the chips that power nearly every smartphone, but lately its name has been associated with a series of scandals — including a hostile take over attempt by its[...]
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Mobilitāte,
01. July 2018
Tesla Norway has become a victim of its own popularity. Norway is by far the world leader in electric cars, and Business Insider has reported that Tesla became the overall most popular automaker in[...]
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Mobilitāte,
01. July 2018
The Chinese electric vehicle startup Byton is developing three vehicles, the first of which will hit the market in 2019. The company has prioritized interior features, like touchscreens and adjustable[...]
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Mobilitāte,
01. July 2018
BMW stunned the world in 2009 with its Vision Efficient Dynamics. We couldn’t get enough of the shapes, the lines, the numbers, the possibilities. What resulted, the i3 and i8,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
01. July 2018
Google co-founder revealed to be owner of Opener, a Canadian startup that just came out of stealth One flying car seems absurd; Larry Page has three. He started with Cora, a[...]
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Mobilitāte,
01. July 2018
Ofgem outlines measures to ensure more drivers can use the electricity network British electric car drivers face having to pay more to power their car if they refuse to shift[...]
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Mobilitāte,
01. July 2018
The market for new motorcycles in the US is down by 50% since the Great Depression of 2008. The biggest decline has been among people age 40 and younger. For[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. July 2018
IF YOU’RE OLD enough to remember landlines, maybe you remember the feedback loop that turned them from must-haves to luxury items. As customers started switching to mobile, the phone companies had[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. July 2018
Months after the Chinese government downgraded its solar capacity target for 2020, and weeks after implementation of sweeping changes to the feed-in tariff policy in China, India has announced its own[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. July 2018
Fluctuating solar and wind power require lots of energy storage, and lithium-ion batteries seem like the obvious choice—but they are far too expensive to play a major role. pair of[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. July 2018
Europe added a total of 4.5 gigawatts (GW) of new wind energy throughout the first half of 2018, according to new data from WindEurope, down by 26% on the same[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. July 2018
File this one under “I” for I’m not dead yet. The iconic US company GE has been weathering stormy seas of late, but its Power Conversion business is still alive[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. July 2018
Hoover Dam was a public works project likened to the pyramids. Now, after channeling a river, what if it could tap the power of the sun and wind? Hoover Dam[...]
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Vide,
01. July 2018
The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills. Instead, they’ll spend their golden years chilling beer at 7-Elevens in[...]
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Vide,
01. July 2018
With more funding and product stewardship, the recycling crisis could turn into an opportunity There’s nothing like a crisis to spur on the search for a solution. Since January, when[...]
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Vide,
01. July 2018
The deposit-based Norwegian approach is an attractive, effective one. In 2013, Norway made headlines as it grappled with a unique and enviable predicament: a nationwide garbage deficit. Much like neighboring Swedes, Norwegians[...]
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Vide,
01. July 2018
Plastic straw bans are going into effect around the US. California recently became the first state to nix plastic straws from restaurant tables. Starting in 2019, customers in that state[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
01. July 2018
Smart home systems that rich people use are wildly different from the Amazon Alexa you may have just bought for your home. Oprah Winfrey has a radiant heat system that[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
01. July 2018
Picture this: Your home is full of “smart” gadgets that you didn’t set up yourself, but you have a decent understanding of how to use them—or, at the very least,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
01. July 2018
Remember back in 2001 when The Simpsons purchased an automated upgrade for their home known as the “Ultrahouse 3000?” Well, this is a bit like that, minus the Pierce Brosnan ‘British Charm[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
01. July 2018
But DJI’s Mavic Air has it beat on important features. Drones come in many shapes and sizes. At their most affordable, drones are fun flying toys. And for industrial uses[...]
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Pilsētvide,
01. July 2018
In China, construction has begun on Shimao Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Centre, which could become the world’s second largest skyscraper. At 2,191 feet tall, it will surpass the Shanghai Tower. The[...]
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Pilsētvide,
01. July 2018
With over 37 million residents, Greater Tokyo is the most populous metro area in the world today. Urban growth is not unique to Japan. By 2030, the United Nations predicts[...]
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Pilsētvide,
01. July 2018
Roomrs rents fully furnished apartments to students and young professionals in New York City. The apartments, which cost an average of $1,500 per month, come with utilities, housekeeping, and WiFi.[...]
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Jaunumi,
19. June 2018
Aktīvi strādājot un izvērtējot tirgus pieprasījumu un potenciālu, «e-mobility Network» savu turpmāko biznesu ir nolēmis attīstīt arī Rietumeiropā, Latvijā fokusējoties galvenokārt uz uzņēmumu apkalpošanas (B2B) segmentu. Elektrotransporta uzlāde kā biznesa[...]
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Jaunumi,
12. June 2018
Elektrotransportlīdzekļu uzlādes pakalpojuma maksa ātrās uzlādes staciju tīklā būs 15 centi minūtē ar pievienotās vērtības nodokli (PVN), otrdien lēma valdība. To paredz Satiksmes ministrijas (SM) sagatavotie grozījumi Ministru kabineta 2013.[...]
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Jaunumi,
11. June 2018
Nīderlandes pilsēta Eindhovena varētu kļūt par pirmo pilsētu pasaulē, kurā dzīvojamās mājas tiks būvētas ar 3D printera palīdzību. Sadarbībā ar Eindhovenas Tehnoloģiju universitāti tiek īstenots projekts Milestone, kura ietvaros eksperimentālā kārtā[...]
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Jaunumi,
11. June 2018
Vienā no lielākajām mobilo sakaru tehnoloģiju izstādēm pasaulē – “Mobile World Congress” – Barselonā, noritējusi “Nokia” tikšanās ar Latvijas vadošo mobilo sakaru operatoru LMT un Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministriju. Tās laikā[...]
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Jaunumi,
07. June 2018
Mobilo sakaru operatora «Tele2» inženieri tā sauktās gudrās tehnoloģijas uzstādījuši mājā uz riteņiem, lai varētu tās izaicināt dabā − gan pilsētās un ciematos, gan mežā un pie jūras. Gudro māju,[...]
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Jaunumi,
07. June 2018
Lai arī procesu automatizācija un robotizācija, īpaši augošajā darba spēka trūkumā, ir viens no visaktuālākajiem problēmjautājumiem, reti kurš uzņēmums steidz ieviest augsti attīstītus risinājumus procesu automatizēšanai, secināts KPMG Latvijā veiktajā[...]
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Jaunumi,
05. June 2018
Jau pavisam drīz, 31. maijā un 1. jūnijā, Rīgā norisināsies starptautisks pasākums ar visai avangardiski pretenciozu nosaukumu – Mad City jeb Trakā pilsēta. Šķiet, kārtējais reklāmistu untums, no zila gaisa[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
03. June 2018
The combined effects of global warming and land-use change could cause the world’s ecosystems to lose more than a third of their animal species by 2070, a new study finds.[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
03. June 2018
At a gathering of fossil fuel executives at the Vatican, Pope Francis spoke much-needed common sense about climate change You kind of expect popes to talk about spiritual stuff, kind[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
03. June 2018
Coral reefs provide essential protection for people who live near coasts all over the world, according to a recent study. But reefs are dying because of the consequences of human[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
03. June 2018
Denmark’s reputation as one of the most proactive countries in the world in the fight against climate change took a heavy knock this week. Despite its reputation as a green[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
03. June 2018
Failure to build energy-efficient homes and clean cars risks UK missing its carbon targets, says government’s climate adviser The homebuilding and carmaking industries “should be ashamed” of their efforts to[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. June 2018
Lego already gives creative builders the chance to physically make something only limited by their own imagination, but now your playsets are going to look a whole lot cooler with the[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. June 2018
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC, officially kicked off on Monday. It began with a two-hour presentation from Apple in which top executives took the stage at the San[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. June 2018
Apple announced a new app for iOS 12 called “Measure.” It’s an augmented-reality app that works as a virtual ruler to measure length or distance using your iPhone’s camera. However,[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. June 2018
We all know the common refrain recited by architecture’s more experienced practitioners when it comes to technology: “Times were a lot harder for us,” they’ll tell you. “We used to draw[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. June 2018
Defense company Anduril is oriented towards the future of war, even if the company doesn’t know what that is. Right now, on the border between the United States and Mexico,[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
03. June 2018
Niantic Labs, the San Francisco-based game developer responsible for creating the massively successful augmented reality game Pokémon Go, plans to open up the underlying AR platform behind its products to third-party[...]
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Bizness,
03. June 2018
The Croatian company knows a lot about EVs and will become a development partner. By this point you may well have heard of Rimac Automobili, if for no other reason[...]
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Bizness,
03. June 2018
There’s a rare moment of cheer for floundering electric car maker Faraday Future after it landed a new investor and a fresh commitment of capital. Evergrande Health, a division of Hong Kong-listed[...]
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Bizness,
03. June 2018
The number of IoT devices will grow like crazy once the next-generation networks arrive, according to a new report. The number of connected smart devices will quintuple over the next[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. June 2018
Mercedes has been raising the news alarm to let us know it is still here and has decided to work on getting its tiny two-door electric vehicle, the EQA, out[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. June 2018
Like with cars, established companies are following in the footsteps of startups One of the most exciting product announcements to happen at the Consumer Electronics show over the past few[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. June 2018
Uber is expanding a pilot project to incentivize its drivers to switch to electric cars, Fortune reports. “We see the writing on the wall,” Adam Gromis, Uber’s head of sustainability, told[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. June 2018
My official title at Wallpaper* is quality maniac-at-large, a moniker that I adopted after meeting Pier Luigi Loro Piana in early 2014 to talk about his vicuña, which, he explained,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. June 2018
Electric scooters have become the hot new area for startups and “innovation.” For those who haven’t been keeping track, there are three main players in the Silicon Valley scooter wars: Bird, Lime[...]
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Mobilitāte,
03. June 2018
After failing to secure a renewal for a license to operate a private hire vehicle service in London last September, Uber — the controversial transportation startup valued at around $62 billion — has finally had[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. June 2018
Yesterday, the startup Net Power switched on its 50-megawatt power plant, proving it could burn natural gas without releasing greenhouse gases. If this technology works at scale, it could be the flexible,[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. June 2018
Bloomberg New Energy Finance released its latest New Energy Outlook report for 2018 and it’s good news for the renewable energy industry, with wind and solar expected to grow to almost 50%[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. June 2018
The voice of Tesla CEO Elon Musk wavered on Tuesday afternoon onstage during the company’s shareholder’s meeting as he described “the most excruciating, hellish few months I think I’ve ever[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. June 2018
Like most consumables in today’s world, batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles have a tipping point beyond which they are no longer viable for use. Instead of stacking these used[...]
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Enerģētika,
01. June 2018
If you can’t count on the federal government to protect its citizens from the ravages of climate change, then you have to count on the states to step up. With[...]
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Vide,
01. June 2018
I met my husband in scuba class. We love the beauty and surprise that we can find beneath the surface of our oceans. But for more than six decades, plastic[...]
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Vide,
01. June 2018
FOR A LONG time, China has been a dumping ground for the world’s problematic plastics. In the 1990s, Chinese markets saw that discarded plastic could be profitably recreated into exportable bits[...]
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Vide,
01. June 2018
The Powerhand VRS (Vehicle Recycling System) allows junkyards to extract previously irretrievable materials. Watch as the machine picks apart cars effortlessly. The following is a transcript of the video. This[...]
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Vide,
01. June 2018
China’s limits on contamination levels have sparked a recycling industry crisis. What are local and state governments doing to solve the problem? “Did you put the recycling out?” It’s a[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
01. June 2018
HIGHS Portable, lightweight design Solid camera with HDR 180-degree gimbal Lossless zoom LOWS No obstacle avoidance n many ways, Parrot is to drones what Nintendo is to video games. Despite playing a[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
01. June 2018
Back at its re:Invent conference in November, AWS announced its $249 DeepLens, a camera that’s specifically geared toward developers who want to build and prototype vision-centric machine learning models. The company started taking pre-orders for DeepLens a[...]
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Pilsētvide,
01. June 2018
Flush with venture capital, the startup Katerra wants to revolutionize the construction industry. But as history shows, it’s harder than it looks. From the end of the Second World War[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
30. May 2018
For farmers planting crops they hope will bear fruit in 25 years – including avocado trees – climate change must be reckoned with now Chris Sayer pushed his way through[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
30. May 2018
A team of researchers from Stanford University have determined that failure to meet climate mitigation goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement could cost the planet trillions over the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
30. May 2018
When they talk about how exactly they’ll combat climate change, oil companies stay *real* light on specifics. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it: Oil companies have played a[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
30. May 2018
During sweltering New York City summers, the local power utility warns that for every degree you lower the thermostat, your energy bill goes up by 6 percent. Air conditioners in every form[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
30. May 2018
Credit Karma CTO Ryan Graciano tells us the personal-finance company is betting big on Google Cloud to do all its data processing. He says that the bet on Google isn’t[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
30. May 2018
Qualcomm today introduced the world’s first platform dedicated to extended reality (XR) with the launch of its Snapdragon XR1 chip and headset design. As previously reported, XR is an umbrella term used[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
30. May 2018
Android Things, Google IoT platform for developers who want to build connected devices, is now out of beta, as the company today announced. After eight release candidates, the last of[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
The opportunity for smart buildings is clear. But for many firms, harnessing it requires a better understanding of real estate trends. The opportunity for smart buildings is clear. From The[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
How else do you grow an economy by 80 percent without increasing carbon emissions? Earlier this year, California raked in $2.7 trillion gross state product, overtaking the UK as the[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
Amazon announced Wednesday that it will try to pitch the general public on its dystopian future by launching interactive showrooms in model homes across the country to show off its full line[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
Nikola: Tesla’s cabin design is substantially similar to its Nikola One truck. On Tuesday, zero-emissions truck startup Nikola Motor Company sued Tesla for allegedly infringing on its design patents. Nikola[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
Garbage trucks may soon be much quieter. Volvo introduced a new electric garbage truck design this week called the Volvo FE Electric. The truck is built to optimize efficiency and[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
As China plans to fully open its auto market to foreign ventures, Tesla ignites plans for its first non-US Gigafactory. Tesla is preparing to set foot on Chinese soil as the[...]
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Bizness,
30. May 2018
Wall Street seems to be warming up to the long-term potential of solar companies. Wall Street could be forgiven for having doubts about the solar market last year. On the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Just 6 weeks ago, Volkswagen boss Matthias Müller stunned the automotive world when he revealed the company had placed orders for EV batteries and components worth a total of $25 billion.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Carlos Ghosn, the man who helms the world’s largest car company, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, says customers who buy electric vehicles are far less concerned about range anxiety than they used[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Hang onto your hats, we may be entering the era of the electric SUV. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, BMW X5 xDrive40e, and of course Tesla Model X have been around for[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Car will be first in an onslaught of EVs from MB FRANKFURT — Daimler will invest 500 million euros ($589 million) in Hambach, France, to start producing a small electric[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Competing against Tesla is foolish. Why not build an electric truck instead? The Tesla Model X is the “least capable SUV ever made,” according to Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe. It sits too[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
New dual-motor options become available, but the $35,000 base model is still months away Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the final details of the dual-motor, all-wheel drive version of the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Apple just teamed up with Volkswagen to turn some of the automaker’s passenger vans into self-driving vehicles. As part of the partnership announced on Wednesday night, Apple will equip a[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
Thirty-two hours of low-speed driving It only took 32 hours of continuous driving in sweltering temperatures, but two Colorado residents have set a new “hypermiling” record by driving their Tesla[...]
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Mobilitāte,
30. May 2018
The state of electric vehicle (EV) batteries can get confusing. Although internal combustion engine (ICE) aficionados talk about engine displacement and horsepower, EV drivers often consider energy storage as the[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
The cost of producing solar power is rapidly declining: It now costs $50 to produce one megawatt-hour of solar power, according to a new analysis. Coal, on the other hand,[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
The company confirms hybrid systems are a growing focus area. Siemens Gamesa, the leading turbine manufacturer, is looking to go beyond wind — into hybrid systems with solar and storage.[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
A country getting all its electricity from a combination of wind, solar and hydro sounds like science fiction. It’s not. This is part one of “Fight The Power,” a series[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
A newly released Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) report has found that when the share of electricity generated from wind and solar reaches 40-50 percent, wholesale power prices will decrease by US[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
An industry stalled is being revived again. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both awarded major offshore wind contracts on Wednesday, underscoring the increasing economic viability of a kind of renewable energy[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has announced that it is investing AUD$700 million in the development of the Grassroots Renewable Energy Platform in Australia, a 1.3 gigawatt (GW) renewable[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
Energy efficiency building standards officially adopted by California yesterday will require new homes in the state to have solar PV systems starting in 2020. “This is massive,” commented Morten Lund,[...]
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Enerģētika,
30. May 2018
GIVEN THE WEATHER in the United Kingdom—that cloudy, foggy, drizzly country—it doesn’t seem like the best place to launch a business that revolves around solar power. But this is where the builder[...]
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Vide,
30. May 2018
How often do you swap out your old smartphone for a new one? Every two or three years? Every year? Today, phone companies make it easy with deals to trade[...]
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Vide,
30. May 2018
Recycling is going to get a lot more expensive for homeowners. Recycling companies used to make money shipping goods to China, but China has halted imports over contamination concerns. Now[...]
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Vide,
30. May 2018
Solar power is having its hockey stick moment. Since the early 2000s, the amount of solar panels being installed worldwide has been growing exponentially, and it’s expected to continue to do so for decades.[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. May 2018
Google Assistant is working on closing Alexa’s lead in smart device integration, with new financial and technical support for Assistant-minded startups. Google announced Thursday that Google Assistant can currently be used[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. May 2018
Icelandic startup Flygildi thinks it has unlocked the “holy grail” of drone technology: its drone looks and flies like a bird. The AI-powered drone could come in handy for law[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. May 2018
Google Assistant now counts 5,000 supported devices, up from 1,500 in January. With Google’s developer conference right around the corner, the search giant wants you to know that its digital assistant is quite[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. May 2018
The lack of alarm really kills it. When Nokia officially took over the Withings brand in 2017, it inherited many of its products, like the Activité watches, the WiFi Body scales and a wireless blood[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
30. May 2018
Smart Displays were the talk of Google’s big push at CES this year — but there’s been nary a peep in the intervening months. As expected, we got a little[...]
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Pilsētvide,
30. May 2018
Oslo is still planning to go car-free by 2019, thanks to an ambitious network of bike lanes. But old habits do die hard. Øyvind Aas didn’t look like one of[...]
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Pilsētvide,
30. May 2018
The infographic highlights the high impact of manufacturing metals like steel and aluminum. Find green building materials for your next project through Architizer’s new community marketplace for building-products. Manufacturers: Check out the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
30. May 2018
Exciting sci-fi vision of the future, or highway to hell? Smart phones, smart fridges, smart cities — everything is increasingly connected to everything else. The internet-of-things revolution has brought new[...]
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Pilsētvide,
30. May 2018
Oakland is the latest city to give surveillance tech more oversight. Streetlights that can monitor your every move. Crosswalks that shame you if you jaywalk. Artificially intelligent CCTV systems that can catch criminals in the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
30. May 2018
Tech experts knew it was a long time coming: The interest in smart homes gave way to a desire for smart cities, and the U.S. is running into smart city[...]
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Jaunumi,
25. May 2018
Šā gada 31. maijā – 1. jūnijā Rīgā notiks starptautisks pilsētplānošanas pasākums «Mad City Happening 2018». Pasākums veltīts viedo pilsētu koncepta attīstībai, fokusējoties uz jaunākajām un neparastākajām idejām tehnoloģiju jomā,[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. May 2018
68% pasaules iedzīvotāju 2050.gadā dzīvos pilsētās, salīdzinot ar 55% šobrīd, trešdien paziņoja ANO. Kā prognozēts ANO ziņojumā, nākamajos 30 gados arvien plašākajās pilsētās iedzīvotāju skaits pieaugs par vēl 2,5 miljardiem[...]
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Jaunumi,
16. May 2018
Nākamnedēļ Rīgā notiks elektrisko transportlīdzekļu saiets un elektromobiļu maratona starts, informēja biedrības “Bezizmešu mobilitātes atbalsta biedrība” pārstāvis Arnis Bergs. Lai salidojuma norises laikā autostāvvieta būtu pieejama bez maksas, dalībniekam līdz[...]
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Jaunumi,
01. May 2018
Pirms aptuveni septiņiem gadiem, kad Ķīnas autobūves un akumulatoru uzņēmums «BYD Co.» nozares konferencē Beļģijā prezentēja vienu no pirmajiem elektrisko autobusu modeļiem, elektriskie autobusi tika uzskatīti par ko līdzīgu jokam.[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. April 2018
Warm waters are pooling underneath Antarctic glaciers in a way that’s causing glaciers to melt more rapidly and preventing the formation of cool water beneath Antarctica, according to a new[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. April 2018
Low-lying atolls around the world will be overtaken by sea-level rises within a few decades, according to a new study Hundreds of thousands of people will be forced from their[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. April 2018
Meeting the Paris Agreement’s aspirational target of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could “substantially” reduce the risk of sea ice-free summers in the Arctic, research shows. Two new[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. April 2018
Jane Burston is head of energy and environment at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory. In 2002, the European satellite Envisat gave the world its first operational orbiting sensor for detecting atmospheric greenhouse[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. April 2018
The deployment of renewables and electric vehicles is expected to skyrocket as the world strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These low-carbon technologies currently rely on a handful of key metals, some[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. April 2018
It is possible to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures without using negative emissions from bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), new research says. The study, published today in Nature[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
28. April 2018
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm is doubling down on the IoT with its newly announced Vision Intelligence Platform. The platform is purpose-built for IoT devices based off of two new system-on-chips[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
28. April 2018
YOU KNOW BY now that Internet of Things devices like your router are often vulnerable to attack, the industry-wide lack of investment in security leaving the door open to a host of[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
28. April 2018
Blockchain, the underlying technology for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, has emerged as a secure ledger platform that rapidly will accelerate the adoption of smart city digital services. In the areas[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
28. April 2018
This isn’t just about Facebook: When Google is building cities and cars are turning into data-harvesting machines, the need for laws that protect users has never been more urgent. There’s[...]
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Bizness,
28. April 2018
If you live in a US city, car-sharing services like Lyft and Uber might seem omnipresent. However, the ride-sharing economy still has a ways to go, at least according to[...]
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Bizness,
28. April 2018
Despite President Trump’s call for a coal power renaissance, companies like GM, Target and Starbucks are following Google and Apple in deals for solar and wind energy. It’s not just Google, Apple and[...]
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Bizness,
28. April 2018
Tech stocks blew expectations out of the water in 2017, outpacing the S&P 500 by 21 percentage points. While 2017 certainly marked an exceptional year for tech stocks, it was also[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
This record-setting boat is epic in more ways than one This zero emission boat is powered completely by solar energy. PlanetSolar’s MS Tûranor has a little over 5,500 square feet[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
The packs are on track to last over 500,000 miles. Tesla batteries retain over 90 percent of their charging power after 160,000 miles, according to data gathered by a Dutch-Belgium Tesla owners[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
In July of 2017, I put together a comparison of Tesla Model S sales and other large luxury car sales in the USA. An update has long been due. The story was[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
VW Group’s Electrify America is rolling out an ambitious plan to partner with retail companies and developers to bring fast charging for electric vehicles to more locations. The company is[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
BMW unveiled its iX3 electric SUV concept on Wednesday at the Beijing Auto Show. BMW will start producing the vehicle in China in 2020 as part of a joint venture.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
OK. The Tesla P100D is still the quickest production electric car on the planet. But Audi says its E-Tron will be faster. What’s the difference? A car that accelerates rapidly is quick.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
Electric car maker Tesla has pushed the car market to develop more sedans, SUVs, and even luxury sports cars with batteries. In China, any headway Tesla’s made for electric is[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
I read with interest the stories posted by my colleagues Kyle Field and James Ayreabout the plans Electrify America — a division of Volkswagen — has made to create a massive new EV[...]
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Mobilitāte,
28. April 2018
In Australia, one company is celebrating an important electric vehicle milestone. “An Australian limousine service has become the first to clock up more than 1 million kilometers with a fleet[...]
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Enerģētika,
28. April 2018
Use it or lose it. Few products in the world have a shorter shelf life than electricity. That’s why pretty much everyone involved in the power sector — from utilities[...]
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Enerģētika,
28. April 2018
California may soon have a record-sized battery east of Palm Springs. The proposed electrical power storage unit would more than triple the capacity of the current largest battery in the world, the[...]
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Enerģētika,
28. April 2018
Everybody loves the sunshine. Investment in solar is surging ahead of other renewable sources, fossil fuels and nuclear, according to a new United Nations report which looked at how countries spent money[...]
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Enerģētika,
28. April 2018
Less than a year after its successful merger, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been named the leading wind manufacturer by two analyst firms, thereby dethroning Danish manufacturer Vestas. It is[...]
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Enerģētika,
27. April 2018
Apple announced that all of its operations, including its retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries, are now completely powered by renewable energy. The company also[...]
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Enerģētika,
27. April 2018
A look at how energy storage is expanding across the world. Energy storage has gone global, but in a lumpy and heterogeneous way. That’s the upshot of new report on worldwide storage[...]
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Enerģētika,
27. April 2018
The Secretary of Interior said offshore wind will play “a big role” in energy policy. The U.S. wind industry is celebrating after the Trump administration last week appeared to lend[...]
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Enerģētika,
27. April 2018
The Governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced last week an ambitious new energy efficiency target that will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs[...]
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Enerģētika,
27. April 2018
For the first time in 2017, global solar capacity grew faster than all fossil fuels combined, including coal, oil and gas-fired power stations. That’s one finding of the latest annual report on[...]
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Vide,
27. April 2018
UK’s largest coffee shop chain has pledged to recycle up to 500m cups a year by 2020 – a fifth of the total used in the country The UK’s largest[...]
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Vide,
27. April 2018
Apple announced they have a new robot called “Daisy” that takes apart iPhones for the valuable materials within. It can disassemble 200 iPhones per hour, according to Apple. Greenpeace, the[...]
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Vide,
27. April 2018
E-waste is more than phones and laptops There’s 80 times as much gold in one ton of cellphones as there is in a gold mine, says Federico Magalini, an expert on[...]
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Vide,
27. April 2018
As the country rushes to cut carbon emissions by 26%, campaigners worry that forests and wildlife are being trampled The tens of thousands of solar panels resting on the surface[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
Apple has long been rumored to be working on a pair of augmented reality glasses, but a report today suggests that they’re looking to compete with Google, Microsoft and Facebook in[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
Amazon is taking its relationship with its customers to the next level. On Tuesday, Amazon announced that it is extending its Amazon Key delivery service from homes to personal vehicles. With Amazon Key[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
To get something approaching a responsive home — that’s a smart home that reacts to you instead of you initiating actions — you have a few options. There’s a device[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
Just like the magic 8-ball, a new survey says, “Don’t count on it.” A new survey by market research company GfK finds that nearly 90 percent of consumers view their smartphones as a controller for[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
So, you want to turn your “dumb” house into a smarter one. You’re not alone. Analysts expect the smart home devices industry to reach $107.4 billion by 2023. But the question[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
US consumer interest in connected home products is on the rise, but privacy concerns persist. Nearly half of US consumers (48%) intend to buy at least one smart home device[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
27. April 2018
Forget a smart speaker, soon you may be able to control your smart home with a few taps on your wall. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research have developed[...]
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Pilsētvide,
27. April 2018
Scarce, unaffordable housing is not a local problem in a few places, but is baked into the 21st-century global city. It’s time for cities, nations, and global leaders to start[...]
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Pilsētvide,
27. April 2018
Despite economic volatility in Europe due to uncertainty around Brexit as well as increased political volatility in the region overall, many of its cities still offer the world’s highest quality[...]
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Pilsētvide,
27. April 2018
Architect and planner Jan Gehl looks back on how he helped transform Copenhagen into one of the world’s most livable cities and talks about how people can reclaim the streets.[...]
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Jaunumi,
23. April 2018
Pieaugot interesei par publiskās un privātās partnerības (PPP) projektiem, kas efektīvi ļauj attīstīt nozīmīgus infrastruktūras objektus un pakalpojumus, valdībai daudz nopietnāk jādomā par PPP risku izvērtēšanu, lai nākotnē neradītu būtiskus zaudējumus valsts[...]
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Jaunumi,
18. April 2018
Jaunām un renovētām ēkām, kurās ir vismaz desmit autostāvvietas, būs nepieciešams izveidot elektromobiļu uzlādes punktu, paredz jaunie noteikumi, kurus otrdien apstiprināja Eiropas Parlamenta (EP) deputāti. Jaunie noteikumi valstīm liks izstrādāt[...]
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Jaunumi,
18. April 2018
Latvijas uzņēmums Hygen ar ALTUM garantiju un bankas Citadelekredītlīniju šogad sāks ražot inovatīvu iekārtu dabasgāzes automašīnu uzpildei mājas apstākļos. Hygen, kas darbojas alternatīvās enerģētikas jomā, izstrādājis inovatīvu ierīci, ar kuras palīdzību pieslēgties mājas gāzes vadam[...]
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Jaunumi,
13. April 2018
Prestižajā Zviedrijas būvniecības konkursā Glaspriset 2018 biroja ēka Umestan atzīta par labāko stikla ēku. UPB šajā projektā veica fasādes projektēšanu, ražošanu un montāžu. Umestan ir sešus stāvus augsta biroja ēka ar skaistu 3300 kvadrātmetru lielu[...]
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Jaunumi,
10. April 2018
Somijas galvaspilsētas Pasila rajonā top miljardu eiro vērts daudzfunkcionāls projekts; plānots, ka ēkas atbildīs gandrīz nulles enerģijas patēriņam. Nākamā gada rudenī Helsinkos durvis vērs lielākais iepirkšanās centrs Somijā (pēc veikalu[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Despite being younger than many of its competitors, Tesla has had a significant impact on the auto industry. It has influenced what kinds of cars its competitors make, what they[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Batteries are really what Tesla is all about — not the media-loving, mass market Model 3, not Roadsters, not falcon-wing doors, and certainly not the hyperloop. Batteries are the keys to completing a worldwide[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Tesla Fun In The Snow Don’t try this in your Tesla. It’s definitely not advised — but it sure looks like fun. According to AutoEvolution, in Moscow, “one could grab an American electric[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Even in California, where electric-car sales are far higher than in the rest of the US, consumers are unaware of the vehicles. Overall awareness hasn’t budged since 2014, researchers at[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Now the company just has to make more than one. Starting a new car company is tough. In fact, it’s nearly impossible. Then Tesla pulled it off. As we transition[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
It’s called Spark Controlled Compression Ignition, and Mazda made it work. IRVINE, Calif.—Despite rumors to the contrary, the internal combustion engine is far from dead. Recently we’ve seen several technological[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Harley-Davidson’s CEO said Tuesday that an electric motorcycle will be arriving in 18 months. The announcement happened after poor Q4 2017 earnings. Harley rolled out an electric concept bike four[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Jaguar’s first production electric car is almost here. The Jaguar I-Pace will be revealed online on March 1, followed by a debut in the physical world at the 2018 Geneva[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Photos posted to a closed Facebook group show a pair of Tesla Model 3s on their way to Germany. Many speculate that German companies could be looking to[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
It may be easier to pick and choose optional services, but at what cost? The idea of being able to update your car’s infotainment system may have sounded like a[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
It seems there have always been two general views of Tesla — 1) disruptor ready to take over the world and 2) clueless startup on the verge of a dramatic[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
BMW plans to produce a futuristic electric vehicle with a whopping 435 miles of range. That’s enough to drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix and still have 60 miles to[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Shenzhen’s BYD, which started as a battery company, is a giant in China—and its ambitions are increasingly global. BYD isn’t well-known outside of its home market, China. But it’s the world’s[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Giving Tesla a run for its money Ferrari will build a battery-electric supercar in a bid to challenge Tesla for a piece of the high-end, eco-conscious luxury market. CEO Sergio[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
The 2018 Navigant Autonomous Driving Leaderboard shows a major gap between public perception and capability when it comes to autonomous-drive research. The self-driving status quo has been upended, according to[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Seven (!) digital touchscreens, and a virtual personal assistant that’s a fish The Nissan Xmotion may look like an SUV on the surface, but to take a step inside is[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF A former chief designer for Aston Martin is working on a new solid-state battery design that could be vastly superior to the currently available lithium-ion batteries used in[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Picture the Distracted Boyfriend internet meme, where the boyfriend is a Tesla owner and the girlfriend is the Model S. The other woman? That’s gotta be the Fisker EMotion. The all-new Fisker Inc.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Automaker introduces new infotainment system with 5G, promises all models connected by 2030 The Kia Niro EV Concept is just that: a not-quite-production version of what an all-electric version of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
With the intent being to educate those in the USA who are now in the market for an all-electric vehicle, I’m going to provide an overview here of the widely[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
As cycling gains popularity around the globe, electric bikes are emerging in a corresponding fashion. Shimano is one of the most renowned bike part production companies in the world —[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
How car buyers respond to economics can help craft policy. In 2015, battery-electric vehicles in Japan, the UK, California, and Texas were slightly cheaper than traditional gas or diesel vehicles—as[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Rapid growth is due to falling battery costs, government incentives and car makers competing to build new models The number of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads has[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Audi Sport will release an electric vehicle in 2020. Outgoing managing director Stephan Winkelmann revealed the news at a launch event for the RS4 Avant. But Winkelmann added that Audi[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
The Uniti is a small electric car designed for city driving–and its deal with a solar company makes charging it emissions- and cost-free. Most electric cars look essentially the same[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Autonomy has been heralded as the future of the ridesharing model, but Volkswagenis offering a different (but no less high-tech) solution. While these new VW buses can’t drive themselves, they’re unique[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Exclusive: Pure electric cars cost less over four years than petrol or diesel cars in the UK, US and Japan, researchers say, but China is set to lead the market[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
We’ve tried Tesla Autopilot, Cadillac Super Cruise, and Mercedes Drive Pilot. Each has its own pros and cons. Super Cruise is, in our view, worth the extra cost. These are[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
The automaker had planned to deliver 100 autonomous SUVs to families in Sweden, China, and the UK It’s been awhile since we heard anything about Volvo’s audacious experiment to deliver[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
The hybrid-or-electric debate is on Hybrid or electric? That’s the big question in current self-driving car development. Do you build your autonomous vehicles to run purely on battery technology, or[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Honda is putting the focus on artificial intelligence after it announced a partnership with SenseTime, a Chinese startup valued at over $1 billion, that will power its autonomous cars of the future. SenseTime, which[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Honda is experimenting with wind energy to power motorcycle information amenities. At the recent EICMA in Milan, the Honda CB4 Interceptor concept platform bore a headlight nacelle-mounted wind tunnel. An automotive concept platform[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Germans like to think of themselves as the most environmentally friendly people on earth. They see their sophisticated recycling programs, their love of forests and, most recently, the country’s drive[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF All around the world, countries are beginning to phase out fossil fuel-powered cars. Now, a California lawmaker is proposing a bill that would ban gas-powered cars in the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
With the Mission E, Porsche wants to solve problems we haven’t thought of yet Porsche won applause when it confirmed plans to make the all-electric Mission E concept a reality. The Tesla-baiting sedan was[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Jaguar is releasing its first fully-electric vehicle, the I-Pace, in 2018. The SUV is expected to start at $76,400. Audi and Mercedes are also releasing electric SUVs in the next[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Chinese startup Nio (formerly known as NextEV) has made a big splash in a short period of time. Founded in 2014, after spending a couple of years under the radar,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Tesla’s Autopilot feature came under fire after a Model S crashed into a fire truck while possibly using Autopilot. Tesla‘s Autopilot feature gives its cars semi-autonomous capabilities. While driving with[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF A major difficulty in electric vehicle adoption is their battery capacity and range. One new study could help us potentially triple electric car range, hopefully supporting the global[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Big manufacturers, distributors in the US look to slash emissions profiles. Reuters reported on Tuesday that PepsiCo had recently placed 100 reservations for Tesla Semis. The order is the largest public one[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Scientists say climate targets cannot be met using the technologies, which either risk huge damage to the environment or are very costly Ways of sucking carbon dioxide from the air[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Some years ago, NASA bred wheat in space with the goal of providing an unending food supply for astronauts. To help the plant along, astronauts shined light on the plant[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
As Day Zero looms and the South African city gets set to run out of water, experts say lessons learned during Melbourne’s brush with a similar fate may help avert[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Ozone levels in lower altitudes may not be healing as expected. In fact, they’ve actually decreased, according to a new study. What’s more concerning, scientists are not sure[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
A new study finds strong agreement that flood risks in central and western Europe are rising due to global warming. As humans continue to emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide,[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Prolonged heat waves are causing canola seed pods to disintegrate, rendering the plants unusable by farmers. Now, researchers have isolated the gene causing this phenomenon, and they may[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Google Glass was awful. It never quite took off — and for good reason. It was bulky, unintuitive, and it made you look like a Glasshole. It gave AR glasses[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
The most commonly asked questions about climate change, particularly from those who doubt the mainstream findings showing that greenhouse gases are warming the planet, tend to be zombies. They rear[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Microsoft has spent much of the past couple of years arguing its vision of an augmented reality future with the HoloLens. Now, it’s realizing that for potential buyers of the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
From rising temperatures preventing take-off to rising seas flooding runways, aviation needs to adapt to changes already grounding flights around the world Phoenix gets hot. But not usually as hot[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
VIDEO Whether it’s first-person controls that place you in the virtual cockpit of your drone or experiments using brain control interfaces, engineers are exploring all kinds of ways of controlling unmanned aerial vehicles.[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF New U.S. tax credits could increase the nation’s use of carbon capture and storage systems. While carbon capture tech could help in humanity’s fight to stop climate change,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Amazon’s drone delivery plans have been well documented, and while the company might argue that it now has the technology in place to launch such a system, safety concerns about autonomous[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
In next five years greenhouse gases may push global warming past threshold set by Paris deal Global temperatures could break through the internationally agreed upper 1.5C limit within the next[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Defense department says wild weather could endanger 1,700 sites Findings run counter to White House views on climate Nearly half of US military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
In the past couple years, you could ask a drone to be two things: good or small. But never both. The Mavic Air changes the game. In fact, I’d go[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
In the next few weeks, the world will turn its attention to Pyeongchang, South Korea, where athletes from 89 countries will go for the gold in the 15 sports that[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Myth: renewable energy isn’t helpful or important for stopping global warming. Short answer: Fast and society-threatening global warming is being caused by several large-scale human activities. Aside from burning fossil fuels for[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
With drone ownership continuing to rise, it’s little wonder you get the occasional oaf flying their bird in places they shouldn’t. Think airports, sports stadiums, government facilities, and the like. Rogue[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Everything from doorbells to sprinkler controllers. Imagine walking into your home at night, arms overflowing with groceries. To turn your smart lights on, you’d need to put the bags down,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Since last October, many millions of people have purchased a Google Home device. Google sells three Home devices right now: The $50 Google Home Mini, the $130 Google Home, and[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has created a medical imaging system that projects scans onto a patient’s body, adjusting to their underlying anatomy even[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
DJI reminded everyone once again why it’s the best drone maker in the world. On Tuesday, DJI unveiled its newest foldable drone, the Mavic Air, and it might be the company’s most[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF In Antarctica, a fleet of seven drones will embark on a year-long mission under the ice. If they survive, the data they collect could drastically improve predictions of[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Solar geoengineering could buy us some extra time to address carbon levels in our atmosphere. But it could also have grave consequences for the planet’s regional climates and[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
I got a chance to demo Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker. The $350 device went on sale Friday and will begin shipping February 9. In a short demo, HomePod sounds[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Researchers plotted temperature rises against the number of asylum applications and are predicting that as the southern hemisphere heats up the number of people migrating to the EU each year[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF One of the biggest environmental challenges we face is the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Now, scientists have established a method of engineering plants to address[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made a startling declaration: The[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
The best smart locks turn your phone into a key The lock on your front door probably isn’t the flashiest aspect of your house. In fact, you probably use it[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Microsoft is expanding its “AI for Earth” program with a $50 million investment over the next five years. This could yield new artificial intelligence applications to enable scientists,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
It’s certainly exciting to wander the CES show floor, eyes peeled for crazy new technologies that you couldn’t possibly have imagined. What’s more exciting, though — at least for us — are the technologies[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
The unprecedented downpour and severe flooding was also 15% more intense due to climate change, which is making weather more violent around the world Hurricane Harvey’s unprecedented deluge, which caused[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
It’s 2018, and everything is connected. From your ceiling fan to your cooktop, it feels as though it would be easier to make a list of appliances that don’t have smart capabilities[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
CES is the best place to get a sense of what’s hot and not in technology. As gadget-packed as this year’s show was — we crowned our favorite tech from CES here —[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Each year for the past 12 years, an international team of scientists have issued a “report card” on the Arctic climate system. The report amounts to a physical exam of[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
People living in Germany are the most worried about climate change, according to new analysis of 18 countries published this week. The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) examined data collected by the European Social[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
If you love smart home devices and live or work in a place that is in dire need of an aromatic upgrade, your interest it probably heavily piqued by Indiegogo-funded smart smell[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
BIG OFFSHORE WIND farms power Europe’s drive for a carbon-free society, while rows of spinning turbines across America’s heartland churn enough energy to power 25 million US homes. But a new study predicts[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
If you’re worried about leaving your house or apartment unattended for long stretches of time, you might set your lights on a timer or leave your TV on. But now[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Uncertainty cuts both ways, y’all. Some people who reject the conclusions of climate science claim that the existence of anyremaining uncertainty means few or no actions need be taken to reduce[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Infrastructure Australia says governments should privatise state-owned metropolitan water utility businesses Australians can expect to pay double for their water supply within 20 years unless there are big reforms, a[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Some of Trump’s tweets generate more national coverage than devastating disasters. As the weather gets worse, we need journalism to get better Which story did you hear more about this year –[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Almost half of firms expect climate change to impact on their value chain within next five years — but only a quarter are preparing for it, according to DNV GL survey. Nearly[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
When it comes to floods and wildfires, the damage is shared with the public. Tuesday evening, Columbia University’s Earth Institute hosted a panel that was meant to focus on an[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
”Forget Paris”: Countering President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, at least 36 U.S. cities today are poised to sign on to their own accord for reducing greenhouse gas emissions—“The Chicago[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
China is speeding ahead with its massive tree-planting project to combat climate change – but questions still remain over the great green wall’s effectiveness Dubbed “The Great Green Wall,” a[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
It’ll monitor how well you’re resting, and turn on the heating when you’re about to rise. Nokia has announced the Nokia Sleep, a bed sensor that sits under your mattress[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
Blue Planet 2 producers say final episode lays bare shocking damage humanity is wreaking in the seas, from climate change to plastic pollution to noise The world’s oceans are under[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
The future is about resources, not technology. The planet really needs developing nations to get it right The climate change talks in Bonn have now wrapped up with little firm action. Next year[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
For more than four years, McDonald’s has been traversing a long and arduous path to produce “sustainable beef” in its sprawling global supply chain. Now, it’s looking for solutions right[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
“Small island states are vulnerable to a changing climate as witnessed by the devastation caused by Cyclone Winston in Fiji last year.” – Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
We’re in the early stages of a global sustainability revolution that has the magnitude of the Industrial Revolution but the speed of the Digital Revolution.’ The Trump Administration doesn’t believe[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
07. April 2018
A new report from Moody’s outlines how the credit rating agency will evaluate the impact of climate change in its ratings for state and local bond issuers. The report emphasizes[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF The UK’s London Array may currently be the world’s largest wind farm, but power company Ørsted has recently announced that construction has begun on an even bigger wind[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Renewable and Sustainable Whether at the national or corporate level, an integral part of most plans to combat climate change is making the shift to renewable energy sources. With solar and[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
The InterSolar North American exhibit kicks off in San Francisco on July 10 this year. InterSolar is the global organization that brings everyone interested in solar power together to network and learn[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF For the first time, the amount of annual electricity produced from renewable sources surpassed the amount produced from coal in Europe. RENEWABLE EUROPE Europe is making impressive strides[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Leading Saudi developer and operator ACWA Power has announced it has won the right to develop the first utility-scale renewable energy project in Saudi Arabia, the 300 megawatt Skaka IPP PV solar project,[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
The US Department of Energy is out with an interesting piece on wave energy that puts a new twist on the “American Energy Dominance” theme. In a recent interview, the[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
By Hans-Josef Fell, Energy Watch Group, and Prof. Dr. Christian Breyer, Lappeenranta University of Technology Last year, Costa Rica beat its own record. The Central American country ran 300 days[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Sigma Designs at CES 2018 says the latest Z-Wave connected home gadgets could run a decade off one coin cell. Chipmaker Sigma Designs just announced new hardware for smart home[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Estimate shows rooftop solar could produce almost 40 percent of our electricity. When you’re scoping out possible futures, it’s useful to ask a lot of “what if?” questions. For example,[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF A new paper outlines objectives Scotland should strive to meet if it wants to emerge a world leader in renewable energy. The nation is already making progress toward[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Joint venture claims cheaper green power could save UK households £300 a year Ikea is calling for households to join its latest joint venture – a collective energy switch that promises[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
If the United States were to focus its energy on renewable sources, it could reliably supply 80 percent of its electricity demand through solar panels and wind turbines. That is the result of[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Report says Neg will also undermine efficiency of renewable investment The Turnbull government’s proposed national energy guarantee will protect coal generators from competition provided by renewables and batteries and undermine[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Following a failed attempt to slash funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Trump administration is now renewing its efforts to cut costs. This[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
It’s 2018, and we appear to be marching ever closer to having a smart house that does everything from cook to clean on our behalf. Bringing us one step closer to this dream is[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
BP, the oil and gas major, has significantly increased its global outlook for wind and solar energy. The main scenario in the company’s latest annual “Energy Outlook”, released yesterday, shows[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
A new survey of automakers from the leading research group KPMG points to a gloomy future ahead for the electric vehicle market, but the naysayers don’t appear to be taking[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Renewable generation deployments (primarily solar photovoltaic and wind farms) have grown substantially over the last decade and are forecast to continue growing well into the future. That’s thanks to lower[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
The US Energy Information Administration has this week predicted that electricity generated from wind energy will surpass that from hydroelectricity, the previously-dominant renewable energy source in the US.
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Unlike many wacky CES TV concepts, it may actually hit the market this year. We noted when LG teased its 88-inch 8K OLED TV last week that CES is a haven for[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
The Chinese province of Anhui built a massive floating solar farm on top of an abandoned coal mine. An even larger floating solar plant will come online by May 2018.[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
And introducing new cameras, too Ring started out with video doorbells and lots and lots of security cameras, but now the company is expanding into a related but less obviously[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Amazon’s Alexa is the early leader in voice-based computing, and if the trends continue, it could dominate the market. With that potential dominance comes a responsibility to treat competitors and[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Every year Mercer, one of the world’s largest HR consultancy firms, releases its Quality of Living Index, which looks at which cities provide the best quality of life. The ranking[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Vestas Wind Systems announced Monday that it has secured its first wind turbine order in Kazakhstan, from one of the country’s leading renewable energy developers, CAPEC Green Energy, for the 52[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF In December 2017, the European Union approved a target for member states to supply 27 percent of energy via wind, solar, and biomass by 2030. Now, there are[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
In a time that is so buzzing with technological development, the material prospects for architecture are truly fascinating. Find innovative materials for your next project through Architizer’s new community marketplace for[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
However, that’s partly because fossil fuel plants are dying. Renewable energy played an important role in the US last year… although you might not want to cheer too loudly. Data[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
An industrial giant expands a partnership with a blockchain microgrid startup. Blockchain is having a moment. Seemingly every week, a new partnership or platform is announced in the energy sector.[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
You’ve probably heard the phrase Passivhaus (which is German for “passive house”), and you have perhaps wondered what it meant exactly. So, what does the phrase actually refer to? Passivhaus/Passive[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
A new report published last week by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Energy Storage concludes that installing 12 gigawatts of battery storage is achievable in the United Kingdom by the[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy in India plans to add yet another record-breaking project in its portfolio and it has chosen the district of Anantapur in the state[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
OVO Grąbczewscy Architekci’s stacked garden-like proposal has been awarded third place in a competition for the new Małopolska Science Center in Krakow, Poland. The competition brief asked for the design of an innovative cultural institution with an iconic architectural[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
The Indian government has expressed intentions to launch another highly ambitious solar power program. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy is exploring the appetite for setting up floating solar[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Renewables in Chile Chile is fast establishing itself as a renewable energy leader in Latin America. In fact, it’s establishing itself as a world leader in the cause. Case in point,[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF A pilot project in one of the biggest Indigenous communities in Canada replaces expensive and polluting diesel with solar power. It could be the first of many. The[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has been selected to design the redevelopment of Kimmel Quarter, a historic district in the heart of the Latvian capital of Riga, after an international competition. The 19th-century Kimmel Brewery complex, now mostly[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Some miners are going green, but will that be enough? Up in the Austrian Alps, inside two hydropower mills, a start-up called HydroMiner keeps high-power computers, CPUs, and servers running around the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
In a world where technology is at the forefront of our lives, it’s hard to imagine that many of the jobs that are available now did not exist 10 years ago; uber[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Most municipalities have abandoned their efforts to resist the Ubers and Airbnbs of the world. But there’s a lot both sides can do to heal the rift. In the course[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Clean Energy Wire is reporting that renewables will account for 33% of Germany’s total electricity usage once all the numbers for 2017 are in. That’s up from 29% last year. The[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
A green lung in the city’s northeastern suburbs. With its car bans, huge transit expansion, and radical pedestrianization plans, Paris has been developing quite a name for itself recently as an aggressive fighter[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Many utilities and investors still view wide deployment of renewable-energy technologies with caution. But conversations at the 2017 Harvard Business School Energy Symposium on Oct. 21 indicated markets have reached an inflection[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
A follow-up to the question: Will increasing automation destroy jobs in facilities management? Building automation systems have been common for decades, providing comfort and achieving energy efficiency by managing HVAC,[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Toyota is opening a megawatt-capacity power plant in California that uses cow manure to make electricity and hydrogen fuel. The plant is expected to open sometime around 2020.[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Only one quarter of the world’s governments have urban development policies and most are not enough to make cities sustainable National governments around the world are neglecting the needs of[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been researching and developing the concept of converting energy to heat in rock-fill for energy storage to combine with wind energy, and the company has[...]
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Enerģētika,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF A major European power trade group has updated the calls for the continent to be carbon-neutral by 2050, saying this goal is achievable “well before” the middle of[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
The world’s most valuable company isn’t the best example for how you should build your startup. Walking into my first ever meeting with a structural packaging designer, I started rooting around[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
ExxonMobil has much to answer for when the topic is climate change, environmental destruction, and the creation of the global refugee crisis, but it is finally waking up to the[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
German auto supplier Bosch made a pair of major moves earlier this week that will help it ramp up efforts to offer its own mobility services: Bosch purchased SPLT, a[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
Slow Transition BP, one of the world’s largest oil companies, is slowly inching their way into the clean energy business. The company announced on Monday, January 30, that they are[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Tesla is finally building the rooftop solar panel array for Gigafactory 1. The project has us asking: When will the array be completed? How much money has Tesla[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
Europe’s largest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, surprised the world late last year when it announced an ambition to slash its carbon footprint by 20 percent per unit of energy[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
The following is adapted from State of Green Business 2018, published by GreenBiz in partnership with Trucost. As the world moves toward a low-carbon economy, a fourth industrial revolution is taking place where[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
Tesla will set up designated spaces in over 800 Home Depot stores that will highlight its renewable energy products, like its solar panels and at-home batteries. Tesla is also reportedly[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
The smart home appliance maker is being folded back into the search giant’s hardware group after three years as an Alphabet subsidiary Smart home appliance maker Nest, which for three[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
If you have your smart home synced to all your preferences — say a thermostat that’s always the right temperature, lights that turn on at dusk, and a playlist you[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
They signed a non-binding memorandum to team up, though new products aren’t guaranteed. In July, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi jumped into the smart speaker race with its answer to Amazon’s Alexa and[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
DHL thinks it could recoup the money in just a year and a half. When Tesla unveiled its Semi electric truck, it made audacious claims about the big rig’s value — namely, that[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
The big theme in tech this year was consolidation — not in terms of mergers and acquisitions but in the big companies extending their reach and trying to conquer new[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
The “retail apocalypse” affords a unique opportunity to turn retail stores and malls into more productive community spaces. In late October of this year, the office-sharing startup WeWork announced that[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
Once upon a time, a startup worth $1 billion or more was considered to be a rare, almost mythical thing — a unicorn. But in the past few years, unicorns[...]
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Bizness,
07. April 2018
Exxon, Shell, and BP have announced initiatives to report the risks climate change pose to their business, bowing to shareholder pressure. The oil-and-gas giants have also rolled out investments in[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
On December 19, Boeing released the first photo of its MQ-25 “Stingray” prototype entrant, an unmanned aircraft for the new century designed to refuel Navy jets flying from carriers. Developed at the secretive “Phantom[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
The top first-person goggle company is getting into drone building If you’re someone who uses a first person view (FPV) headset for drone racing, chances are you’re using a Fat Shark[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
You and me both, drone One of the big worries about delivery drones is what happens if something goes wrong mid-delivery? We don’t want people’s parcels (or the drones carrying[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Building a house by hand can be both time-consuming and expensive. Some homebuilders have chosen to automate part of the construction instead. A new Ukrainian homebuilding startup called PassivDom uses a 3D[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
We take a look at the smart home and appliance trends that might show up at CES 2018. CES 2018 kicks off in early January and CNET will be there in force,[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
In a major step forward for smart home-enabled consumer electronics, LED manufacturer Ledvance is furthering its long-standing Sylvania brand by launching the Sylvania Smart+ Soft White A19 filament bulb, which lands in markets[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Not bad considering the competition Blink now has a video doorbell to go along with its lineup of smart cameras and home security devices. Best of all is the price: $99 for[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Amazon’s not declaring it a redo, but the Echo Spot, the company’s latest Alexa-powered smart speaker — smart alarm clock is probably more accurate — might as well be one. The Spot[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
Our favorite smart thermostats let you stay warm without burning money The Nest Learning Thermostat jump-started the smart thermostat market over a half decade ago. These days however, Nest isn’t the only game in[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
07. April 2018
iRobot CEO Colin Angle says mapping data generated by the company’s robotic cleaners will finally make our homes intelligent. Smart homes are one of those technology ideas that never seem[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Humphreys and Partners, a Dallas-based architecture firm, presented a vision of future residential living at the 2018 International Builders’ Show earlier this year. Tackling current issues of affordable housing, sustainable design and how technology is changing the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
A billion kids are now growing up in urban areas. But not all cities are planned with their needs in mind. There’s a device called the Mosquito that emits an annoying sound[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Surplus and Scarcity The planet is growing more food than ever, and yet millions of people continue to starve worldwide. People are hungry everywhere — in the country, in the suburbs. But increasingly, one[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly called drones, are gaining in popularity not only among the general public and consumers, but also among professionals working in the AEC industry. We’ve[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
The World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this week presented with some dizzying facts and figures that highlighted the challenge facing those who plan and build the smart cities of today and the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
The hype around smart cities is significant and growing. As evidenced by consumer-facing exhibits like those found at CES 2018, terms such as “5G,” “autonomous vehicles” and “blockchain” have garnered[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Germany’s first wooden high-rise, the “Wildspitze,” is being designed by Störmer Murphy and Partners. At 18 stories and 64 meters high, this residential tower will be one of Europe’s largest urban development projects. Located in Elbbrücken, a peninsula[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Across the United States, cities are in the middle of a construction boom. And several projects are nearly complete — from a skyscraper dubbed the “Jenga Tower” in Austin, Texas[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
Flooding, drought, hurricanes, wildfires — extreme weather events, once infrequent, are becoming more common and powerful due to climate change. At the same time, growing numbers of people worldwide are moving[...]
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Pilsētvide,
07. April 2018
LTL Architects designed a new healthy home for the Helen R. Walton Children’s Enrichment Center. One of the most important ways architects can ensure the longevity and sustainability of a[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Research shows drones can deliver certain items faster and with less environmental impact than trucks – but there are drawbacks Drones invoke varying perceptions, from fun gadget to fly in[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
It just hovered above the ground for a few seconds, but it was a huge milestone for the company. Back in late January, Airbus’ Vahana team successfully flew their autonomous air taxi[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
If there is one thing an ebike doesn’t want, it’s to look like an ebike. Needless to say, that is a pretty tough task to complete — after all, the battery[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
We spent several hours taking the Tesla Model 3 on a first drive. Ben Zhang, Business Insider’s senior transportation reporter, and I each took a turn at the wheel and[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
The I.D. Vizzion will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show Volkswagen is adding a fourth car to its futuristic I.D. lineup of concepts, and it will show it[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
In a fairly interesting bit of news, it seems that the relatively new US-based startup Aurora will be providing the China-based electric vehicle startup Byton with self-driving car systems —[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Development of new material for supercapacitors has potential to raise range to that of petrol cars Researchers have claimed a breakthrough in energy storage technology that could enable electric cars[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Analysis shows just 20 battery models on sale in Europe against more than 400 conventional ones The rise of electric cars in Europe is being hampered by a lack of models for[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
The Model S sold better in 2017 than the S-Class or 7-Series. For the first time in Europe, Tesla’s Model S has outsold traditional high-end models from established European brands. In 2017,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Volkswagen stopped selling a flagship sedan in 2016 when it ended production of the Phaeton, the luxurious model famously built in a glass-walled factory in Germany. The brand still has[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Tesla’s original mission was to electrify the world’s transportation system. Along the way, that expanded into a reboot of the entire automotive industry. By the time it’s all over, Tesla[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
Tesla told some reservation holders not to expect their Model 3 until 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — Some potential buyers of Tesla’s long-delayed Model 3 sedan are concerned that they will[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
IN BRIEF Tesla may seem like the company of the future, but between production delays, worker unrest, and financial problems, the company could fail sooner than you might think. Compared[...]
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Mobilitāte,
07. April 2018
This is the world’s most advanced self-driving car. The SYMBIOZ is a concept car by Renault. It embodies what they believe cars will be like in 2030. The concept car[...]
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Vide,
02. April 2018
Adidas recently revealed it has sold more than one million pairs of sneakers made ocean plastic with its partnership with Parley. Footwear made from sustainable sources is starting to gain[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. April 2018
‘The world’s first audio augmented reality platform’ Bose has announced at SXSW that it’s working on its own pair of augmented reality glasses, but not in the way that you’d think.[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. April 2018
The lights will be available in the US this summer. Philips Hue is a popular smart home lighting system, so it was only a matter of time before the company extended[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. April 2018
Why install two smart home devices when you can just install one? Here to help you reduce clutter in perhaps a rather surprising way is the new LightCam, a smart light[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. April 2018
Hive’s network of interconnected smart home devices, from Yves Béhar-designed Hive View, to lightbulbs, plugs and smart thermostats, have a new grand master – and it’s got built in WiFi. Like the existing Hive[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. April 2018
And yes, of course they’ve got Bixby built in Samsung just unveiled its 2018 lineup of QLED 4K TVs at an event in New York City. The company remains the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. April 2018
While there is growing global interest in smart city applications, there are also significant challenges in scaling implementation and impact. Building on the success of its annual Energy Efficiency Indicator[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. April 2018
IN BRIEF Oslo could soon be home to the most sustainable city in the world. This prospective city next to Oslo Airport will utilize green technologies and produce all of[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. April 2018
“That’s no easy step—it involves investment in human beings, not just systems,” says the city’s newly-appointed chief digital officer. In his speech at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, London Mayor[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. April 2018
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, said it best during a commencement address at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last year when he proclaimed science and technology are worthless, if they aren’t[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. April 2018
Over just the next decade or so, 13 large global cities are facing temperature rises that could exceed 2° degrees Celsius (3.6° Fahrenheit), according to a new report from the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. April 2018
Making up for years of delay and denial will not be easy, nor will it be cheap. Climate polluters must be held accountable Fifty years ago, the Stanford Research Institute[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. April 2018
Tens of millions in three regions of the developing world expected to migrate before 2050 unless environment is improved Climate change will result in a massive movement of people inside countries[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. April 2018
Some reasons you should be worried about the planet’s glaciers: The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, melting the glaciers and ice abundant there. At the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. April 2018
India’s CO2 emissions grew by an estimated 4.6% in 2017, despite a turbulent year for its economy. Measured per person, India’s emissions are still very low – at only 1.8[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. April 2018
If there was one theme at this year’s Kaspersky conference, it was the constant reminder that many connected devices have potentially serious gaps in security. There’s a running joke regarding[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. April 2018
As the world generates more and more data — at a clip of 2.5 quintillion bytes each day — it simultaneously struggles to manage it. With humans unable to manually process such[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. April 2018
We’re currently on the verge of the greatest human evolution possible. Where the shift is from Information Age to the Digital Age. Where intelligent devices can feel the presence of[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. April 2018
Panelists at the Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo discuss the many ways cities are using data. Evaluating how well a parking meter is operating in San Diego may be[...]
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Bizness,
02. April 2018
Companies face world where falling cost of solar and wind power pushes down prices Seven years after an earthquake off Japan’s eastern coast led to three meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi[...]
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Bizness,
02. April 2018
Google, Amazon, and Apple are all fighting to dominate your living room, media, and home. But their fight is making the consumer experience a lot worse. Following is a transcript[...]
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Bizness,
02. April 2018
Home automation company Ecobee and the maker of Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostat raised a $61M Series C round led by Energy Impact Partners. Other investors include Amazon Alexa Fund, Relay Ventures,[...]
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Bizness,
02. April 2018
Tesla boosters are seeing their story tested by a deluge of negative news about the company. This distracts from what Tesla has actually achieved. The company doesn’t need to take[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
We may soon be in the era of the electric car. Today, they’re around of course, but they’re not yet ubiquitous. That may soon change, Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts — by[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
VW, Audi, and Mercedes are all planning on unveiling electric car concepts This year’s Geneva Auto Show is shaping up to be a blockbuster event, with a whole slate of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
The I-Pace starts at $69,500 We’ve learned a lot about Jaguar’s first all-electric SUV, the I-Pace, during the company’s slow-drip rollout of information before its full reveal at this week’s Geneva Motor[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
Remember Rimac Automobili’s Concept_One, the electric supercar with 1,224 horsepower? The car that regularly leaves Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and the like in the dust? The car that The Grand Tour‘s Richard Hammond crashed,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
IN BRIEF Volvo’s foray into the luxury EV market debuted this week at the Geneva Motor Show. With 600 horsepower, an average 90-mile range on a single charge, and a[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
The new Jaguar I-Pace all-electric crossover is cheaper than the Tesla Model X and slots into a different segment. Tesla can’t compete in new EV segments until it introduces different[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. April 2018
Electric, Expensive, and Really Fast Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a niche interest. Some of the world’s biggest vehicle manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon, anticipating that gas- and diesel-powered cars, semi[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. April 2018
Late last month, the Solar Energy Corporation of India launched a Request for Proposal (RfP) document for what will be the single largest solar power auction in the country’s history.[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. April 2018
Experts warn the grid could be over-supplied during low demand periods Governments should change the way feed-in tariffs are paid to homeowners or the high take-up of solar power might[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. April 2018
GE Renewable Energy has unveiled the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, the 12 megawatt Haliade-X which measures in at 260 meters in height and boasting a 220-meter rotor, and is[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. April 2018
In the last couple of years, there has been a growing a number of news articles and blog posts published about energy storage, particularly in the form of battery systems.[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. April 2018
In a press release today the renewable energy companies Vestas and Energias de Portugal Renováveis (EDPR) describe a hybrid demonstration setup based on wind and solar photovoltaics to be installed at an EDPR wind farm in Cádiz,[...]
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Vide,
02. April 2018
Before starting its enormously ambitious mission, an organization devoted to cleaning ocean plastic first had to understand the problem–and it’s bigger than anticipated. The world’s most famous garbage dump is[...]
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Vide,
02. April 2018
Ground rising and falling in region that has been ‘punctured like a pin cushion’ since the 1940s, new study finds Oil and gas activity is contributing to alarming land movements[...]
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Vide,
02. April 2018
Each Australian uses an average of 100,000 litres of water a year, and our electricity use is extreme. Our series Life Swaps looks at ways to reduce the load Despite living on[...]
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Jaunumi,
24. March 2018
Vācijas un, iespējams, arī citu Eiropas valstu pilsētu tiesības aizliegt automobiļus ar dīzeļdzinējiem var veicināt ar šiem dzinējiem aprīkotu auto nonākšanu Latvijā, atzina Auto asociācijas valdes loceklis Ingus Rūtiņš. Tiesa,[...]
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Jaunumi,
23. March 2018
2018. gada 22. martā Rīgā, RISEBA Arhitektūras un mediju centrā H2O6 projekts Viedās pilsētas klasteris sadarbībā ar izdevniecību Dienas Bizness organizēja konferenci – Lattelecom Open City. Konference pulcēja vairāk kā 280 apmeklētāju un augsta līmeņa[...]
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Jaunumi,
23. March 2018
Tikai 8% Latvijas mazo un vidēja izmēra uzņēmumu plānos 2018. gadam ar digitalizācijas saistītās aktivitātes ieņem nozīmīgu lomu, liecina SEB bankas veiktās uzņēmēju aptaujas rezultāti. Savukārt 44% uzņēmumu atbildējuši, ka[...]
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Jaunumi,
20. March 2018
Valdība otrdien apstiprināja Ārlietu ministrijas (ĀM) sagatavoto Attīstības sadarbības plānu 2018.gadam, kas paredz 463 813 eiro piešķirt divpusējās sadarbības īstenošanai, informēja ĀM. Vairāk nekā puse no šiem līdzekļiem tiks izmantota granta projektu[...]
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Jaunumi,
20. March 2018
Nebūvēt pasīvu nav jēgas. KOMPAKTAS ĒKAS AR ĻOTI LABU SILTUMIZOLĀCIJU Visām ēkas ārējām norobežojošajām konstrukcijām ir jābūt labi siltinātām. Sadurvietām, stūriem, savienojumiem un konstrukcijām ir jābūt izplānotām ar īpašu rūpību,[...]
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Jaunumi,
13. March 2018
Viedās pilsētas klasteris kopā ar biedriem piedalījās 22.Starptautiskajā pasīvo ēku konferencē Minhenē, lai kopā ar speciālistiem no visas pasaules iepazītos ar jaunākajām pasīvo ēku būvniecības tendencēm, tehnoloģijām un būvmateriāliem, kā[...]
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Jaunumi,
09. March 2018
2018. gada 22. martā Rīgā, RISEBA Arhitektūras un mediju centrā H2O6 projekts Viedās pilsētas klasteris sadarbībā ar izdevniecību Dienas Bizness organizē konferenci – Lattelecom Open City. Mūsdienu tehnoloģijas un inovācijas palīdz radīt[...]
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Jaunumi,
07. March 2018
Lielākās invetsīcijas Latvijas jaunuzņēmumos skatī ŠEIT
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. March 2018
The arduous journey that king penguins must make in order to hunt fish to bring back to their young could become even longer as the climate warms, research suggests. The[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. March 2018
Today’s addition of 70,000 new seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault brings the total number of crops stored at the Arctic facility to over one million. It’s an important[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. March 2018
Record warmth in the Arctic this month could yet prove to be a freak occurrence, but experts warn the warming event is unprecedented An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. March 2018
At CleanTechnica, our main mission is to bring our readers news about how to decarbonize the economy so average global temperatures don’t rise high enough to roast us and every other[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. March 2018
When you think of Qualcomm these days, chances are you are either thinking about Broadcom’s hostile attempts to buy the company or its mobile chips, which power most Android-based smartphones. Chances are[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. March 2018
Cloud IoT Core, Google’s fully managed service for connecting, managing and ingesting data from IoT devices, is now out of beta and generally available. Google envisions the service, which launched in public[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. March 2018
If we talk about the current world and its housing aspects, the home automation criteria are on a high scale of changing and converging. As of now, most people are aware of[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. March 2018
The number of smart connected devices in our homes is growing at a rapid rate, and that means more opportunities for unwelcome visitors to access your devices and your network. Whether you’ve got[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. March 2018
IN BRIEF Drones are ending up in places where people might not want them. So companies are developing ways to hijack the drones’ software, forcing them to land. It’s no[...]
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Bizness,
02. March 2018
“To the more established brands, it is a young upstart company with performance claims that seem unreasonably optimistic. Instead of being rooted in reality, its new sporty two-door appears to[...]
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Bizness,
02. March 2018
The Workplace Charging program will put chargers in employers’ parking lots for free. Tesla has a pretty good track record when it comes to making its chargers more accessible, but it needs[...]
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Bizness,
02. March 2018
Andre Rivera is a 20-year veteran of the auto industry who now oversees training for Tesla. He got his start in the business when General Motors and Toyota owned what’s[...]
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Bizness,
02. March 2018
John McNeill is leaving Tesla to join Lyft as COO, Bloomberg reported. He was head of sales and service at Tesla. The news broke as Tesla was conducting a Q4[...]
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Bizness,
02. March 2018
Tesla delivered $3.28 billion in revenue and losses of $4.01 per share in its fourth-quarter earnings report this afternoon. Analysts, on average, expected a loss of $3.12 per share. The[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. March 2018
Swedish tech startup Einride does not have the fame Tesla has, nor the experience in car manufacturing of established automobile brands like Volvo. Yet, if the company succeeds in carrying out its[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. March 2018
Porsche is going to spend €6 billion ($7.4 billion) on electric mobility by 2022. The investment doubles the company’s previously announced €3 billion ($3.7 billion) investment. The money will go[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. March 2018
It’s no secret that electric vehicles carry higher sticker prices than comparable legacy vehicles (although, it’s debatable whether any gas-burner is truly “comparable” to an EV, especially a Tesla). Of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. March 2018
Tesla has always tried to sell sedans when the market wants SUVs. The Model 3 is a four-door, and we’ll have to wait until at least 2020 for the Model[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. March 2018
Companies who reserved the big truck are preparing the infrastructure now SEATTLE — Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has said little about how he plans to turn his[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. March 2018
Yuri Horwitz details the investment, cost and technology trends driving solar forward in 2018 and beyond. Despite the Trump administration’s recent decision to levy a 30 percent tariff onsolar we see[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. March 2018
The experiment in Portugal aims to prove you can live without fossil fuels. Renault has launched a “smart island” in Portugal that uses its Zoe electric vehicle, home batteries, smart charging[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. March 2018
NREL releases a paper similar to Tesla’s stated solar roof business plan. The price of solar panels has fallen far and fast. But the Energy Department (DOE) wants to bring those[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. March 2018
When Elon Musk offered to build what would be the largest grid storage battery installation in the world in South Australia last year, he set off a chain of events[...]
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Vide,
02. March 2018
At Heineken’s new Mexican brewery, every piece of waste is repurposed or recycled. At a massive new Heineken brewery in Northern Mexico–the place where your six-pack of Tecate might come[...]
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Vide,
02. March 2018
Her Majesty officially bannedplastic straws and bottles from all cafés, dining halls, and catered events on royal estates. Like many of us, she was influenced by the soothing voice of David[...]
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Vide,
02. March 2018
The difference between a managed economy — i.e. China — and a free market economy — i.e. the US — is that a managed economy can eliminate untaxed externalities that[...]
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Vide,
02. March 2018
IN BRIEF The world’s largest waste-to-energy plant is going to be fully operational in 2020 in the city of Dubai. While it will generate electricity from solid waste that would[...]
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Vide,
02. March 2018
The world’s oceans could become “uninhabitable” for cold-water corals by the end of the century as a result of ocean acidification, research suggests. Ocean acidification, which occurs as seawater takes[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. March 2018
The ability to control the lighting in your home can have a big effect on your living space. Just think about it: With smart lighting, you can program lights to[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. March 2018
When hunting for the best smart thermostat for your home, it’s probably because you’ve encountered an all too familiar problem. (Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.) You’re either[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. March 2018
Choosing between Apple’s HomePod, Google’s Home Max and the Sonos One is no small task. If you’re a music fan, the first wave of smart speakers was probably a disappointment.[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. March 2018
If your home were Middle Earth, the Beak would be the One Ring. Of the many smart home innovations now on the market, this may be one of the more[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. March 2018
Every fall, MIT Technology Review’s editors get together to begin the months-long process of reviewing their coverage. The goal? To create a list of the top ten technological advances from[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. March 2018
Slovak studio NICE&WISE just launched the production of Ecocapsule, a portable, wind and solar-powered pod that can be transferred almost anywhere in the world and be used like a pop-up hotel room. Each[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. March 2018
Designed and developed by Fiction Factory, a company of creative makers from Amsterdam, Wikkelhouse loosely translates to ‘wrapped house.’ This sustainable modular house is uniquely created with cardboardas its main building material and is customizable[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. March 2018
According to a new study, the continuing low density of inner suburbs is a major cause of the housing crisis—and a potential solution. In a recent survey, America’s mayors named housing,[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. March 2018
It’s no secret that green design features like living roofs, reflective pavements and urban tree cover are good for public health. But they’re also good for cities’ bottom lines — especially as climate change exacerbates[...]
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Jaunumi,
27. February 2018
Ir pagājis gads kopš tika parakstīts līgums starp projekta vadošo partneri – biedrību Auto Asociācija un Centrālo finanšu un līguma aģentūru, uzsākot projekta Viedās pilsētas klasteris ieviešanu. Gada laikā klastera[...]
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Jaunumi,
06. February 2018
Telekomunikāciju uzņēmums Lattelecom uzsācis autostāvvietu monitoringa risinājumu testēšanu Jūrmalā, kas nākotnē dotu iespēju viedtālruņa aplikācijā atrast brīvu vietu automašīnas novietošanai, informē uzņēmumā. Pilnu rakstu lašit ŠEIT
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
IEEFA report says China will dominate international investment in renewable technology over the next several decades China is moving towards becoming a global leader in renewable technology as the US pulls[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
A Dutch company aims to construct the world’s largest wind farm to deliver power to the Netherlands and United Kingdom, and later Belgium, Germany, and Denmark. A 2.3-square-mile artificial island[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
IN BRIEF The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has accelerated the timetable for the country to shut down all coal-fired power plants. The move helps to solidify the country’s leadership[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
Power and waste management plants are usually kept outside major cities so that residents don’t have to see the plumes of smoke or smell burning trash. Copenhagen’s new energy plant[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. February 2018
Last year was the second hottest since 1880, according to a new reportfrom NASA. That means the planet’s long-term warming trend is continuing, with average global temperatures in 2017 climbing 1.62 degrees[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. February 2018
IN BRIEF The World Economic Forum has released The Global Risks Report 2018. According to the experts surveyed, environmental factors ranging from extreme weather to failure to adapt to climate[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
Oh, we can just hear the heated comments as this is YATK claim from a supposed CTK. Don’t know the new acronyms? Full English: Yet Another Tesla Killer claim from[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. February 2018
A new report finds that federal disaster-mitigation grants produce an average of $6 in societal savings for every dollar spent. In financial terms, 2017 was the worst year for natural disasters in[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
Japanese car company’s solar and energy storage solution follows Tesla and Mercedes-Benz into the residential market. Nissan is joining the residential green-energy movement. Following on the heels of Tesla and Mercedes-Benz, the Japanese[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. February 2018
Tesla employees got first solar roof installations, now reservation holders get theirs. Tesla began manufacturing solar tiles for solar roof installations in December at the Buffalo, New York, factory that[...]
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Vide,
02. February 2018
Use less, re-use, recycle. Three steps to saving the planet Take-out coffee and bottled water symbolise both the luxury and the waste of the early 21st century. They represent the[...]
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Vide,
02. February 2018
Wastewater injection, a byproduct of fracking, is the likely culprit behind a surge of earthquakes in northern Texas – and residents want accountability An earthquake, Cathy Wallace says, feels like[...]
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Vide,
02. February 2018
Exclusive: government accused of hypocrisy as documents show opposition to urban waste plan The UK government is opposing strong new recycling targets across the EU despite its recent pledge to[...]
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Vide,
02. February 2018
Dwindling Supplies Over the past three years, a lot has changed for the city of Cape Town. Seated in a geologic bowl beneath Table Mountain and historically fed by heavy[...]
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Vide,
02. February 2018
McDonald’s plans to add recycling to its more than 36,000 locations around the world by 2025. Customers today can recycle at only about 10% of the fast-food chain’s locations. McDonald’s[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
Amazon wants to bring Alexa to more devices than smart speakers, Fire TV and various other consumer electronics for the home, like alarm clocks. The company yesterday announced developer tools that[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. February 2018
IF ONE IS the loneliest number, two is the most terrifying. Humanity must not pass a rise of 2 degrees Celsius in global temperature from pre-industrial levels, so says the Paris climate[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. February 2018
Google is launching a digital store that will offer cloud-based software to companies and other organizations. Bloomberg, which reported the news a bit earlier, notes the move is just the juggernaut’s latest effort[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
Keeping ourselves and our loved ones safe is certainly priceless, but that doesn’t mean that we’re looking for solutions to be pricey. Alas, even if a smart security system doesn’t have a[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. February 2018
IN BRIEF Google is poised to introduce Article, an AR interface that will allow AR integration into browsers. The new tech could help to promote new applications for AR. IN-BROWSER[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
CES is usually full of boring announcements about products that fail to catch on with the public after the show ends. But the giant tech-industry confab will highlight several key[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
The streaming specialist debuts a licensing program for smart audio devices and expects the first to ship this fall. The first partner will be TCL. Unlike its streaming devices, however, Roku[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
GE is previewing two new entries to its C by GE line of smart lighting products today that are slated to arrive later this year: a ceiling light and a light switch.[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. February 2018
Augmented reality doesn’t need to be confined to your phone screen or a pair of glasses — it can be life-sized. That’s what one company is proving with its massive augmented[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
We made it! After months of re-wiring, thousands of pounds of recycled electronics, and who knows how many pounds of drywall dust, our smart home renovation project is complete. We[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. February 2018
IN BRIEF With CES 2018 now in full swing, it’s time to explore what Intel, Samsung, Toyota, and other companies have in store for the future of consumer electronics. CES[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. February 2018
The electronics company Panasonic is building “smart city” infrastructure in a remote area near the Denver airport. The project, called CityNow, is laying the groundwork for high-tech highways and autonomous[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. February 2018
During the Smart Cities: Thriving in the Future track at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, public- and private-sector officials said municipalities may be shifting their focus in smart city efforts[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. February 2018
Ford and Silicon Valley-based Autonomic will work together to build a new open platform upon which cities can build out infrastructure communications, including connected traffic lights and parking spots, called the[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. February 2018
Living in a big city comes with a long list of advantages and an equally long catalog of disadvantages. Gridlock, pollution, and the never-ending search for a parking spot are[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. February 2018
A long list of companies including Uber, Volvo, Volkswagen, Toyota, and Roborace will soon be using Nvidia computers in self-driving cars — if they aren’t already. Nvidia is snagging all of those[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. February 2018
Amazon is in a better position than any other company to dominate ambient computing, the concept that everything in your life is computerized and intelligent. Amazon’s Alexa platform continues to[...]
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Bizness,
02. February 2018
Google had an impressive 2017 and its momentum could push it even higher in 2018, a UBS analyst notes. The company’s plays in mobile computing, AI and its cloud services[...]
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Bizness,
02. February 2018
A map of Mercedes-Benz’s production network. The facilities that will be used to make electric vehicles are highlighted in blue. Mercedes-Benz outlined how it plans to challenge Tesla as the[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
China’s King of the electric vehicle world. It has more electric car sales than the rest of the world combined. One city now has over 16,000 electric buses in service — 100% of its[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
IN BRIEF Nissan revealed it’s been developing a brain-to-vehicle interface that could predict a driver’s actions and start performing them 0.2 to 0.5 seconds sooner. BRAIN-TO-VEHICLE Self-driving cars are already driving[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
Electric vehicle sales were up more than 25 percent compared to 2016. The good people over at Inside EVs have done their tabulating, and the numbers are in: in 2017, very nearly[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
LESS THAN A decade after Google launched the age of the self-driving car, most of the main players have made some long-term commitments—not in the name of love, but to ensure[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
Industry execs agree the car business is undergoing unprecedented change. But some of that change is more meaningful than others. Several much-discussed “disruptions” are more speculative than for-real. Auto industry[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
In 2012, Norway set a goal for transportation-related emissions. It decided that 85 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer would be the official target for the year 2020. The latest[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
Some quietly broken news this past week was that the 2019 Nissan LEAF is expected to have 225 miles of range, potentially trolling the base Tesla Model 3 by 5 miles.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
Volkswagen will begin increasing the production capacity of the e-Golf at its facilities in Europe starting in March 2018, company spokespersons recently revealed. The plan is reportedly for the daily[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. February 2018
Policymakers need it; private transportation companies have it. Here’s one way to broker a solution. How, exactly, should policymakers respond to the rapid rise of new private mobility services such[...]
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Jaunumi,
31. January 2018
Globālā urbanizācija pieprasa arvien jaunas metodes pilsētvides plānošanā un inovatīvu risinājumu īstenošanu infrastruktūras uzlabošanai. Efektīvi un inovatīvi risinājumi būs galvenais priekšnosacījums, lai palielinātu pilsētu konkurētspēju globālajā ekonomikā. Viedās pilsētas koncepts[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
Carbon capture and sequestration always seemed like a dumb idea. Leaving the next generation with yet another massive mess to clean up isn’t the first thing that comes to mind[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
Using biomass instead of fossil fuels may not be the answer to averting global warming Policies aimed at limiting climate change by boosting the burning of biomass contain critical flaws[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
In December 2015, nearly every country, including all of the world’s biggest polluters, came together in Paris and agreed to limit carbon emissions. The Paris Agreement was designed to keep[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
From mega wind purchases to rooftop solar arrays to electric truck orders, companies of all sizes are stepping up to act on climate. When President Trump announced plans to withdraw from the[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
Exclusive: Renewable energy and proper climate policy are key to dropping emissions, carbon consultancy chief says Australia’s emissions over the past year were the highest on record, when relatively unreliable emissions[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
Moments after President Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, nearly all references to climate change disappeared from the White House official website. A page detailing former President Barack Obama’s[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
Climate change could reduce the amount of wind available for power production in both the UK and the US, new research suggests. The arrival of weaker winds in the northern[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
Building solar, wind or nuclear plants creates an insignificant carbon footprint compared with savings from avoiding fossil fuels, a new study suggests. The research, published in Nature Energy, measures the full[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
02. January 2018
The UK could shed close to a fifth of its greenhouse gas emissions from food production if every Briton stuck to a healthy diet based on government guidelines, a new[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. January 2018
In the 2006 science fiction thriller Déjá Vu, Denzel Washington plays a government agent who uses novel government technology to fold time and space back onto itself so that he can[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. January 2018
FOR LAST-MINUTE SHOPPERS, tech toys hold a special appeal. They’re crowdpleasers, and generally available with two-day shipping—or faster—from any number of online retailers. Stapling on internet connectivity also might make these[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. January 2018
As the growing temptation for automated processes covers the varied industrial spectrum, Machine Learning is emerging into an ocean of possibilities while IBM’s Watson leads the marathon. From acting as a virtual[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. January 2018
Sizing up Bitcoin is a tall order. Even as the price of one bitcoin soared above $10,000, a debate raged over what, exactly, Bitcoin is: A digital store of value, a revolutionary[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. January 2018
Most companies think moving to the cloud will save them money on IT costs, but that’s not the always case, according to researcher Jonathan Koomey. More than 80% of on-premise[...]
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Bizness,
02. January 2018
Amazon made no mention of climate change in its HQ2 request for proposals, and most of the public city bids don’t address it, either. This story was originally published by the Huffington Post and[...]
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Bizness,
02. January 2018
Google already purchases more renewable energy than any other corporation, but now it has agreed to 4 new contracts that will add 536 megawatts of wind power to its energy[...]
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Bizness,
02. January 2018
IN BRIEF The world’s biggest polluter is rolling out the world’s most ambitious plan to reduce emissions. Starting from the power sector, the Chinese carbon market will progressively cover other[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
Saudi Arabian state oil giant Saudi Aramco said ride-sharing apps like Uber were of greater immediate concern than the rise of electric vehicles. Two senior executives at Saudi Aramco told[...]
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Bizness,
02. January 2018
Investing in low-carbon technologies can make good business sense, especially if the technology solves multiple problems, say executives at Intel, Walmart and Alphabet. Intel has invested in renewable energy and[...]
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Bizness,
02. January 2018
Cities, states, and regions across North America are vying to become the home of Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters, a development that the company says will bring 50,000 jobs. At[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
Aston Martin’s first electric car, the RapidE, is expected to arrive in 2019. The vehicle will reportedly cost $255,000, and only 155 will be sold. Aston Martin’s CEO says that[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
Anheuser-Busch says it reserved 40 electric big rigs Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser beer, announced today that it had placed an order for 40 Tesla Semi trucks, even though the truck won’t[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
JAGUAR HAS WORKED hard over the last decade to build cars that buyers lust over, reinvent itself as a modern auto maker, and finally shake off its “old man sedan” image.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
When was the last time people got all fired up about a tractor trailer? I’m referring, of course, to the headline-grabbing rollout in mid-November of Tesla’s semi-autonomous, electric tractor trailer.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
Electric carmaker disputes that its Model S is not eligible for the incentive. Tesla’s Model S has been removed from a list of cars eligible for a German subsidy program designed[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
Chinese internet company LeEco Holdings Ltd unveils its internet electric battery driverless concept car ‘LeSEE’ during a launch event in Beijing. Chinese manufacturers and internet giants are in hot pursuit[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
Davis, California, has long held a special place among U.S. bicycle cities. In 1967, it was the first to paint official bike lanes. It has since built bike infrastructure on 76[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. January 2018
The designer will join with a Chinese firm to develop a bus for smart cities. It’s the latest effort in a wide-ranging comeback for Fisker. He is also rolling out[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. January 2018
IN BRIEF An increasing number of countries are employing direct current lines to move energy across continents. This could deliver clean energy where it’s most needed at any time, helping[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. January 2018
About a mile offshore from Kaneohe Bay on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, a yellow, doughnut-shaped contraption bobs up and down with the motion of the ocean. The hulking device,[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. January 2018
But it will take some major breakthroughs in energy storage and grid regionalization. Plus, some crafty resource planning amid the rise of community-choice aggregation. As 2017 comes to an end,[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. January 2018
An analysis of home solar installations by GTM Research has found that the residential solar market is expected to fall 13% this year–its first drops after increasing YOY for years, reports Reuters.[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. January 2018
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been ignoring the bitcoin phenomenon for years — because it seemed too complex, far-fetched, or maybe even too libertarian. But if you have any[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. January 2018
The world’s largest lithium ion battery has begun dispensing power into an electricity grid in South Australia. The 100-megawatt battery, built by Tesla, was officially activated on Friday. It had[...]
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Vide,
02. January 2018
IN BRIEF The amount of e-waste the world generates has increased to 44.7 million metric tonnes as of 2016. Cameras, microwaves, washing machines, refrigerators, and other similar electronics are among[...]
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Vide,
02. January 2018
IN BRIEF For years, the world has imported plastic waste to China and Hong Kong. In a recent development, China will ban the import of this waste starting in 2018.[...]
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Vide,
02. January 2018
From building toilets to recycling waste, there are many ways to serve the 2 billion around the world without toilets. In the world of impact capitalism, opportunities don’t come much[...]
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Vide,
02. January 2018
On Saturday mornings, residents of Cremona, a tidy city of 72,000 crowd into a former market for fruit and vegetables in order to donate old clothes and housewares or pick[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. January 2018
Months ago, DJ Koh, president of Samsung’s mobile division, confirmed that his company was working on a smart speaker. Today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the speaker is targeted for release within the first[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. January 2018
More AI-powered features are coming soon Both the Canary and Canary Flex home security cameras are being updated with a new, AI-driven feature today: person detection. Now, users will receive notifications[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. January 2018
Many smart technologies are genuinely making home life easier, safer and more comfortable. These days, if a product has an on and off switch, chances are it also has the[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. January 2018
With voice commands planned for the future Hilton is planning to roll out a connected room experience to its hotels beginning in 2018. Currently in beta testing in only one[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. January 2018
IKEA’s furniture might bring you to the verge of tears and obscenity while you attempt to put it together — but in the future, the retailer could allow you to[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. January 2018
IN BRIEF Human landscapes are ever-changing. In 2017, the most remarkable building designs hinted at a newfound peaceful relationship with nature and proposed solutions for overcrowded mega cities.
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Pilsētvide,
02. January 2018
Due to rapid population and economic growth, Indonesia is facing issues such as land subsidence and rising sea levels. To combat these problems and more, SHAU Architects created a master plan for the Jakarta[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. January 2018
Smart city projects in Atlanta, Chicago and Kansas City, Mo., were early efforts at the Internet of Things, analytics and other connected tech. Here’s what they’re up to today.
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Pilsētvide,
02. January 2018
San Diego launches an ambitious $30 million smart city project to outfit 3,200 streetlights with sensors.
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
IN BRIEF Germany and French company Alstom have signed an agreement that will see 14 hydrogen-powered trains built and used in the country by 2021. On a single hydrogen tank,[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Instead of banning cars from city centers, this automaker recommends elevated roads for electric bikes & scooters to ease congestion and emissions. In true car company fashion, BMW has come up with[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
The iPhone X is selling well, and Apple profits are just fine, but Tim Cook has been explicit in saying that augmented reality is the next big thing. And now we have a load of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Alongside the automotive industry, the competitive world of cycling is undergoing a similar technological transformation in the form of electrification. Featuring pedals and rechargeable battery-powered electric motors, electric bicycles – also[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
An eHighway test site in California has electric-hybrid trucks connecting to overhead power lines. The sound — and smell — of thousands of idling trucks at the ports of Los[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
By now the band OK Go is better known for its over-the-top, impossibly choreographed music videos than its actual music. So much so that you can enjoy the music video for its[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
The all-electric Renault Zoe was named the “Best Used Green Car” by judges at the What Car? Used Car Awards 2018, according to a new press release. This award follows[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
The case could be made that the original Volkswagen Beetle is the most iconic car ever made. Its modern versions, well… not so much. But as part of its big diesel emissions cheating[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
It might also enshrine rules requiring tests and registration. The UK doesn’t just want to institute rules governing how you fly your drone — it wants to give police more power to[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ride services using self-driving vehicles could slash by more than half demand for owner-driven sedans in the United States by 2030, according to a study released Monday[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
The 2017 Tokyo Motor Show was notable for the increasing number of autonomous car concepts emerging from the lab into what manufacturers expect to be an almost completely computer-controlled future. Most of[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
A total of 11,570.9 megawatts worth of wind turbine orders were announced through the first half of 2017, a nearly 2 gigawatt decline on the same time a year ago[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Self-driving buses are quickly making their way around the world, and now, they’re landing in Singapore. The Asian island nation announced that it would see self-driving buses and shuttles transporting citizens and tourists alike by[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Like a Formula One race car tearing through turns, Jaguar Land Rover has been flying. The company has brought out a new vehicle every few months this year. We’ve seen[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
IN BRIEF DARPA has a new surveillance program in the works, and it doesn’t involve training human agents or AI operators. Instead, the research arm of the U.S. Department of[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Remember the days when Apple was designing a self-driving electric vehicle? And remember how we haven’t heard much from Apple in a while about this? Now, the company is back[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Things seem to be looking up at Uber’s embattled self-driving car unit. The company just made a deal with Volvo for as many as 24,000 XC90 sport utility vehicles to be delivered between 2019[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. December 2017
IN BRIEF A new study shows the energy spent on mining Bitcoin this year alone has surpassed the average electricity consumed yearly by 159 nations. The high electricity demand in[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
We are in the midst of a pretty historic moment. Leaping ahead of the competition, Waymo has announced that its self-driving cars will no longer use a human safety driver[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Global demand for cobalt and nickel, two of the essential elements in electric car batteries, has never been higher. But where do all those metals come from? And do we[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
In August, after Tesla got production underway for the Model 3 and made first deliveries of the new mass-market electric sedan to employees, CEO Elon Musk said there should “absolutely” be “zero concern” about[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
When it comes to solving the problem of Zika virus, we previously covered possible solutions ranging from experimental vaccines to more unorthodox approaches based on turning 100 percent of the mosquito population male.[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
500 miles of range and more aerodynamic than a supercar The Tesla Semi truck is a hulking and menacing hauler, with the presence of Darth Vader lurking from above when[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
Onshore wind energy costs have fallen again in Germany’s latest onshore wind auction, with 1 GW worth of capacity awarded at an average support price of €38/MWh, and with a lowest[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Tesla has unveiled a new Roadster, the new version of its original sports car. It’s the fastest production car ever made, according to Elon Musk, with speeds of just 1.9 seconds[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. December 2017
Whether from home, in the stands, or over the radio—Americans love their sports. Today, part of that All-American sports experience involves big data and new immersive technology like virtual reality[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Skepticism abounds when someone makes a claim as outlandish as Elon Musk’s assertion that the new Tesla Roadster will scoot to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds and manage a range[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
Enel—and GTM—set the record straight following the release of Mexico’s official auction results. PV watchers are in for a disappointment after it emerged that an auction result reported as the[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
Is solar power or wind power a more viable energy resource for smart homes? With consumers adopting greener lifestyles, there is a major showdown brewing between the two top renewable[...]
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Vide,
02. December 2017
Oil filters are an often overlooked car component, but our own David Tracy has established that they can actually be quite interesting. One thing you may not know is that when[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
In preparation for this week’s UN Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, Switzerland, the Future of Life Institute has released a disturbing sci-fi short that shows what might happen if we fail to place[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
IN BRIEF Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to make all of their commercial vans electric. To facilitate this change, the company is also launching a new electric van called the eVito[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
Orsted A/S, the Danish company built on oil and gas extraction, will issue its first green bonds as it moves toward completing a transition to renewable energy. Orsted, which sold its oil division[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. December 2017
Science fiction technology may not be as far off as we believe. The Internet of Things (IoT) uses the powerful combination of Wi-Fi and cloud technology to send information and[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. December 2017
IN BRIEF On November 7, China announced plans to build an unmanned, AI-powered police station in one of its capital cities. The move is in keeping with China’s goal of[...]
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IT Risinājumi,
02. December 2017
Internet of Things is transforming and revolutionizing every aspect of our lives. Be it leisure, business, retail or healthcare, almost every industry is settling to adopt new technologies and IoT[...]
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Bizness,
02. December 2017
The advent of fast and reliable Internet paved the way for a more interconnected world. People now have the ability to interact with one another, no matter where they are[...]
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Bizness,
02. December 2017
Suddenly, everyone is fixated on Tesla’s cash burn. Bloomberg recently crunched the numbersand concluded that at its current pace of monetary incineration, Tesla will tap out next August. The numbers are[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
Starting at $150,000 with a 300-mile range. When Tesla unveiled its Semi electric truck last week, everyone agreed that it looked cool, but some actual truckers weren’t necessarily sold on its functionality. Most observers[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
One thing startups such as Lucid and XING Mobility and more established young companies like Tesla do to traditional carmakers is light some fire under their feet. The Porsche Cayman[...]
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Mobilitāte,
02. December 2017
IN BRIEF Honda is planning to enter the electric vehicle market with revolutionary technologies that could potentially usher in EV mass adoption. The plan includes a new line of EVs[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
BNEF and IEA forecasts find renewable energy’s continued growth will accelerate demand for grid-scale batteries. The energystorageindustry is set to rise dramatically — for those companies that can play the[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
The global energy system is in a state of flux. Renewables are experiencing rapid deployment and steep pricefalls. A growing portion of global energy is provided by electricity. There’s a[...]
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Enerģētika,
02. December 2017
Elon Musk made a bet to build the world’s biggest battery in 100 days or he’d pay for it. And he’s done. Tesla has completed installing its colossal lithium ion[...]
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Vide,
02. December 2017
Residents across the country sometimes see Google Street Cars driving down their blocks. In California, these vehicles are gathering air quality data block by block, which could ultimately help shape[...]
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Vide,
02. December 2017
A few months ago, Amazon (AMZN) bought Whole Foods at a whopping $13.4 billion, with a promise to bring cheap, organic, nutritious, low carbon*, and pesticide-free food to the masses.[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
Despite what you may have read, the Amazon Echo was never a do-anything smart home device. Sure it could tell you about the weather and maybe control your lights, but[...]
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Tehnoloģijas,
02. December 2017
Cleaning the floors at Walmart isn’t exactly an enviable job — and now it’s one humans no longer have to do. As originally reported by LinkedIn, the retail giant is currently[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. December 2017
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is becoming famous for her outside-the-box strategies in battling climate change. Her administration made headlines earlier this month for an initiative installing sparking water fountains throughout the city[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. December 2017
Sea Green is possibly the most soothing calm color of the entire color spectrum. Imagine how wonderful it must be to be encompassed and surrounded by 1,200 sea green solar[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. December 2017
HOK’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium is officially the first LEED Platinum certified professional sports stadium in the United States. The new home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons boasts the highest sports venue LEED score at 88 total points. There[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. December 2017
Sustainable cities are a hot topic among government leaders and policymakers worldwide. Cities everywhere are struggling with exploding populations as more and more people move to urban settings. The United[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. December 2017
The highly energy-efficient building will hold 10 apartments The Queens-based development firm Propco Holdings has jumped on the passive house bandwagon. The firm just announced plans for a new ground-up passive[...]
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Pilsētvide,
02. December 2017
Watching the enthusiasm around Bill Gates’ plans to invest $80 million to build a smart city on the outskirts of Phoenix, I couldn’t help but wonder: Is the way we’re talking about[...]
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Jaunumi,
01. December 2017
Pašbraucošiem auto luksoforus nevajadzēs Tā kā 2050. gadā satiksme pilsētās trīskāršosies, jau šodien jārisina rītdien gaidāmās problēmas. Ja vēl ņem vērā, ka Vācijā gadā satiksmes negadījumos mirst 3300 cilvēku, bet[...]
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Jaunumi,
29. November 2017
Popularizējot autonomus bezpilota transportlīdzekļus un piedāvājot risinājumus to izmantošanai sabiedriskajā transportā ikdienā, Zemgales Plānošanas reģions (ZPR) sācis jauna projekta īstenošanu, kurā šādu transporta veidu izmēģinās Jelgavā un Aizkrauklē, informē ZPR[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
As global warming exacerbates drought and floods, farmers’ incomes plunge – and girls as young as 13 are given away to stave off poverty by Gethin Chamberlain (words and photographs) It was[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
When deciding whether to rebuild homes destroyed by fire or floods, some homeowners are throwing in the towel. After a big storm damages or destroys coastal homes, it’s easy for[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
Foreign policy paper says climate-related conflict and migration could put Australia’s economic interests under pressure Climate change is creating a disaster on Australia’s doorstep, with environmental degradation and the demand for[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
28. November 2017
The UN negotiations in Bonn lay the groundwork for implementing the landmark Paris deal, but tough decisions lay ahead The world’s nations were confident they were making important progress in[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
The UK could face harsher and more frequent winter storms if global greenhouse gas emissions aren’t curbed, a new study says. The research uses modelling to investigate how rising global[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
IN BRIEF Concentrations of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are reaching levels that haven’t been recorded in human history. This direct-air capture system by Swiss company Climeworks might help address[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
Last year’s powerful El Niño left meteorologists expecting a major surge in atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. A World Meteorological Organization report released on Monday confirms these projections, showing that CO2 concentrations “surged at[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
Until recently the battle to avert catastrophic climate change – floods, droughts, famine, mass migrations – seemed to be lost. But with the tipping point just years away, the tide[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
Record-Hot Summers Ahead Remember those historically hot months we’ve had recently? Well, those might soon be the norm in the United States, Canada, the Mediterranean, and pretty much all of Asia. In[...]
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Klimata pārmaiņas,
28. November 2017
Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century. In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2,500 miles from the[...]
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Jaunumi,
14. November 2017
Par spīti viedoklim, ka ārpus Rīgas ir grūti atrast darbiniekus, attālajā Jaunlaicenes novadā, kas atrodas 190 kilometru attālumā no Rīgas uz Alūksnes pusi, pavisam tuvu Igaunijas pierobežas zonai, problēmu ar[...]
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Jaunumi,
09. November 2017
Latvijā virzība uz dažādu viedo tehnoloģiju un risinājumu ieviešanu ikdienā patlaban vērojama vairākās pašvaldībās, kurās notiek tā dēvēto viedo pilsētu (no jēdziena “smart cities” angļu valodā) veidošana. “Latvijā vairākas pilsētas[...]
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Jaunumi,
06. November 2017
Tehnoloģiju attīstība un dzīvesstila izmaiņas veicinājušas nepieciešamību mainīt pastāvošo uztveri par klasisku pilsētu, tās nozīmi, sniegtajiem ieguvumiem ikviena indivīda dzīvē. Šī iemesla dēļ arvien plašāku ievērību guvusi ideja par viedu pilsētu –[...]
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Bez kategorijas,
01. November 2017
Jelgava ir gudra pilsēta (Smart city), kas nozīmē gan viedumu, gan drošības aspektus. Augot pilsētai, aug arī tās iedzīvotāju prasības pret dzīves kvalitāti. Pilsētas 24 stundu videonovērošana ļauj sekot līdzi[...]
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Jaunumi,
15. September 2017
2017.gada 14.septembrī Viedās pilsētas klastera komanda organizēja darba sanāksmi Jelgavā, Jelgavas pašvaldības operatīvās informācijas centrā, kurā piedalījās pārstāvji no Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrijas, Ekonomikas ministrijas, Latvia Cleantech klastera,[...]
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Jaunumi,
13. September 2017
Šopavasar Jaunlaicenē atklātā cementēto koka ēveļskaidas plātņu ražotne “Cewood” ir lielisks piemērs, kā gudri un efektīvi izmantojot vietējos dabas resursus, vairāk nekā pusgadsimta laikā uzkrātu pieredzi un pieejamo finansējumu, attīstīt[...]
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Jaunumi,
09. September 2017
2017.gada gada 7. un 8.septembrī Rīgā notika starptautiska konference “Ziemeļvalstu-Baltijas valstu risinājumi viedākām reģiona pilsētām. Energoefektivitāte: Ceļā uz kompleks klimata un enerģētikas plānu.” Konferenci organizēja Ziemeļvalstu Ministru padomes birojs Latvijā sadarbībā[...]
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Jaunumi,
17. July 2017
Microsoft Vašingtonā gadskārtējā partneru konference Microsoft Inspire godināja gada partnerus – šogad īpašu atzinību guva Latvijas IT uzņēmums SQUALIO, kas saņēma gada partnera titulu ne tikai Latvijā, bet arī Lietuvā[...]
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Jaunumi,
12. July 2017
Viens no zināmākajiem Lietuvas jaunuzņēmumiem Trafi palīdz plānot pārvietošanos ar sabiedrisko transportu un kapitalizēt laiku. «Mūsu misija ir parādīt alternatīvos maršrutus, ko pats varbūt neizvēlētos, bet kas, balstoties uz reālā laika situāciju,[...]
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Jaunumi,
11. July 2017
Pavisam nesen Latvijā radīts pakalpojums Carguru, piedāvājot mašīnu koplietošanu (car sharing) un īslaicīgo nomu. Būtība tas nozīmē, ka cilvēkiem jebkurā laikā ir pieejamas automašīnas, bet nav jāuztraucas par izdevumiem, kas[...]
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Jaunumi,
10. July 2017
Nacionālās dienas ietvaros Astanas EXPO 2017 izstādē norisinājās The Red Jackets seminārs, kurā ar prezentācijām uzstājās vairāki Latvijas uzņēmum vadītāji un stāstīja par eksporta būtisko nozīmi uzņēmējdarbībā. Pilnu rakstu skatīt[...]
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Jaunumi,
08. July 2017
Cilvēki vienmēr ir centušies prognozēt, ietekmēt un mainīt iespējamos nākotnes notikumus sev vēlamā virzienā. Uzņēmēji, politiķi, valstu vadītāji vēsturē nereti ir vērsušies pie ekstrasensiem, pareģiem un cilvēkiem, kam tiek piedēvētas[...]
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Jaunumi,
06. July 2017
Jaunuzņēmumu konkursā Start Tel Aviv 2017 Latvijā uzvar Alina, kam būs iespēja sevi parādīt inovāciju festivālā DLD Telavivā un iepazīties ar Izraēlas jaunuzņēmumu ekosistēmu šī gada septembrī. DB jau rakstīja,[...]
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Jaunumi,
21. June 2017
2017.gada 20.jūnijā Rīgas Motormuzeja mazajā konferenču zāle tika organizēta projekta “Viedās pilsētas klasteris” (projekta Nr. 3.2.1.1/16/A/017) uzsākšanas sanāksme, uz kuru tika aicināti visi klastera biedri. Sapulce tika organizēta ar mērķi,lai[...]
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Vide,
18. May 2017
Use of electronics in packaging is on the rise, raising questions about the recyclability of everyday products
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Enerģētika,
18. May 2017
Petrochemicals are still king in Norway, but the country has a growing renewables sector
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Mobilitāte,
18. May 2017
Filed patents show the British engineering firm may use solid-state batteries that could stretch electric car’s range to hundreds of miles and increase safety
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Tehnoloģijas,
18. May 2017
Forget clockwork mice. There’s a new range of gadgets for your cat to get its paws on, including ones to track it, feed it and even scoop up after it
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IT Risinājumi,
18. May 2017
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can identify threats to an organisation – but at what cost to privacy and whistleblowers?
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Bizness,
18. May 2017
Online courses will help employees to upskill as redundancies sweep away jobs – but will universities be able to keep up?
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Mobilitāte,
18. May 2017
Embattled ride-sharing company is partnering with aircraft manufacturers to develop an ‘on-demand’ network of ‘vertical takeoff and landing vehicles’
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Enerģētika,
18. May 2017
Gemini windpark off the coast of the Netherlands will eventually meet the energy needs of about 1.5 million people, according to its owners
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Vide,
18. May 2017
Stefano Boeri, the architect famous for his plant-covered skyscrapers, has designs to create entire new green settlements in a nation plagued by dirty air
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IT Risinājumi,
18. May 2017
The NHS holds a wealth of data about how patients are diagnosed and treated. Unlocking its secrets could be key to improving patient care
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Bizness,
18. May 2017
Disruptors don’t just need a great idea, they have to turn business models on their heads. Three disruptive entrepreneurs reveal how they did it
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Mobilitāte,
18. May 2017
Korean electronics firm granted permission to test autonomous cars on public roads using Hyundai vehicles, following rival Apple’s California testing
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Enerģētika,
18. May 2017
Despite its natural advantages, disincentives mean Florida has few solar panels but the Empire state’s policies have boosted installed solar capacity by 800%
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Vide,
18. May 2017
Furniture giant commits to reducing use of virgin raw materials but experts raise concerns about supply chain domination. Are companies ready to rethink the way they do business?
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Tehnoloģijas,
18. May 2017
With ‘perfect’ sex robots not far away, experts warn they could lead to ‘ethical and emotional de-skilling’
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Tehnoloģijas,
18. May 2017
Sunderland plant to produce new and recycled batteries from electric cars to serve as home energy storage units
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Tehnoloģijas,
18. May 2017
Sleek, intelligent and attractive, new Google voice-controlled device can play music, control other connected objects and give you a personalised briefing on your day
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Tehnoloģijas,
18. May 2017
New voice-controlled speaker with a 7in screen hopes to keep Amazon ahead of Google and Microsoft in fight for home assistant supremacy
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Pilsētvide,
18. May 2017
From treadmill desks and foam flushing toilets to solar powered offices and apps allowing employees to control temperature and light – a selection of the world’s most sustainable workplaces
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Pilsētvide,
18. May 2017
In the Netherlands, one in 17 people suffers from burnout. A state of the art office in Amsterdam promises to keep staff happy, healthy and productive
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Pilsētvide,
16. May 2017
Nottingham Trent University’s Pavilion building is designed to generate more energy than it consumes – it also provides vital space for collaborative study
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Pilsētvide,
16. May 2017
Twenty years after BHP left town, one of the largest cities in New South Wales has reinvented itself as a smart city and a home for innovation
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Jaunumi,
22. March 2017
World Summit Award konkursā izvēlēti 40 izcili mobilie risinājumi no visām ANO valstīm, kas atlasīti no 451 nominētā darba; uzvarētāju vidū ir inovatīvi risinājumi no dažādām valstīm, tostarp divi no[...]
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