Among the most notable recent breakthroughs in sustainable insulation materials is Swiss-made @gramitherm_grassinsulation The company behind the new material has developed a unique production process that transforms grass into highly effective insulation.
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Gramitherm sources its raw material from local farmers, and the company is committed to using all parts of the plant, including the juice. Fibres are extracted from the grass and dried before being opened and thermobonded into semi-rigid boards – a product that is light, strong, and environmentally friendly. These insulation boards are suitable for a variety of applications, and the digestible materials leftover from the production process are used for animal food and fertiliser.
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The company chose grass as a raw material as it is a highly efficient thermal insulator with an estimated lifetime of at least 50 years. The panels are also an efficient means of storing the carbon dioxide captured by the grass during its lifetime. In fact, Gramitherm’s insulation captures 1.5 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogramme of product.
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The company claims that its manufacturing process uses only 75 per cent of the energy and less than 70 per cent of the water it takes to manufacture glass wool insulation. One acre of grass can yield 200 metres cubed of Gramithem, enough to insulate seven family houses. And if 1,000 acres of land were used to grow Gramithem, it would supply 5 per cent of Switzerland’s insulation market.
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Source - Springwise
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The transport sector is a major polluter, producing about a quarter of the EU's total carbon emissions a few years ago. Passenger cars are responsible for more than 60 percent of these emissions. To reduce these emissions, @tueindhoven student team of 35 students TU/ecomotive has developed a sustainable electric passenger car that captures more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than it emits while driving. It is a prototype, called Zem, that purifies the air through a special filter. By storing the captured CO₂ and then disposing it, Zem can contribute to reducing global warming. The students will continue to improve the vehicle in the coming years, with the goal of making it carbon-neutral for its entire life cycle and eventually hitting the road.
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The car can capture 2 kilograms of CO₂ through a special filter at 20,000 travel miles per year. This means that ten cars can store as much carbon dioxide as an average tree. That may not seem like much, but the overall payoff is significant if you were to soon implement it on a large scale in every passenger car, the team argues. After all, there are more than a billion passenger cars driving around the world, which could capture net CO₂ instead of emitting it.
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