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The deployment of low-tech requires taking into account the human factor and changing design practices.
To achieve low or even no electricity bills, there are three areas owners of home solar systems should focus on getting right.
The deployment of 5G networks depends on the compatibility of the instruments and protocols of a handful of industry players.
The digital transformation of Kenya’s agriculture will become a reality if it can link viable digital solution providers with potential beneficiaries.
Roundtable discussions with leaders from major energy companies reveal a lack of pressure from regulators or investors and a strong belief that fossil fuel use will continue for years to come.
It’s important to look at the whole value chain in the plastics economy, starting with design of products that can be reused and recycled.
Adapt to climate change with insulated walls, window shutters and reverse-cycle heat pumps.
Until now, a more expensive type of silicon was used to produce the highest-efficiency solar panels. Now there’s a way to use cheaper raw materials, cutting the cost of solar power for everyone.
Learning lessons from the past could help reduce the impact of future industrialization.
A team of doctors and academics worked together on back-to-basics surgical equipment that is already changing lives.
Without women in strategic positions, renewable energy projects are at risk of being inappropriate, or even failing.
The principles of the low-tech movement offer a solution to overconsumption and rising emissions.
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Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Photovoltaic Engineering, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Surgical Technologies, University of Leeds
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Docteur en ergonomie/facteurs humains, Université de Lorraine
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Senior lecturer in Sustainable and Climate Responsive Architecture, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Head of Department, Architecture, University of Pretoria
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CERC Fellow, Solar Technologies, CSIRO
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Researcher, World Resources Institute
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Interim Director, Penn State Sustainability Institute, Penn State
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Energy Economics & Financing Research Coordinator, The Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center
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Senior Research Fellow in Engineering, University of Bristol
