The Enerleq Blog
Environment
Save trees, use the WWF file format
Lets begin with some facts about paper manufacture and use: Approx. 324 L. of water is used to produce 1 KG of paper. The paperless office, once predicted as a result of information technology (IT), has not transpired. Industry analysts estimate that 95% of business information is still stored on paper. Paper manufacturing is the … Continue reading
Water vs Energy
Today’s blog post is an interesting look at the use of water in energy production, and some of the questions raised about whether the water should be used for irrigation/consumption or for energy production, particularly within an emerging markets environment. The article is written by Dr Christian Hulteberg, founder of Hulteberg Chemistry and Engineering. This … Continue reading
Some simple ideas to green your home today
Many home owners are concerned about the environment and climate change but are not sure how they can make a difference. The good news is that there are some fairly simple changes that home owners can make to their daily behaviour that can help save the environment, save energy and save money. When boiling the … Continue reading
Some simple ideas to green your business today
Everyone’s heard about going “green”, but how can you start greening your business tomorrow? Well, there are some simple steps you can take in your everyday activities to start reducing waste and green house gas emissions immediately: Think twice about printing emails and documents; If you do have to print documents consider printing them double … Continue reading
Guest Blog – Commercialising RE and Fuels in Developed and Emerging Markets
Today’s guest blogger is Dr Christian Hulteberg, the MD and founder of Hulteberg Chemistry and Engineering talking about some of differences in commercialising renewable energy and sustainable fuels in the developed markets and emerging markets. — Is there a difference in developing and implementing renewable energy and fuels in the context of emerging markets compared … Continue reading
What do you perceive to be the major obstacle to commercializing non-fossil based fuels (in an emerging markets context)?
This was the question I was posed in July 2010 by the founder of Hulteberg Chemistry & Engineering (Malmö, Sweden), Dr Christian Hulteberg. The answer appeared in the July 2010 Issue of the Green Indicator, and is reproduced below: “Within the emerging markets environment there are a number of obstacles to commercialising non-fossil fuel based … Continue reading
How clean is your data?
As I write this Steve Jobs is giving his latest keynote address where he is announcing Apples new cloud computing product, iCloud. Don’t get me wrong, I am a big Apple fan. I love my Macbook Pro. However, I am a bigger fan of a cleaner planet. So what does Apple and cloud computing have … Continue reading
Understand food labelling to save energy
We have all read food labels, but what to the terms “Best before”, “Use by” and “Display until” mean, and how can they help us save energy and money? In my previous blog I talked about food wastage and how this impacts the environment. Many people just see the date on the food label, and … Continue reading
Global food waste and climate change
It is reported that annually up to a third of all food produced globally for human consumption is wasted (The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations). This amounts to approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food globally ending up in landfills and waste sites. Moreover, as the world population reaches 9 billion by 2050 … Continue reading
