William is a long-term climate solutions and cleantech evangelist. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Husk Power Systems, the leading rural clean energy services company in Africa and Asia and owner of the largest fleet of community solar microgrids.
Interview with Kimani Gichuche for SDG #8
Evan Kimani Gichuche, is a Christian entrepreneur specializing in solar energy. He is passionate about excellence, integrity and diligence and demonstrates it in how he handles himself and those around him. His vision is to have impacted his community by providing them with reliable technological solutions, increasing their income and...
EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY CHAMBER: VIRTUAL TECH CENTER
We started an earlier article by going back in history to find the future: Venice 1505, and the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, the German Merchants’ Inn, gloriously restored on the Grand Canal, an arrow flight from the Rialto Bridge. This became the model for our first EU Tech Center in China....
MIGRATION TO INDUSTRY 4.0 – DIGITALIZATION OF THE OPERATIONS FIRST
Advanced manufacturing or Industry 4.0 (I4.0) entails huge opportunity and anticipation. We are all fascinated by the new technologies that are showing more and more in the shopfloor as well as in our lives in general. We are excited by, for example; (i) Artificial Intelligence with IOT that provides predictive...
DIGITALISATION IN ELDERLY CARE
Andrè Godo has worked in the healthcare industry for over 20 years. He has extensive experience in the acquisition and valuation of full stationary nursing homes, the management of nursing facilities and the development of new real estate concepts. He also operates his own full inpatient care facility and an...
THERMAL SPONGE CITIES NEW TRENDS TO COOL EUROPEAN CITIES
Abstract: Urban areas are both contributors to and the main victims of the effects of climate change and will be confronted with drastic changes in terms of heat supply (heating and cooling) and urban climate in the years to come. Moreover, conventional technologies for heat supply are future-proof only to...
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability is an incredibly broad and popular term in our modern, developed society that encompasses everything from people to nature and, generally, rethinking the way we approach current procedures. It is somewhat difficult to pinpoint where to begin, what to look for and how to navigate through the various complexities...
FIVE CONVINCING REASONS FOR YOUR COMPANY TO PROTECT THE CLIMATE
No other topic - including COVID-19 - has so much destructive power and polarises so many public and private debates as climate change. Often, half-knowledge and emotions dominate the discussion, while concrete and implementable ideas about what companies can do regarding the duopoly of ecology and economy are often missing....
HOW TO SCALE UP INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC WASTE CONVERSION SYSTEMS THROUGH INSECT FARMING
Brief Description To achieve the European Union’s Circular Economy targets, the E-28 needs to put a big emphasis on Waste Management solutions, not only to reduce waste to landfills but also to create sustainable waste-to-value industries that help close the loop on our resources. Bio-Waste accounts for the largest single...
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL BRIDGES: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
The year 2021 exposed in a burdensome way how much the world has grown together – and at the same time hasn’t: While some rich industrial nations had to dispose of massive unused doses of the new liquid gold – the SARSCoV-2 vaccines –, in many poorer countries there was...