Green Technology- A review

The term Green Building is quite new and unfamiliar to people and the construction industry. In the present paper, the concepts of green building, its advantages to the environment and humans are studied and a building is designed using its concepts. A green building is shown in this article that is environmentally friendly and resource efficient using renewable energies such as wind, solar, and hydro energy. The term environmentally friendly means constructing a building safe for the surrounding such as it emits less harmful gases. Green building will not affect the environment i.e. it reduces air pollution, water pollution and global warming. The study has shown the plantation of various brushes for reducing carbon dioxide in building environment. Also the models of conventional equipments, used for utilizing the renewable energies, like biogas digester, pellet stove, weather vane, and solar cooker are created

Green Technology

Green Technology es un proyecto innovador desarrollado en la Ingeniørhøjskolen de Copenhague dentro del programa "EPS Project". El proyecto busca reducir el gasto en energía y agua que se produce diariamente en la Universidad fomentando un comportamiento mas sostenible por parte de los alumnos y del personal del centro. Para ello tras varios meses de estudio, se realizó una pagina web en la que los usuarios podían acceder al consumo diario, mensual y anual de energía y agua en su universidad y si lo consideraban necesario acceder al menú " Take action" en el que se mostraban consejos prácticos a poner en marcha dentro de la universidad para disminuir el consumo. Al tomarse las mediciones todos los días los usuarios podían darse cuenta de como sus acciones individuales eran importantes para reducir el consumo global dentro del edificio. Con este proyecto intentamos abordar esta problemática tan de actualidad en nuestros días poniendo al usuario como objetivo principal y como clave para el cambio

Green Technology in Developing Countries: Creating Accessibility Through a Global Exchange Forum

As they pursue economic development, developing countries possess high demand for processes and technologies that have climate-friendly methods or alternatives. However, these nations currently face barriers to entry because of trade policies and intellectual property regulations that render procurement of these technologies cost-prohibitive. In light of the recent breakdown in negotiations at the United Nations climate conference in Bali to remove tariffs on green technology, a new approach to green technology diffusion should be considered in order to balance the demand among developing nations for fluid technology transfers with the profit-driven needs and intellectual property considerations of technology holders. A potential solution to overcome the high fixed costs of technology diffusion could involve the creation of a global exchange forum in which transnational green technology holders, green venture capitalists, and developing country entrepreneurs could broker for efficient allocation of investment, resources, and technologies

Innovative Green Technology for Sustainable Industrial Estate Development

Sustainable industrial development requires a balance between economic growth, equity and environment. Two major components of industrial development are energy and raw materials. To minimize the environmental impacts of energy and raw materials, important steps are required to deal with the green economy and global warming issues. The use of innovation technology to industrial gas emission is a preventive solution facing global warming. A research has been done in Industrial Estate in Cilegon (IEC) Banten province, Indonesia, to see how to reduce energy demand and encourage uses of more environmentally-friendly energy in the estate. Fossil energy needs in the industrial estate were analyzed to see the opportunities of energy saving and renewable energy development. The target to be achieved is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and improve the energy efficiency in the industrial park

Green management and green technology - exploring the causal relationship

In this paper, we analyze potential endogeneity problems in former econometric studies which regress corporate environmental performance such as green technology activities on green management. Based on evolutionary theory and the resource-based view of the firm, we discuss in the first step that green technology could also influence green management and that unobserved firm characteristics could simultaneously influence green management and green technology. Contrary to existing studies, we empirically explore in the second step the structural reverse causality hypothesis with a unique crosssectional firm-level data set from the German manufacturing sector. Our econometric analyses with uni- and multivariate probit models imply a significantly positive effect of environmental process innovations on certified environmental management systems and a significantly positive impact of environmental product innovations on life cycle assessment activities. We interpret these empirical results as a further indicator that the causal relationship between green management and green technology is not clear. We conclude that panel data, which are not available for technological environmental innovations yet, are a necessary condition to solve these endogeneity problems. Such panel data studies could therefore be an appropriate basis for robust conclusions with regard to voluntary green management measures as a non-mandatory approach in environmental policy. --Non-mandatory environmental policy,green management,green technology,uni- and multivariate probit models,endogeneity

Green Technology Transfers and Border Tax Adjustments

We develop a two-country general equilibrium model of foreign assistance tied to environmental clean-up in the presence of transboundary pollution. The recipient country generates pollution as a by-product in the production of a ‘dirty’ good, which it consumes as well as exports to the donor country. In contrast to the literature which typically treats aid as a monetary transfer, we assume that foreign aid consists in a transfer of environmental technology that lowers the cost of public clean-up in the recipient country. We highlight the fact that the marginal propensities to consume the polluting good in the donor and recipient countries are driving the terms of trade effect at work in our model. The environmental and welfare outcomes are influenced by the direct, terms of trade and abatement effects of the transfer. We show that such tied aid may be Pareto improving if the clean-up effect of the foreign aid is strong enough to compensate for the donor’s monetary and terms of trade losses. We finally analyze the effects of the green transfer combined with an appropriate border tax adjustment. Contrary to intuition, we find that green technology transfers and border tax adjustments are not complements.

A foresight study on green technology in paint industries in Malaysia

Green technology paint industries have been rising significantly over the years due to its benefit to environment and consequently to human health. However, the high manufacturing cost and other disadvantages threatened its sustainability in the future. Therefore a research was carried out to identify the issues and drivers of employing in green technology paint industries and to study the future trend of green technology paints in Malaysia. STEEPV approach which is an acronym for (Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic, Political and Values) is an internationally recognized tool used in conducting technology foresight worldwide. This tool was used in the current research in identifying various issues and drivers based on the above mentioned six categories. New technologies in preparing low energy consuming paints and the role of government and non-governmental organization was voted as the most influential drivers for the eco-friendly paint industries in Malaysia. In line with this regard, a scenario development carried out and a number of projects were suggested in order to move towards sustainable development of eco-friendly paint industry. As a consequence it is recommended to add more political will and support in such projects to ensure the ownership at the top level and maximize the chances of implementing the outcomes

Advantages of green technology

Green technology implies to a system that uses innovative methods to create environment friendly products. Mainly, it comprises of various everyday cleaning products, energy sources, inventions, waste, clothing and a host of others. Going green or using technologies that are friendly to the environment is among the many ways that countries are looking into in order to spur economic growth and improve the lives of its citizens. Green technology uses renewable natural resources that never depletes. Green technology uses new and innovative energy generation techniques. Green nanotechnology that uses green engineering and green chemistry is one of the latest in green technologies. One of the important factors for environmental pollution is the disposal of waste. Green technology has answers to that as well. It can effectively change waste pattern and production in a way that it does not harm the planet and we can go green. Among the possible areas where these creations and growth are expected to come from include green energy, organic agriculture, eco-friendly textiles, green building constructions, and manufacturing of related products and materials to support green business. Because this is but new to the industry, it is also expected to attract new customers who will see the many advantages of using green technologies in their homes and others. Besides other forms of green technology in field of generation of energy are done by solar power and fossil fuel. These have no adverse effect on the planet and it won’t replenish. So future generation can also benefit from them without harming the planet. This paper focuses on the advantages of green technology and the benefits that can be accrued out of it

Research on the Construction of Compulsory License System for Green Technology Patent in China

The wide application of green technologies is an important support and necessary path for climate change mitigation, carbon reduction and green transition. In order to promote the rational and effective application of green technologies under the protection of patent system, it is necessary to carry out the corresponding compulsory license of green technology patent. However, there are still insufficient legal norms for compulsory license of green technology Patent. The existing rules are difficult to break the negative effects of the double-edged sword of compulsory license of green technology patent on the interests of the right holders and innovation incentives. By studying the balance of the rights and interests of each subject of compulsory license of green technology patent, the balance mechanism of the interests of compulsory green technology patent license promoting green technology innovation and ecological environment protection is explored. In terms of specific rules, it is suggested to build a green technology directory and database, consider the preconditions of environmental public interests and establish the “three elements” test standards