GREEN

TECHNOLOGY

Environmental Management
Nov. 28, 2020

MCT Encabo
Instructor
Green technology

The United Nations defines Green Technology as the

technology that has the potential to significantly improve
environmental performance relative to other technology.

It is related to the term environmentally sound technology

Green technology

It is the application part of branches of science which tries

to conserve the natural environment and to minimize the
adverse impacts of human activity.

It is related to sustainable technologies.

Sustainability

- meeting the needs of society in ways that can

continue indefinitely into the future without
damaging or depleting natural resources.

- in short, sustainability is meeting the present

needs without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
Cradle to cradle design - ending the “cradle to grave”
cycle of manufactured products by creating
products that can be fully reclaimed or re-used.

Source reduction - reducing waste and pollution by

changing patterns of production and consumption.

Innovation – developing alternatives to technologies -

whether fossil fuel or chemical intensive
agriculture - that have been demonstrated to
damage health and the environment.
Viability - creating a center of economic activity around
technologies and products that benefit the
environment, speeding their implementation
and creating new careers that truly protect the
planet.
Examples of green technology subject areas:

Energy
This includes the development of alternative
fuels, new means of generating energy and
energy efficiency.

Green building:
It encompasses everything from the choice of
building materials to where a building is located.
Examples of green technology subject areas:

Environmentally preferred purchasing

This government innovation involves the search
for products whose contents and methods of
production have the smallest possible impact on
the environment, and mandates that these be
the preferred products for government purchasing.
Examples of green technology subject areas:

Green chemistry
The invention, design and application of chemical
products and processes to reduce or to eliminate
the use and generation of hazardous substances.
Examples of green technology subject areas:

Green nanotechnology
Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of
materials at the scale of the nanometer, one
billionth of a meter. Some scientists believe that
mastery of this subject is forthcoming that will
transform the way that everything in the world is
manufactured. It is the application of green
chemistry and green engineering principles to this
field.
Energy Conservation

It is the use of equipment which requires lesser

amount of energy, following low consumption of
electricity, thereby reducing the use of fossil fuels to
generate the same.

Energy conservation and efficiency are both energy

reduction techniques.
Water Treatment

It describes processes used to make the water more

suitable for the end users.

The main objective of water treatment is the

removal of pollutants in the water so as to make it
suitable for further use.

It is used to reduce the adverse impact of the water

returning to the environment after use.
Environmental Remediation

It deals with the removal of pollutants from the

natural resources such as groundwater, water
reserves on earth surface, soil for the protection
of the environment and human health.
Advances in Green Technology for Urban Life

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

A fuel cell is a device that converts chemical energy

from a fuel into electricity by a chemical reaction with an
oxidizing agent such as oxygen. The most commonly
used fuel in these fuel cells is hydrogen, although
natural gas and some alcohols are also used.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

The main difference between a fuel cell and a battery is

that when the constant source of fuel and oxygen is
over in a battery then it stops working but in case of fuel
cell It works continuously till the source of fuel and
oxygen is supplied.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

The first simple hydrogen fuel cell was invented in 1842

by a Welch physicist, William Grove, who reversed the
process of electrolysis to combine the hydrogen with
oxygen to generate electricity leaving pure water as a
by-product.

After a gap of nearly a century, NASA space

programs used fuel cells for its space
missions.
Fuel cells are efficient to
power cars when compared
to our conventional internal
combustion engines.

The energy efficiency of

these cells can be around
40-60 %. It features no
emissions, quiet and
vibration-free. The
source of hydrogen
here is water.
More about William Grove

Please go to:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/origins/orig1.htm

http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/origins/origins.htm
Renewable Energy

It is defined as the category of energy sources that

are either directly or indirectly related to the sun such
as solar, hydro energies, etc. Energy sources are
inexhaustible in nature as known to mankind such as
sunlight, wind, geothermal heat, etc.
Renewable Energy

About 60 % of world’s energy usage comes from

renewable energy, with nearly 10 % from biomass for
heating and 3.4 % from hydroelectricity.

Projects related to renewable energy are of large scale

and more suited to urban population, which not only
harnesses the potential sources of RE but also
help in the sustainable development of
humankind.
Green Buildings

It is the practice of creating structures and using

processes that are environmentally responsible and
resource-efficient throughout a building’s life cycle
from siting to design, construction, operation
maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

It is also known as a sustainable or high performance

building.
- - by US-EPA
Impacts of the Built Environment

Aspects of Built Consumption Environmental Ultimate Effects

Environment Effects
Siting Energy Waste Harm to human
health
Design Water Air pollution Environmental
degradation
Construction Materials Water pollution Loss of Resource
Operation Natural Resources Indoor pollution
Maintenance Heat islands
Renovation Stormwater runoff
Deconstruction Noise
Green buildings are designed to reduce overall impact of
the built environment on human health and the natural
environment by:

• efficiently using energy, water and other resources

• protecting occupant health and improving employee
productivity
• reducing waste, pollution and environmental
degradation
 Cleaner Conventional Energy

The energy from these fossil fuels has minimum adverse

impact on the environment and the ecosystem.

Some of the conventional energy sources are:

1.Cleaner coal
2.Cleaner oil
3.Cleaner gas
4.Green industries
5.Green transport
Cleaner Coal

It describes the cleaner use of coal by methods which

minimize the adverse effect on the environment.

Cleaner coal technologies usually address atmospheric

pollution from burning coal and include such solutions
as coal screening and scrubbing, gasification, flue
gas desulfurization, carbon capture and storage (CCS),
and coal blending.
Cleaner Oil

These technologies can be applied to oil exploration

and extraction (e.g. injection of water, steam or gas for
improving oil production & reducing pollutant emissions).

These technologies can also be applied to oil

transportation and refining, and include oil-tanker
automatic dehydrators, vapor recovery and wastewater
sulfur removal.
Cleaner Gas

These technologies facilitate improved usage of coal bed

and coal mine methane (CBM/CMM), reduction of GHGs
through the use of low concentration methane and
support of the natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC)
processes.
Cleaner Industries

These refer to industries which try to minimize its effect in

the environment by implementation of green investment.

UNIDO describes Green Industry as economies striving

for a more sustainable pathway of growth, by
undertaking green public investments and implementing
public policy initiatives that encourage environmentally
responsible private investments.
Cleaner Transport

Referred as environmentally sustainable transport, this

uses technologies in transport system which are
sustainable and have significant positive impacts on the
environment.

The use of green vehicles allows to have less

environmental impact than equivalent standard vehicles.
Use of bicycles & energy-efficient vehicles in Nanjing
Key Issues in Sustainable
Transportation

❑ Access, not mobility

❑ Moving people, not cars
❑ Reclaim city space for walking and pedalled
vehicles

❑ Stop subsidizing private motor vehicles

Some Economic Benefits of Sustainable
Transportation

❑ Attracts new business

❑ Generates sales
❑ Encourages local circulation of money
❑ Stimulates retail trade
❑ Offers cost effective services
❑ Encourages high value land use
Some Economic Benefits of Sustainable
Transportation

❑ Reduces transportation costs

❑ Enables economic development
❑ Reduces infrastructure costs
❑ Creates jobs
The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT)

The Cebu City BRT

The Cebu City BRT
The Cebu City BRT
References:
www.green-technology.org
www.scienceflora.org
Pictures courtesy of NPC Villarete, Cebu City
administrator
Lynn Madrona, transport expert
Cebu City Government (BRT-PMO)