An estimated 17 million tonnes of tires are discarded annually. Re-use is achieved by retreading (9%), recycling (39%), energy recovery (37%) and landfill (5%). A preferred, but complex way of recycling is to make new tires from discarded tire rubber. Vulcanised car tire rubber has to be devulcanized …

A new type of greenhouse with linear Fresnel lenses in the cover performing as a concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system is presented. The CPV system retains all direct solar radiation, while diffuse solar radiation passes through and enters into the greenhouse cultivation system. The removal of all direct …

GrandAlpes is a company founded by International Lodging Services, who is a tour operator specialised in chalets. GrandAlpes is responsible for the management in several chalets villages in France and Vallandry is their biggest chalet park with 50 chalets and a restaurant. About 500 people can stay in …