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The tech startups shaking up construction in Europe

From the outside, it looks like a clean, modern social housing block. You can tell it’s new — there ...

sustainability 00:00 Wednesday Oct 16

The race to power Europe’s warehouses with robots

The robot arms train every night. About half a dozen of them, flexing in silence. They practise pick...

tech 00:00 Thursday Aug 15

The rise of Heat Geek — a startup hell-bent on bringing heat pumps to the Brits

Missing the chance to install a heat pump in his London home had always bothered tech industry whizz...

sustainability 16:00 Friday May 31

European startups are making batteries both punchy — and portable

When engineers working for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have some welding to do out on a section...

sustainability 00:00 Tuesday Mar 26

Getting fresh: How supermarkets are using AI to predict sales

A supermarket deep in rural Germany had a problem. Far from the ample workforce of the nearest city,...

tech 16:00 Thursday Feb 08

Why are we still flushing toilets with drinking water? These startups have a solution

If you take a morning shower at the voco Brussels City North hotel, the water that you see trickling...

sustainability 00:00 Wednesday Dec 20

Europe’s homes are wasting too much energy – these startups have a plan

Single-glazing. Old electric-powered heat emitters. Walls with hardly any insulation. Damp throughou...

sustainability 00:00 Thursday Sep 14

European startups: I think we’re going to need a better battery

Next year, a Dutch company will put a new kind of battery in a drone and — if all goes according to ...

sustainability 16:00 Friday Jul 28

From surplus energy to investment opportunities: Startups across Europe combat fuel poverty

On Christmas morning last year, dozens of households in the Republic of Ireland woke up to a hot wat...

sustainability 16:24 Wednesday Jul 26

The new wave of climate tech startups capturing carbon across Europe

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, work stopped at thousands of Ukrainian businesses...

sustainability 16:24 Wednesday Jul 26

Zero emissions cargo shipping — the old-fashioned way

It’s as if I am chatting to a merchant on a European dockside more than a century ago when I ask Jor...

sustainability 16:23 Wednesday Jul 26

Crystals, jets, and magnets — is this how to make cooling greener?

In a world scorched by climate change, cooling technology is far from a luxury. It saves lives, keep...

sustainability 16:23 Wednesday Jul 26

The startups on a mission to upgrade Ireland’s meagre EV charging network

Next month, 50 homeowners in Ireland will start renting out their home electric car charging points ...

sustainability 16:22 Wednesday Jul 26

Winds of change: New wind energy tech developed by European startups

People don’t just fly kites for fun. At a test site near Munich, engineers recently launched an elec...

tech 14:21 Wednesday Jul 26