NEWS - Altran
NEWS - Altran
NEWS - Altran
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Graphic Obsession<br />
GReen shOppinG<br />
16<br />
A NEW TWIST ON HAND DRYERS<br />
Traditional hand dryers emit hot air to dry hands via evaporation.<br />
This is a long and inconvenient process. Paper towels are no better<br />
because you have to replace, collect and toss them away. Enter the<br />
Dyson Airblade TM . It blows room temperature air through a small,<br />
0.3 mm hole at a pulse of 600 km/h, drying your hands in merely<br />
12 seconds. Because it doesn’t require heat, it consumes less energy<br />
than conventional hand dryers, up to 80% less than its competitors!<br />
All this at only 1,600 watts, as opposed to the usual 2,400 watts…<br />
On top of this, a single Airblade TM hand dryer, used at a rate of 200<br />
times per day over five years, will save the production, transportation<br />
and disposal of 730,000 paper towels (based on two towels per use).<br />
Price: from €999<br />
For more information: http://www.dysonairblade.com<br />
LONG LIVE<br />
SUSTAINABLY<br />
FRIENDLY CATERERS<br />
Numerous food caterers, mostly high-end,<br />
are riding on the organic and sustainable wave by<br />
using fair trade or organic ingredients,<br />
and sometimes even donating part of their sales to<br />
sustainable development organisations.<br />
Some tantalising links to start with:<br />
www.thesustainablekitchen.com<br />
www.org-organics.org.uk<br />
www.ethique-et-toques.com<br />
Altitude n°13 / april 2008<br />
DR<br />
BAMBOO SOCKS!<br />
They look like your average socks, they’re as soft as cotton and brushed with the<br />
faint shine of mercerised thread… but they’re not what you think they are, because<br />
they’re made from bamboo! Designed to protect nature and the well-being of its<br />
wearers, Naturaia socks are made from bamboo fibres (bamboo-derived viscose)<br />
and armed with natural antibiotic power. These renewable fibres required a new<br />
knitting process, which was developed in collaboration with the French clothing and<br />
textile institute (Institut français du textile et de l’habillement, IFTH). The project was<br />
partly financed by Ademe, France’s Environment and Energy Management Agency<br />
(Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie), which launched a call for<br />
eco-designed projects in 2004. A new call is slated to be launched in 2008. Now,<br />
we’ll just have to refine and industrialise plant-based dying techniques, which are<br />
still artisanal and therefore, expensive.<br />
Price: €13<br />
A SOLAR POWERED<br />
CHARGER<br />
Here come the solar panels! Easily slipped into a shirt or a<br />
bag, they can recharge your GPS or laptop anywhere.<br />
The 6.5 W Solariflex panel, at only 200 grams, is one<br />
of the lightest of its kind. It can recharge pocket-sized<br />
electronics, such as PDAs, mobiles, iPods, etc.<br />
A 12 W version can recharge regular or camera<br />
batteries, and a 25 W version (with a battery<br />
booster) is powerful enough to recharge<br />
laptop computers.<br />
Price for the 6.5 W version: €129<br />
Price for the 12 W version: €229<br />
Price for the 25 W version<br />
with battery booster: €579<br />
http://www.solariflex.com<br />
Dyson<br />
Solariflex<br />
Getty Images / Stockbyte<br />
hiGh-tech Dossier<br />
> sustAinABle DeVelOpment<br />
When BUsinesses Get inVolVeD<br />
18 / WHEN BUSINESSES GET INVOLVED /<br />
20 / SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL LEVELS /<br />
26 / REDUCING ENERGY BILLS /
Change language