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Could the European Union lead again on climate ?

As global warming impacts are increasingly scary, as both China and the US are ramping up climate change actiion, can the European Union still compete ? I would say yes, at least in two sectors : home renovations and industry.

At some point in the early 2010s, the European Union was leading on climate change action. These days, with China installing huge quantities of solar panels and producing and selling electric cars at an unprecendented rate, it’s harder to compete on these fronts. Meanwhile, the United States have launched last year the IRA (“Inflation Reduction Act “) with 369 billion dollars allocated to the…

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Camden announces ‘major retrofit’ for 3,000 council homes

Camden Council is to invest millions into a “major retrofit” of 3,000 of its social homes in a bid to boost energy-efficiency and “save tenants money”. At a cabinet meeting on 11 December the Town Hall announced a £20mn “prototype test scheme” to bring down the carbon emissions of its council homes while cutting energy costs for residents. Camden’s “retrofit at scale” project will see solar…

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@wizardshark, you will likely be delighted and riled up to learn about the Crosstown Concourse in Memphis, TN. The building used to be a Sears factory, and now the bottom levels are community space while the top several floors are apartments. I’ve never been, but it’s a blorbo to me. You can learn about it more at https://crosstownconcourse.com/our-history/

If anyone is interested in this issue and want to learn more about how it’s being brought to light and addressed, search terms like “circular economy”, “retrofitting”, “sustainability”, “circular renovation”, “circular construction”, and in particular “adaptive reuse” can identify all sorts of cool projects and policy changes that are making a difference. A neat search term here is “passive house principal”. The EU recently passed the Green Buildings Pact. Tangentially related is the green/sustainable construction industry, which is currently rapidly developing.

Fun fact- my apartment building used to be a highschool back in the 50s

It is EXTREMELY liminal

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The article explores the benefits of retrofitting buildings, highlighting its potential for sustainability, cost savings, and energy efficiency, while also highlighting its role in addressing urbanization, resource depletion, and climate change.

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Trasformare le auto a benzina in elettriche può essere quattro volte più economico che acquistare un nuovo veicolo elettrico.

Il retrofitting, come è noto, sta prendendo piede in America Latina.

Adducendo preoccupazioni in materia di sicurezza, alcuni paesi stanno chiedendo una regolamentazione e uno di essi ha vietato completamente l'installazione di retrofit su alcune auto.

Nel 2010, il presidente eletto dell'Uruguay José Mujica fece notizia per il mini-camion blu brillante con cui si recò alla cerimonia del suo insediamento.

Il veicolo, che sembrava un normale pick-up, è stato utilizzato per trasmettere un messaggio: l'Uruguay era serio nel suo tentativo di diventare più rispettoso dell'ambiente. Il veicolo a quattro ruote alimentato a gas era stato trasformato in un veicolo elettrico da Organización Autolibre, un'azienda locale di retrofitting.

La copertura virale della cerimonia da parte della stampa ha posto l'azienda sotto i riflettori, suscitando l'interesse degli appassionati di veicoli elettrici dentro e fuori l'Uruguay, che volevano convertire i loro veicoli ad alto consumo di carburante in veicoli elettrici economici.

"Questa copertura mediatica in molti organi di stampa in America Latina ha dato molta visibilità a questa tecnologia e, ancora oggi, ogni anno visitiamo la regione in Perù, Messico e Argentina", ha detto Gabriel González Barrios, fondatore e CEO di Organización Autolibre, a Rest of World . "Gli stessi distributori dei sistemi Autolibre ci invitano costantemente a formare i tecnici necessari per generare l'ecosistema locale per lo sviluppo locale di questo settore".

Nel corso degli anni, González Barrios e il suo team presso Organización Autolibre hanno contribuito a convertire migliaia di veicoli tradizionali in auto elettriche in 14 paesi latinoamericani. L'azienda forma persone e meccanici tramite corsi online e supervisiona le conversioni per le flotte aziendali. Finora, almeno 40 aziende hanno utilizzato i servizi di Organización Autolibre, ha affermato González Barrios. Mentre alcuni paesi hanno segnalato preoccupazioni sulla sicurezza dei veicoli di retrofit, González Barrios ha affermato che la sua azienda sta guidando gli sforzi per renderla una pratica più sicura e standardizzata in tutta l'America Latina.

"Vogliamo dimostrare che si tratta di un processo industrializzato", ha detto a Rest of World Andrés García, proprietario di un negozio di retrofitting a Bogotà, Colombia, che collabora con Autolibre . "Non è per hobbisti o persone inesperte".

González Barrios ha avuto l'idea per l'azienda nel 2006 dopo aver guardato il documentario sui cambiamenti climatici prodotto da Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth . Distributore di prodotti chimici per veicoli a gas all'epoca, è stato ispirato ad affrontare le preoccupazioni ambientali dal suo angolo di mondo.

"Abbiamo deciso di cambiare i motori a combustione dei nostri veicoli con motori elettrici a zero emissioni", ha detto González Barrios . L'esperimento ha avuto successo ed è stato conveniente, e lo ha portato a fondare Organización Autolibre.

Inizialmente, González Barrios ha utilizzato alcuni kit americani per l'ammodernamento dei veicoli, ma quando questi sono diventati troppo costosi, Autolibre ha stretto una partnership con Zhuhai Enpower Electric, un'azienda cinese di sistemi di energia elettrica.

Negli ultimi anni, con la crescita della popolarità dei veicoli elettrici, è cresciuto anche l'interesse per il retrofitting dei veicoli normali, ha detto a Rest of World Bruno González, responsabile delle vendite presso Autolibre. Nel 2011, l'azienda ha riadattato una flotta di furgoni per le consegne per Bimbo, la più grande azienda di panificazione al mondo. Bimbo non ha risposto alle domande di Rest of World.

Nel suo rapporto del 2020 su questa pratica, l'Associazione latinoamericana per la mobilità sostenibile ha rivelato che erano stati immatricolati ufficialmente almeno 145 veicoli adattati.

La Latin American Retrofit Association, co-fondata da González Barrios, ha ora più di 30 membri in tutta la regione. Tutti sono distributori di kit di retrofit per veicoli elettrici o hanno officine specializzate nel processo.

Il retrofitting dei veicoli elettrici è una pratica diffusa in tutto il mondo da oltre 30 anni, con paesi come il Giappone e l'Australia che hanno stabilito linee guida nazionali per il processo. Un rapporto della Latin American Association of Sustainable Mobility elenca 21 aziende che attualmente vendono kit di retrofit EV per diversi veicoli in tutto il mondo.

Il più grande incentivo a riadattare un veicolo è la sua convenienza, ha detto González Barrios. La maggior parte dei nuovi EV disponibili in America Latina restano fuori dalla portata degli utenti di auto normali. Uno dei modelli più popolari, la Renault Kwid elettrica, costa circa $ 18.100. Convertire un'auto a benzina o diesel esistente in un veicolo elettrico usando il processo di Autolibre parte da $ 6.000.

Poiché la pratica è in gran parte un processo fai da te, non ci sono statistiche ufficiali sul settore del retrofitting in America Latina. Molti lavori di retrofitting sono svolti "da riparatori che cercano di prolungare la vita delle loro auto a benzina poiché non possono permettersene una nuova elettrica", ha detto a Rest of World Adolfo Rojas, presidente dell'Associazione degli imprenditori per la promozione dei veicoli elettrici in Perù.

Il processo di retrofitting richiede che tecnici EV qualificati rimuovano il motore, il serbatoio del gas, lo scarico e altri componenti da un'auto normale e inseriscano il motore elettrico, le batterie, il caricabatterie di bordo e il computer nello spazio vuoto. Il peso deve essere distribuito con attenzione in modo che l'auto non si inclini da un lato. I componenti elettrici originali, come airbag e sensori, devono funzionare correttamente e la batteria non deve surriscaldarsi. Autolibre Academy, il ramo educativo dell'azienda, offre corsi online su queste competenze di base a qualsiasi appassionato di EV interessato al retrofitting, ha affermato González .

Ma Rojas ha affermato che il processo di adeguamento presenta dei rischi.

I kit di retrofitting, molti dei quali sono disponibili su mercati online come Alibaba o MercadoLibre , spesso non garantiscono un "livello minimo di sicurezza e qualità per l'unità di retrofitting", ha affermato Rojas.

Secondo gli esperti di retrofitting, una volta modificati, i veicoli adattati devono ottenere permessi governativi che ne consentano la circolazione su strada in determinati Paesi.

Nel 2021, il ministero dei trasporti cileno ha approvato una legge che vieta il retrofit di tutti i veicoli passeggeri usati. "Si stavano eseguendo dei retrofit, ma si trascurava il mantenimento del livello di sicurezza dell'auto", ha detto a Rest of World Rodrigo Salcedo, presidente della Chile's Electric Vehicle Association. I ministeri dei trasporti e dell'energia stanno preparando un regolamento sulla conformità alla sicurezza.

In Colombia, dove i veicoli riadattati non incontrano ostacoli legali, alcuni chiedono controlli più severi.

García, dell'officina di Bogotà, ha detto che sta lavorando con altri esperti e appassionati di retrofitting per fare pressione per una regolamentazione specifica, tra cui un incontro con il dipartimento dei trasporti colombiano e SENA, il servizio di formazione professionale e tecnica del paese. Ha detto che la sua azienda vende kit di retrofit esclusivamente a tecnici certificati.

Jairo Novoa, uno dei clienti di García, ha riadattato una BMW del 1981. Ha detto a Rest of World che il processo aveva senso per una vecchia auto come la sua perché i pezzi di ricambio o di riparazione sono costosi e difficili da trovare.

Sebbene la maggior parte degli oltre 11.000 veicoli elettrici della Colombia siano nuovi di zecca, quelli riadattati "non hanno nulla da invidiare", ha detto Novoa. Tranne forse "quelli molto costosi come la Tesla".

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The World Economic Forum released earlier this year some great research that could help us all slash energy consumption by 30 percent and save us 2 trillion USD a year.

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