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Productivity and Efficiency

  • Productivity and Efficiency

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.

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Productivity and Efficiency Resources

Agricultural Model Intracomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Agricultural Model Intracomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) is a major international collaborative effort to assess the state of global agricultural modeling and to understand climate impacts on the agricultural sector.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

World Wildlife Fund and The Coca-Cola Company Partnership

The Coca-Cola CompanyWorld Wildlife Fund
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) have partnered are focused on ensuring healthy, resilient freshwater basins in 11 key regions, measurably improving environmental performance across the company's value chain, integrating the value of nature into public and private...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Current Research Information System (CRIS)

U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Current Research Information System (CRIS) provides documentation and reporting for ongoing agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry research, education and extension activities for the United States Department of Agriculture; with a focus on the National Institute of Food and...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Study of the Environmental Policies, Processes and Practices of Worchester Polytechnic Institute and the Technische Universitat Darmstadt

Published: 
January 1, 2008
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The goal of this research project, which has an environmental focus, is to study and compare the environmental policies, practices and processes of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, in addition to outside factors that may also have an influence...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Alternative and Renewable Energy

Published: 
January 1, 2014
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The current state of energy, in the most optimistic projections, is a finite resource that will be exhausted during the 21st century. This project examines the current using traditional energy resources limitations, investigates existing research on several renewable energy alternatives, and also...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Alternative Solar Cells and Their Implications

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
This study mainly focuses on electrolytic solar cells that can serve as an alternate to solid state solar panels. A thorough evaluation of the performance of existing solar cells (a-Si and c-Si) was performed, before designing a concurrent solar cell. A custom electrolytic solar cell consisting of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

An Analysis of Future Sustainable Aquatic Farming

Published: 
January 1, 2012
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
As a result of the world population growth in the next 100 years, it will be necessary to find more viable methods of food production. This report examines the prospect of using a sustainable oceanic farm to feed future populations. Advances in genetic engineering to develop salt-tolerant rice will...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Global Shale Gas Development: Water Availability and Business Risks

Published: 
January 1, 2014
World Resources Institute
For many nations around the world, shale gas represents an opportunity to strengthen energy security while cutting emissions. In fact, shale gas adds 47 percent to the world's natural gas reserves. But as governments and businesses explore this new and abundant resource, freshwater...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Serving the Smallholder Farmer Through Rural Product Innovation

Published: 
March 25, 2014
Xylem, Inc.
Smallholder farmers are customers of agriculture; customers that are seeking products, services and training to help them improve their business, which is to produce the highest crop yields possible each year. Read how Xylem is fielding innovative products such as treadle pumps and channel...Read more

Saving Water and Energy Together: Helping Utilities Build Better Programs

Published: 
October 1, 2013
Alliance for Water Efficiency
Water and energy are inherently linked, intersecting at both the supply side (electric generation and water/wastewater facilities) and the end-use side (residential, commericial, industrial, and agriculture sectors). This intersection is commonly called the "energy-water nexus." On the...Read more

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