futuretrends Archives - Focusing Future

Eco City / April 12, 2019

Re-creating the essential – the future of water

Globally, the volume of renewable water per capita has declined by 40% in the last 22 years while demand is growing with the population. This article explores the future of water.

Eco City / March 1, 2019

Smart, or even Smarter Houses

What does a smart house mean for us? Whatever the answer, homes are getting much smarter in the future.

Business Solutions / January 18, 2019

Future of retail: entertain traditionally, shop virtually

New technologies, augmented reality, shifts in customer behaviour and sustainability demand; is the retail ready for it?

Eco City / October 14, 2016

Digital conservation on Save-The-Nature mission

How can new technologies help us to learn more about nature and to protect it?

Eco City / September 16, 2016

What is the foundation of Eco City and who has to fund it?

This article explores the mistakes of new Eco Cities. Deputy Mayor of Helsinki shares the insight of successful way to handle city’s eco-development of the highest level.

Eco City / August 19, 2016

Kinetic as an inexhaustible power source

How close are we to capture the motion energy?

Eco City / July 1, 2016

Reaching the solar utopia

Can Tesla and SolarCity merge satisfy the demand? And how Chile made its electricity zero-carbon, and even free?

Carbon – you are being taxed!

The upcoming carbon tax should not scare but trigger the sustainable pick as planned by initiators of the policy.

Eco City / April 8, 2016

Heat on the Cold Supply Chain

This time trends heat up the cold chain from all directions: temperature, distance, package, storage, security, and last but not least – environmental impact.

Eco City / March 9, 2016

Managing waste like Singapore

By 2025, the Municipal Solid Waste is expected to double from 1.3 billion tons of solid waste every year to 2.2 billion tons. Singapore masters the waste management. What Singapore can teach us?

Eco City / February 12, 2016

Overview of Eco Cities

By 2011, there were over 170 eco city projects and initiations around the world. Let’s evaluate the impact and the cost of the green initiatives worldwide.