Eco-innovations of the 21st century

Eco-innovations have become a necessity for cities around the world as there is an increase in the need for sustainable development.

If appropriate steps towards sustainable development are not taken in time, the quality of life of the present and future generations is at stake. This is where the eco-innovations of the 21st century plays a critical role, as they are aimed towards environmental protection, safeguarding natural resources and advocating the concept of green cities as the main priorities of their innovations. However, the organizations, corporate firms and society can take a much deeper interest in championing the cause of these eco-innovations. There is a major need for marketing these eco-innovations effectively as compared to the marketing strategies of other innovations.

Types of Eco-innovations

There are three types of eco-innovations, namely, Component Addition, Sub-system Change and System Change. The component addition eco-innovations do not change the process and they safeguard the environment by developing additional components. Generation of lesser waste and reducing the pollution by optimization of sub-systems is a part of the Sub-system change eco-innovations. A complete system development or change is in order to convert waste into something useful and thereby focus on shifting linear industrial systems to closed-loop ones, are a part of the system change eco-innovations.

Some of the popular and worth mentioning eco-innovations of the 21st Century are as follows:

Solar Aviation

This unmanned and non-fueled flight called the Zephr, which is solar powered, has flown for straight 83 and a half hour. There is also an innovation named Solar Impulse that is a manned plane designed to go around the world on solar power. There are efforts in launching multiple passenger solar planes.

Solar Powered LEDs

A breathtaking innovation, as these LEDs light up many gardens and public places and the normal kerosene lamps that vitiate the atmosphere can be made redundant with the upcoming LEDs. The solar-powered street lights and energy-free reading lights that get charged with solar energy during the daytime and function during the night are the way forward towards energy efficient tomorrow.

Bamboo Made Products

Bamboo has been around for quite some time but is recently being used to make merchandise and items that are eco-friendly and do not spread impurities in the environment. Bamboo is now used to make bio-degradable plates and utensils, textiles and clothing that are environment friendly, golf tees, skateboards etc. These bamboo products are easier to shred and are the obvious choice for the green alternative today as they are safer for the environment.

Power generation from Animal Waste

Another revolutionary innovation of the 21st century is to use technology to recover and produce energy from animal waste. The animal waste and excreta are rich in organic matter and these are collected to generate energy. Thus, it keeps the environment clean and meets the additional demands of energy as well. Many organizations produce natural gas from animal waste and supply to cities to run their day-to-day activities.

Foam Core Panels

These panels are used to build environment friendly homes. Structural Insulated Panels have been in vogue for quite some time now. The newer houses make use of these foam core panels to be energy efficient, as the heat retaining capacity of these buildings are reduced. Thereby, reducing the effect of Urban heat Island, which in turn saves the environment from further contamination and pollution. The modular houses that use these foam core panels are the way forward for future generations towards building eco-friendly homes.

Ingersoll Rand is also striving hard to bring various eco-innovations to the world to ensure that the world is a better place to stay and has a healthy environment. Few of their products like Oil Free Compressed Air Solutions for the textile industry and the compressed air solutions for the automobile industry are a step in the direction of eco-innovations.

Therefore, these eco-innovations go a long way in ensuring that we do our bit towards safeguarding and protecting our environment so that we can give a better quality of life to the future generations without sacrificing the comfort of the present generation.

Ingersoll Rand offers wide range of sustainable and efficient products which is helpful for eco-friendly environment. Our other brands are Club Car, Thermo King and Trane.