1.6 Future Trends
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an opportunity for minimizing risks and raising revenue, thus opening the door for
investors to invest in the sustainable growth of businesses.
1.6.3 Australia
In the future, Australia could go Green by producing 70% of its electricity needs
from the tri-generation (low-carbon production method) (Cogentenergy 2019). One
Central Park will be among the greenest as well as the most self-sufficient urban
development. Being among the most urbanized countries globally, Australia will
seek to have more zero waste cities and a circular economy.
1.6.4 Europe
In a matter of years, life cycle will become as crucial as lifestyle. To-date,
recycling has been quite successful at eliminating large quantities of materials
from the international waste stream. With the popularization of the cradle-to-cradle
design concept (entails the creation of a zero-waste stream design system), product
designers have increasingly begun considering not only the way to assemble the
products but also reuse the materials. During the next two decades or so, recycling
will be more sophisticated since retailers and manufacturers embed the concepts
of return, recycle as well as reuse into the production of products and sales.
One of the emerging trends is the electronic recycling adopted by Best Buy and
compostable chip bag introduced by SunChips. In the future, biomimicry will also
be a common aspect along with permaculture (designing human habitats that are
respectful and healthy to the environment as they mimic relationships found within
nature). Bioclimatic architecture will also become a common aspect (comprises
of the design of buildings that account for climatic conditions and tapping on the
available natural resources). Bioclimatic houses could significantly minimize the
use of energy and even eliminate the need for it.
1.6.5 North America
Regarding green transportation, there is a likelihood of the adoption of lighter
vehicles in the future. It is predicted that reducing the weight of a car by close
to 220 pounds could raise its energy efficiency by more than 3%, thus lowering
greenhouse gas emissions (Serrenho et al. 2017). It is the reason magnesium is being
considered, as it is the lightest metal on the planet. The Kinetic Energy Recovery
System technology could ultimately be utilized within passenger cars. The system
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an opportunity for minimizing risks and raising revenue, thus opening the door for
investors to invest in the sustainable growth of businesses.
1.6.3 Australia
In the future, Australia could go Green by producing 70% of its electricity needs
from the tri-generation (low-carbon production method) (Cogentenergy 2019). One
Central Park will be among the greenest as well as the most self-sufficient urban
development. Being among the most urbanized countries globally, Australia will
seek to have more zero waste cities and a circular economy.
1.6.4 Europe
In a matter of years, life cycle will become as crucial as lifestyle. To-date,
recycling has been quite successful at eliminating large quantities of materials
from the international waste stream. With the popularization of the cradle-to-cradle
design concept (entails the creation of a zero-waste stream design system), product
designers have increasingly begun considering not only the way to assemble the
products but also reuse the materials. During the next two decades or so, recycling
will be more sophisticated since retailers and manufacturers embed the concepts
of return, recycle as well as reuse into the production of products and sales.
One of the emerging trends is the electronic recycling adopted by Best Buy and
compostable chip bag introduced by SunChips. In the future, biomimicry will also
be a common aspect along with permaculture (designing human habitats that are
respectful and healthy to the environment as they mimic relationships found within
nature). Bioclimatic architecture will also become a common aspect (comprises
of the design of buildings that account for climatic conditions and tapping on the
available natural resources). Bioclimatic houses could significantly minimize the
use of energy and even eliminate the need for it.
1.6.5 North America
Regarding green transportation, there is a likelihood of the adoption of lighter
vehicles in the future. It is predicted that reducing the weight of a car by close
to 220 pounds could raise its energy efficiency by more than 3%, thus lowering
greenhouse gas emissions (Serrenho et al. 2017). It is the reason magnesium is being
considered, as it is the lightest metal on the planet. The Kinetic Energy Recovery
System technology could ultimately be utilized within passenger cars. The system