All articles for "Sustainability"

Engineering Competence

Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development

  Three “environmental ambassadors” have jointly won the 2009 Göteborg Award. The three recipients – Dr Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Nairobi, Kenya, [...]
Sustainability,
Industry

Alice Bah Kuhnke – Portrait of an involved life

Sektor3’s Alice Bah Kuhnke believes that voluntary organizations must be better at promoting themselves and show the impact that their work has on [...]
Sustainability,
Engineering Competence

Rebicycle

If Arno Scheepens had his way, his master’s project at the University of Delft would be the next wooden shoe of Holland. Student and part-time [...]
Motorbikes,Research and development,Sustainability,
Digital Technology

New “green” US headquarters

In May 2009, SKF inaugurated new US headquarters in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The new building is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) [...]
Sustainability,
Engineering Competence

Steven Beckers – with sustainability on his mind

  As a small boy on the lap of his architect grandfather, Steven Beckers knew that he too would become an architect. Now he has fulfilled that goal, [...]
Linear motion,Sustainability,
Industry

Best in CSR ranking

  According to a recent survey, SKF ranks No. 1 among companies in Sweden in providing information on its corporate website about its efforts in [...]
Sustainability,
Engineering Competence

New bearing solution for energy-efficient vehicles

SKF has delivered a new bearing solution for environmental micro-hybrid cars. This new magnetic sensor bearing solution is part of Valeo’s StARS [...]
Bearings,Cars,Sustainability,