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The Sustainable Construction of a Solar Energy Lab

The Business Case for Sustainability

“The interesting thing about quarries is that you have so many different functions on one site,” said Erik Brandsma, director-general of the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA). “In many applications, excavators are sufficiently stationary to be powered with electricity through cables. Crushers in our demonstration quarry could also get their power through cables. We could maybe develop plug-in hybrid solutions for haulers. In the future, machines could be fully electrified with batteries, leading to the possibility of fully autonomous, driverless machines guided by computer,” Brandsma says.

Volvo Expands Electrification Strategy to Construction Equipment

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Does Your Company Need a Sustainability Manager?

Seven Cat CG260 gas gensets from Mannheim, Germany, with gas clean-up and emissions reduction technologies, meeting all local-state-federal air quality requirements.

California Homes to be Powered by Trash

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Liebherr L 526, L 538 & L 546 Wheel Loaders

Liebherr's three newest Tier 4 Final mid-sized wheel loaders achieve 25% fuel savings compared to competitive wheel loaders of the same size class

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Bamboo Helps Make Concrete Both Stronger & More Sustainable

Abundant, sustainable and extremely resilient, bamboo has potential to become an ideal steel replacement for concrete reinforcement.

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Dyn@Lyzer Intelligent Compaction System

The Dyn@lyzer documentation system records and maps stiffness and stiffness progress of the compacted layer in real-time as well as temperature and number of passes.

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P7110B and P7170B Tier 4 Final Pavers

P7110B and P7170B Tier 4 Final pavers.

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Trimble R8s GNSS System with Field Link

Contractors can use R8s to take advantage of Global Navigation Satellite System technology when performing layout, as-built assessments and quality assurance (QA) checks, while using software designed for building construction positioning work

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Volvo EC35D & ECR40D Compact Excavators

Updates for Volvo's D-series models (EC35D and ECR40D) include 10% more cab space, 5% more fuel efficiency compared to previous models and 6% to 14% improvement in break-out and tear-out forces

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Wacker Neuson Tier 4 Final WL Wheel Loaders

Upgraded models come with 48- to 75-hp Tier 4 Final engines and updated cabs