ClassWork 2

Environmental Technology

Environmental Technology: It is a field where technology is used to help the environment in order to sustain a better future for humans. It is also referred as Clean or Green Technology. This field includes Green Chemistry, Environmental Monitoring and Sustainable Development. Environmental Technology is also used for finding new energy sources.

Examples of Environmental Technology:

 

·         Biofiltration

·         Biosphere Technology

·         Bioremediation

·         Composting toilet

·         Desalination

·         Doubly fed electric machine

·         Energy Conservation

·         Energy Saving Modules

·         Environmental Devices

·         Hydroelectricity

·         Hydrogen fuel cell

·         Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

·         Solar power

·         Thermal depolymerization

·         Wind power

·         battery-powered cars

Note: Above examples are taken from Wikipedia.

Water Purification: Removing germs, dust and other dirty elements in the water by using filters. A large population from the developing countries doesn’t have access to safe water. And statistics show that thousands of people die from drinking dirty water each year.

Air Purification: With hundreds of millions of cars and uncountable number of factories, the air we breathe is no longer filled with the oxygen we need. Carbon Dioxide has filled the atmosphere in the last 50 years, warming the planet as well as the atmosphere around it.

Waste Management: Now the world’s population has reached 7 billion people. We all dispose some amount of waste every day. A small city like Sulaimani has an average waste of 700 tons a day. If we abandon these wastes, diseases spread around and many people will fall victim.