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'''Sustainable Technology''' refers to ecologically efficient designs, innovations, improvements or solutions in various sectors or industries and provides significant savings in energy, materials and resources. It prevents negative impacts to the environment and allows the shift of resources from non-renewable to renewable, non-biodegradable to biodegradable, ecosystem consuming extractive systems to renewing and restorative ones. <ref> | '''Sustainable Technology''' refers to ecologically efficient designs, innovations, improvements or solutions in various sectors or industries and provides significant savings in energy, materials and resources. It prevents negative impacts to the environment and allows the shift of resources from non-renewable to renewable, non-biodegradable to biodegradable, ecosystem consuming extractive systems to renewing and restorative ones. <ref> | ||
[http://www.stechcapital.com/Sustainability.htm Sustainable Technology]</ref> | [http://www.stechcapital.com/Sustainability.htm Sustainable Technology]</ref> | ||
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| + | According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sustainable energy promotes scientific understanding, development and application of technologies to address different areas related to sustainability including [[systems analysis]], [[clean process]], green chemistry, and green engineering.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/ Sustainable Technology Research Areas]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 06:35, 2 February 2013
Sustainable Technology refers to ecologically efficient designs, innovations, improvements or solutions in various sectors or industries and provides significant savings in energy, materials and resources. It prevents negative impacts to the environment and allows the shift of resources from non-renewable to renewable, non-biodegradable to biodegradable, ecosystem consuming extractive systems to renewing and restorative ones. [1]
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sustainable energy promotes scientific understanding, development and application of technologies to address different areas related to sustainability including systems analysis, clean process, green chemistry, and green engineering.[2]
