cleantech

English

Etymology

From clean +‎ tech.

Pronunciation

Noun

cleantech (countable and uncountable, plural cleantechs)

  1. (manufacturing) Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.
    • 2009 January 19, Tyler Hamilton, “Clean tech programs losing steam”, in Toronto Star‎[1], archived from the original on 27 February 2009:
      If I'm getting impatient, one can only imagine the impatience of auto workers who have lost their job, promising cleantech start-ups that can't afford to commercialize their prototype […] .

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