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LED Collection Offers Energy-Saving and Environmentally-Friendly Alternatives

New products introduced by Progress Lighting this year feature a variety of indoor and outdoor collections, as well as additions to the EVERLUME LED (light emitting diode) residential lighting line.

29 Jan 2008

Company Tops EPA Green Power Partner List

Intel Corporation said today it will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates as part of a multi-faceted approach to reduce its impact on the environment, making Intel the single-largest corporate purchaser of green power in the United States, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

29 Jan 2008

Consumers Don't Have to Give Up Stylized Decor by Going Green

Green Builders, Inc., the leading large-scale community developer of green, sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas area, has opened its first green merchandised model home in Georgetown Village to illustrate how consumers do not have to give up their stylized decor by going green.

28 Jan 2008

BASF Showcases State-of-the-Art Energy Efficient Housing

The first of six properties designed to show case state-of-the-art energy efficient housing will be officially opened on Wednesday January 30 2008 at The University of Nottingham.

28 Jan 2008

Using Nanowires to Produce More Affordable Solar Cells

Millions of nearly invisible wires may hold the answer to making solar cells a more affordable source of alternative energy.

26 Jan 2008

Partnership to Help Develop Green Technologies

MIT and Switzerland-based ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, have formed a partnership on energy research to help meet the world's need for clean electricity and energy efficiency.

26 Jan 2008

RECs Brokered by MotivEarth Now Eligible to be Green-e Certified

The Center for Resource Solutions announced today that renewable energy certificates (RECs) brokered by MotivEarth, LLC are now eligible to be Green-e certified.

26 Jan 2008

College Students are Catching the Green Wave

Businesses and consumers have learned that sustainable development or "green technology" results in both environmental protection and economic growth. And with some help from EPA, college students around the country are also catching the "green wave." Fifty-eight university teams were awarded $580,000 in EPA grants to work on sustainable solutions for environmental problems.

24 Jan 2008

Wal-Mart Addresses Climate Change

In a speech to more than 7,000 managers at the annual kick-off meeting for its U.S. stores, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. president and CEO Lee Scott today said the company would continue to demonstrate leadership and work for change on major issues important to Wal-Mart's customers, communities, associates and suppliers worldwide.

24 Jan 2008

A Week to Change Tomorrow

On 28 January the European Commission will launch the second EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW 2008). It is the world's largest open forum on sustainable energy bringing together stakeholders on a local, regional, national and European level to debate strategies for a more sustainable future in terms of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, clean transport and alternative fuels.

24 Jan 2008