The International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published for the first time by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a non-profit organization, has reported that the UK tops in energy efficiency closely followed by Germany, Italy and Japan. Among a total of 12 economies worldwide, the report notes that the US has progressed very little towards better efficiency, placing it in the 9th place.
TopTen USA, a major independent source of consumer data on energy efficient products, has revealed the latest ranking list of the most-efficient computer monitors, which include popular brands such as Dell, Philips, AOC, ViewSonic, Samsung and Acer, to name a few.
The winning projects of the Green Campus Challenge- Energy Efficiency in Higher Education will be announced on July 5, 2012. The Green Campus Challenge that has been conducted nationwide focuses on contributing towards the usage of energy efficiency measures in university campuses in Portugal. About 81 teams from all over the country have taken up this challenge.
The ninth annual Corporate Responsibility Report was released recently by IBM. The report enumerates a year-to-year comparison of IBM’s citizenship and philanthropic projects, environmental ventures, community partnerships, and employment policies and practices.
Helix Power Generators has announced a unique and efficient power conversion system that utilizes and converts wasted letdown pressure into electrical power. The system from Langson Energy is a Gas Letdown Generator (GLG) that converts wasted energy into profit. It has a low cost of maintenance, low cost of power and zero carbon emissions.
Coca-Cola in collaboration with Fuji Electric Retail Systems has developed the "A011" peak-shift vending machine as part of the "Apollo" ultra-energy-saving vending machine development project.
An on-going Kingston University research project which investigates whether members of a community can be facilitated to deliberately debate, develop and adopt new low energy norms, practices and lifestyles is marking its first anniversary.
Global Information (GII), an information service company, has announced the release of two market research reports on smart grids and smart metering. The reports find that deployments of smart grids are softening all over the globe due to lack of government stimulus funds and completion of existing projects.
PSE&G earned the title NJBIZ "Healthcare Hero" for its $129 million efficiency initiative in hospitals. This initiative is aimed at improving the health care quality in New Jersey.
The Building Technologies Division of Siemens has been chosen by Red Robin Gourmet Burgers to implement the Siemens Site Controls Energy Management Systems (EMS) in 40 Red Robin restaurants as a measure to reduce energy cost.
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