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New Porsche Offers More Power With Improved Fuel Economy and Lower Carbon Emissions

Four new Porsche 911 models -- the 911 Carrera Coupe, 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S Coupe, and 911 Carrera S Cabriolet -- offer a higher level of performance, efficiency and driver comfort than their predecessors

15 Sep 2008

Owens Corning Releases Tool Kit to Promote Re-Insulation

Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, today launched a full set of business solutions to help its building materials customers easily, efficiently and profitably enter an emerging and growing market category -- re-insulation

11 Sep 2008

Optoelectronics Forum Examines the Role of Photonics in Our Sustainable Future

The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) concluded its Green Photonics forum today examining the role of optoelectronics in a sustainable future

11 Sep 2008

EPA Releases Tool To Help Americans Go Green At Work

EPA has revealed a new online tool to provide Americans with tips and information on how to save energy and protect the environment in the workplace

10 Sep 2008

Nanotechnology Paint Can Kill Germs in Hospital When the Lights are Turned On

New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on

10 Sep 2008

National Green Building Conference Honors Green Builders and Architects

The NAHB's National Green Building Award for "Single Family Affordable Home of the Year" went to Green Builders, Inc. in Austin, Texas for its Sycamore model. Architect Donovan Davis of Danze & Davis Architects, Inc. and The House Designers, designed the award-winning house plan

9 Sep 2008

Nanoscale Silver Use To Present Environmental Challenges

Widespread use of nanoscale silver will challenge regulatory agencies to balance important potential benefits against the possibility of significant environmental risk, highlighting the need to identify research priorities concerning this emerging technology, according to a new report released today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN)

9 Sep 2008

Portable Light Project Wins Technology Award

A groundbreaking renewable energy project directed by Sheila Kennedy, professor of the practice of architecture at MIT and principal of KVA MATx in Boston, has won an international award for technology that benefits humanity

9 Sep 2008

Light Pollution Assessment Framework Developed by Lighting Research Center

Balancing public and private interests for nighttime lighting has been a difficult undertaking, as too little lighting may increase safety and security issues, while too much lighting may cause problems for the environment and for human well being. Scientists in the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed the first ever comprehensive method for predicting and measuring various aspects of light pollution

8 Sep 2008

Environmentally Conscientious iPod Sound System Made From Bamboo

The one year-old audio brand Vers is taking a very different path than the rest of the plastic iPod sound system world with its sustainably-designed wood sound system line made using bamboo

8 Sep 2008