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ENERGY Star Approved House Plans Launched by Home Designers

The House Designers (THD) and ENERGY STAR have partnered to offer consumers an exclusive collection of Green House Plans

14 Dec 2008

USC Expands Green Courses and Programs

Recognizing that a humanistic education must cover sustainability, USC expands its 'green' courses and programs

11 Dec 2008

New Era of Solar Energy Will Be One of Survival of the Fittest

A visit to the bar at the top of the Jimao tower in Shanghai, one of the highest buildings in the world, presents the dynamics of the Chinese PV industry in better perspective

11 Dec 2008

New Controller Released for Energy Efficient LED Lighting Systems

Following the release of the world's first microcontroller (MCU) with four-channel constant-current drive for LED lighting systems, NEC Electronics Corporation this month began shipment of 14 new 8-bit All Flash MCUs for energy-efficient lighting applications

11 Dec 2008

New High Efficiency, Low Energy Light Bulb Technology from GE

Miniaturized electronics developed by GE Consumer + Industrial engineers and scientists are the enabling technology of a new covered GE Energy Smart compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb featuring the GE Spiral CFL inside the glass bulb

11 Dec 2008

Fuel Cell Research Center Established by University of Delaware

The University of Delaware has established the Center for Fuel Cell Research (CFCR) to improve the understanding of fuel cells and address critical issues and barriers to commercialization

10 Dec 2008

Green Construction Course from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Construction management Department at UALR offers a new course this spring teaching builders the techniques of building environmentally friendly new construction and retrofitting existing business to be more green

10 Dec 2008

Urban Agriculture Summit From Sky Vegetables

Sky Vegetables, will host a summit of industry-leading specialists from around the world at the first-ever Building-Integrated Sustainable Agriculture (B-ISA) Summit

10 Dec 2008

Stunted and Deformed Fish in Polluted San Francisco Water

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs

10 Dec 2008

New Guidebook Gives Schools Instruction to Generate the Power They Consume

California's State and Consumer Services Agency (SCSA) announced the release of Grid Neutral - Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges, a step-by-step guide to help California schools and community colleges cut energy costs through on-site electricity generation

10 Dec 2008