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Glasgow Schools Minimise Energy Waste With New Hot Water Temperature Controls

In a major schools investment programme, City Building (Glasgow) LLP is currently building 16 new primary schools in Glasgow and each is to have its hot water services supplied through a heat-traced single pipe system using Raychem HWAT self-regulating heating cables

25 Nov 2008

Organic Matter in Soil Being Changed by Global Warming

New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth

25 Nov 2008

Global Warming of the Future Predicted by Prehistoric Climate Change

Past warm periods provide real data on climate change and are natural laboratories for understanding the global climate system

24 Nov 2008

Development of Advanced Cellulose Ethanol

Swedish researchers at Taurus Energy, SEKAB, Chalmers Technical University and the University of Lund have signed an agreement on development and large scale implementation of a new improved bio-technical process for production of ethanol from lignocellulose feedstocks

24 Nov 2008

Westinghouse to Go Nuclear in India

Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that its expects its participation in a nuclear-focused trade mission to India next week to be the beginning of a long and mutually rewarding relationship with a wide range of Indian power companies, suppliers and academic institutions

24 Nov 2008

Weak Points of Wind Turbines to be Studied at New Experimental Research Facility

On 25 November a new research facility will be inaugurated. Here, scientists will be able to experiment with different physical loads on wind turbine blades, corresponding exactly to what the wind does to the blades during a lifetime

24 Nov 2008

Building of the Future Shows Off Intelligent Construction, New Materials and Energy Saving Systems

November 5, 2008 saw the inauguration of an unusual building, inHaus2. For about one-and-a-half years, this building has been the subject of research and development concerning intelligent construction, new materials and energy-saving systems

24 Nov 2008

Clean, Cool, and Cost-Effective Personal Mobility Vehicles for Security

A market exists in the security, military, law enforcement and public event space addressing the need for alternative, all-electric "green" vehicles

24 Nov 2008

Using a Sustainable Garden Roof as an Environmentally Friendly Construction Material

Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and indigenous plants to determine which are the best for reducing energy consumption inside buildings

24 Nov 2008

Bright, Efficient LED Lighting from OSRAM for 2010 Ford Mustang

Along with the 2010 Mustang's distinctive rear combination taillamps, OSRAM supplied the complete exterior package including the fog lamps, LED CHMSL, front and rear side marker lamps and the D3S XENON headlamp

24 Nov 2008