Las Vegas is known for stage shows, creatively themed casinos, and triple-digit summer temperatures. Now, magnetic technology from MagnaDrive Corporation is helping one top Vegas hotel chain beat the heat.
A materials scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen within its crystal structure for later release.
Parental concerns in maintaining germ-free homes for their children have led to an ever-increasing demand and the rapid adoption of anti-bacterial soaps and cleaning agents. But the active ingredients of those antiseptic soaps now have come under scrutiny by the EPA and FDA, due to both environmental and human health concerns.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company's ClimateSmart(TM) program today announced it has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to one million tons of new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions on behalf of the nearly 30,000 customers enrolled in the voluntary carbon offset program. This is ClimateSmart's second RFP since the program launched in June of 2007.
EMCOR Group, Inc., a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its subsidiary Dynalectric Company of Oregon has begun work on a solar power array (multiple photovoltaic solar panels) for Portland Habilitation Center, a non-profit organization that trains and employs individuals with disabilities throughout Oregon and Washington state.
McDermott International, Inc. announced today that a subsidiary of The Babcock + Wilcox Company has been awarded a contract valued at more than $70 million to engineer and supply a circulating fluidized bed boiler and related emissions control equipment for Great River Energy's Spiritwood Station - a combined heat and power plant near Spiritwood, North Dakota.
According to the California Energy Council, only 15% of the gasoline in a car's tank moves it down the road. A large part of this inefficiency is due to the friction in the motor and tires. These losses are compounded by the motor itself which generally only produces 35% efficiency.
Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed the lighting renovation at the Oaks Country Club tennis facility in Sarasota, Fla. The renovation required that Sunovia replace the existing incandescent light fixtures at the facility with Sunovia's proprietary LED light fixtures, sold under the brand name EvoLucia(TM).
Avis Rent A Car announced that it will discontinue the printing and distribution of scores of customer brochures and other collateral marketing materials. The effort is expected to reduce paper consumption by 100 tons per year, preserving about 1,500 trees annually, and reducing Avis' costs.
Once a symbolic target of environmentalists, auto dealerships are now playing a leading role in the development of buildings and facilities exemplifying leading-edge environmental construction standards.
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