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LED Lights Design Competition Announces Three Best Entries

Following a successful first round of the "LED - Emotionalize your light" competition supported by OSRAM and Siemens, the three best lighting concepts have been chosen

19 Jul 2009

Low Cost Generator Set to Bring Power to Poor Communities

A low-cost generator with the potential to transform lives in the world's poorest communities is now being tested across the UK and in Nepal

19 Jul 2009

Chinese Made LED Watches Undercutting Japanese and Korean Made Products

Established manufacturers of LED watches are facing a new challenge from China wholesale LED watch manufacturers

19 Jul 2009

Aluminum Decking Now Sustainable and Recyclable

Wahoo Decks, a leading manufacturer of aluminum decking products, has recently developed recyclable, sustainable options for deck boards, deck joists and deck railing allowing builders, contractors and homeowners to extend the sustainability of their homes to their outdoor living areas

19 Jul 2009

UK Eco-Towns Given the Green Light by Housing Minister

Greener living in Britain's first eco-towns will become a reality for up to 30,000 people in five years' time, as Housing Minister John Healey today announced the four sites that have passed the Government's tough standards to go through to the next planning phase, full public consultation and local planning approval

17 Jul 2009

Accurate Models of the Last Global Warming Points to Answers About Future Climate Change

By accurately modeling Earth’s last major global warming — and answering pressing questions about its causes — scientists led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison climatologist are unraveling the intricacies of the kind of abrupt climate shifts that may occur in the future

17 Jul 2009

Sustainable Product Index Announced by Walmart

Walmart has announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index during a meeting with 1,500 of its suppliers, associates and sustainability leaders at its home office. The index will establish a single source of data for evaluating the sustainability of products

17 Jul 2009

Pakistan Sets World Record For Tree Planting

Pakistan set the Guinness World Record for tree planting, beating India in a healthy and productive international competition contributing to preserving fragile and endangered forests

17 Jul 2009

MIT Researchers Tracking Trash

What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or "disposable" razors? A team of MIT researchers today announced a major project called Trash Track, which aims to get people thinking about what they throw away

17 Jul 2009

Germany Leading the Way on Solar Photovoltaic Power

Germany has been leading the way towards a healthy solar energy market for some years now. Despite the global economic crisis, and a decreasing feed-in tariff, the German market has been reporting growth figures of around 20-30 percent per year, and solar energy companies in Germany are reasonably optimistic about the near future

16 Jul 2009

New Material From SABIC Innovative Plastics Increases Colour Durability of Carpet Made With Recycled Plastics

Working closely with carpet maker Interface Americas and its converter, Universal Fibers, Inc., a leading supplier of high-end solution-dyed (melt pigmented) fibers, SABIC Innovative Plastics developed Valox iQ* 2205HV resin for carpet made from recylced plastics. The environmentally progressive, high-performance resin is used as a critical additive to provide permanent stain resistance and strong, consistent color, and to maximize PCR content

16 Jul 2009

Are Houses of Straw Going to be The Environmentally Friendly Buildings of the Future

Could straw houses be the buildings of the future? That's what researchers at the University of Bath will be testing this summer by constructing a "BaleHaus" made of prefabricated straw bale and hemp cladding panels on campus. And people around the world will be able to watch its progress online via "Strawcam"

16 Jul 2009

Fuel Cells Now Able to Compete With Any Form of Battery or Power Delivery For Vehicles and Other Applications

Fuel cells can compete with batteries, the internal combustion engine and the power grid. Hydrogen can compete with any fuel now produced and cause no pollution but its price is higher than gasoline or natural gas because it is difficult to transport and store

15 Jul 2009

Veeco Moves Into CIGS Solar Market

Veeco Instruments announced today that it has completed a transaction to purchase certain assets of DayStar Technologies, in order to accelerate its penetration of the rapidly growing copper, indium, gallium, selenium (CIGS) solar market

15 Jul 2009

Coal Industry Turns to Chemistry to Make Coal Power Cleaner and Greener

In an effort to make coal a cleaner energy source, an increasing number of companies are engaged in multimillion dollar efforts to develop and test technologies to capture and store carbon dioxide, a source of global warming

15 Jul 2009