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Environmentally Friendly PVC Packaging Replacements

At Pack Expo 2009, here, Spartech Corporation, a leader in the development and design of green packaging materials, has answered the demand for environmentally responsible, sustainable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) replacements with two families of products

8 Oct 2009

Adding Silver to Plastic to Make Cheap, Flexible Solar Cells

Researchers at Ohio State University are experimenting with polymer semiconductors that absorb the sun’s energy and generate electricity. The goal: lighter, cheaper, and more-flexible solar cells

8 Oct 2009

Evironmentally Paper Additives to be Presented at Coatex Conference

Coatex will catch the opportunity of the 2009 edition to present its high performance and environmentally friendly additives to the Pulp and Paper markets

8 Oct 2009

"Opportunities for Printed Silicon" Report Released by NanoMarkets Forecasting Used of Printed Silicon in Solar Cells, Displays and Other Devices

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, has just released its newest report, "Opportunities for Printed Silicon: 2009 to 2016." The report continues NanoMarkets' extensive industry coverage...

8 Oct 2009

Low Cost But High Efficiency Solar Cell Developed by IMEC and BP Solar

IMEC, one of the leading European research centers in photovoltaics, and BP Solar, a leading energy company, demonstrated a 18% conversion efficiency for silicon solar cells made of BP Solar’s newly developed Mono2 silicon

7 Oct 2009

IMEC Produces Solution Processed Polymer Organic Solar Cell

IMEC has demonstrated a fully solution-processed organic solar cell with a spray-coated active layer and a metal top contact spray-coated on top

7 Oct 2009

Solar Collectors Being Insulated Using Basotect from BASF

The international heating systems manufacturer Viessmann, Germany, now uses BasotectR to insulate its solar collectors. The light, flame-retardant melamine resin foam produced by BASF is fitted to the side walls and the rear of flat-plate collectors

7 Oct 2009

French Get Nude For Climate Change

700 volunteers posed nude in a French vineyard to send a message about climate change. This human art installation in the South of Burgundy was created by artist Spencer Tunick - to warn about the dangers of global warming.

6 Oct 2009

H+H Given Very Good Rating For Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products

H+H is the first company to achieve “very good” in the BES 6001:2008 Standard for the Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products. This means that all of its products from all manufacturing sites have gone through the exacting processes required to obtain this prestigious certification

6 Oct 2009

Alcoa to Discuss Sustainable Building Using Aluminum

Alcoa
(NYSE:AA) announced today that Eddie Bugg, Director, Sustainable Solutions
for Kawneer and Alcoa Building and Construction Systems, will discuss aluminum’s
role in sustainable building design at METALCON International 2009 next week
in Tampa, Florida. Bugg’s presentation, “Aluminum and Sustainable
Building Design”, will be held on Monday, October 5, 2009, from 1:00 –
2:30 p.m

5 Oct 2009

Joint French Research Team Developed for Thin Film Solar Power

Total and Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces (LPICM), a joint R&D research team between the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and France’s Ecole Polytechnique engineering school, today announce the creation of a joint research team focusing on thin film technologies for photovoltaic solar applications

1 Oct 2009

Energy Efficient LED Lighting Developed for Airport Taxiways

Lighting manufacturer OSRAM and Safegate, specialist for docking guidance and lighting systems at airports, have now developed resistant and energy-efficient LEDs for taxiways

1 Oct 2009

Airbus Welcomes Biofuel Jetfuel

Airbus welcomes the latest steps towards the approval by ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world, for the use of a 50 per cent synthetic jet fuel in commercial aviation

1 Oct 2009

From Printed Flexible Solar Cells to Biomedical Products, CSIRO Celebrates Breakthrough Technology

Flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury are just some of the research breakthroughs being developed by the new CSIRO National Research Flagship for Future Manufacturing launched today

1 Oct 2009

Chemical Management Reform Discussed by US EPA Administrator

In a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration's goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law

1 Oct 2009