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Electrolux Introduces Green Vacuum Cleaner

Don't let the color fool you - the newest Electrolux vacuum, though
mostly black, is actually "greener" than it appears. Made of 55 percent recycled plastic and incorporating "greener" energy-saving features, UltraSilencer Green offers cleaning convenience in a quiet, eco-friendlier design

6 Aug 2009

ECOtality's eTec Teams Up With Nissan for the Largest Deployment of Electric Vehicles and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, has been selected by U.S. Department of Energy for a grant of approximately $99.8 million to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history

6 Aug 2009

Environmentally Friendly Treatment For 1930s Style House

A 1930s house built in 2008 is about to undergo the first of three energy efficiency upgrades which will ultimately convert an energy inefficient house into a zero carbon home designed to meet the Government's 2016 CO2 targets for all new housing

6 Aug 2009

SANYO 'eneloop' Rechargeable Batteries to Replace All Dry Cell Batteries at California Center for Sustainable Energy

SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO), has partnered with the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) to replace all traditional dry cell batteries in the CCSE’s facilities with SANYO ‘eneloop’ rechargeable batteries

5 Aug 2009

Ford Takes Their Sustainable Vehicle Paint Global

Global paint shops in India, Romania, Mexico and China are in the process of rolling out a Ford-exclusive paint technology that will not only save the shops time and money, but will lessen their environmental footprint and result in a high-quality product

5 Aug 2009

A123Systems Gets Grant For Electric Vehicle Power System Development

A123Systems announced today that it was awarded a $249 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative. Under the terms of the $249 million grant, A123 will be required to match the funds over time as they are used

5 Aug 2009

Nansulate Launches Green Projects Photo Gallery to Show Energy Saving Solutions

Industrial Nanotech, announced today that the Company has launched a "Green Projects Photo Gallery" on its website to educate consumers on the wide range of projects worldwide that have utilized the Company's patented Nansulate line

5 Aug 2009

Insects May Spread Nanotechnology Pollution Around the Environment

A new study raises the possibility that flies and other insects that encounter nanomaterial "hot spots," or spills, near manufacturing facilities in the future could pick up and transport nanoparticles on their bodies, transferring the particles to other flies or habitats in the environment

5 Aug 2009

Space Research Helps to Save Money and Energy For Transport Companies

At the 2008 European Satellite Navigation Competition, backed by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, German T-Systems/DHL put up a prize for the best idea on how to utilise transport capacity better. They were looking for a solution to scrutinise vehicles' shipping space and identify and localise unused capacity automatically, which would then be filled by short-notice shipping orders

5 Aug 2009

Student Works On An Energy Revolution Of Solar Powered Cars

Research is underway that is aimed at creating a thin, flexible organic solar cell that could power a tent or keep a car charged between trips to work and back home again

5 Aug 2009

Lotus Systems To Build Solar Cell Production Line in Germany

Lotus Systems has received an order from a large German solar cell manufacturer to install fully automated wet chemical process lines for cell production

5 Aug 2009

Shin-Etsu Launches Product Range for Solar Power Marketplace

Shin-Etsu Chemical, one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, has introduced a range of products specifically designed for the PV (photovoltaic) and solar marketplace

4 Aug 2009

UNIFEM Joins United Nations Seal the Deal Campaign on Climate Change

UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi has signed onto the United Nations Seal the Deal campaign, joining several other UN agencies and organizations that are encouraging governments to reach an ambitious and effective global climate agreement in Copenhagen this December

4 Aug 2009

Exxon Ignores Petition to Stop Threatening Endangered Whales

ExxonMobil has ignored a petition from more than 50,000 people demanding the oil and gas giant and several other companies suspend activities that harm the Western gray whale, one of the world’s most critically endangered whales

4 Aug 2009

Solar Cells Made From Plastic Promise to Change the Way Electricity is Generated

University of Washington researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for development of more efficient materials

4 Aug 2009