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Green Technologies Contribute to Building Environmentally Friendly Home For $100000

Chad Ludeman, founder of the development company Postgreen, has achieved his goal of building a new, LEED Platinum home in Philadelphia for only $100,000 by keeping the design basic and the building technologies green

23 Jul 2009

Energy Efficient Windows From BASF Being Promoted for Stimulus Funding Building Projects

With the passage of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package, more than $50 billion in funding is available to modernize schools and federal buildings. Replacing older windows with new units that incorporate warm-edge thermoplastic spacer (TPS) technology can help upgrade these facilities while improving their energy efficiency

23 Jul 2009

Warning Issued About Remediation of Buildings Contaminated With Toxic Chinese Drywall

A leading forensic expert on building envelope, water intrusion, toxic mold, and Chinese drywall, is issuing a warning to those conducting remediation on homes and buildings across states including Florida

23 Jul 2009

Peace Keepers Plant Trees to Help Save the Planet

UN peace keeping troops in Liberia have been planting trees to contribute to the UNEP-led Billion Tree campaign

23 Jul 2009

Universities Join UN Climate Change Program

Six universities from the US, UK, Spain and China have become the first academic institutions to come on board the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net) - an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action to de-carbonize our economies and societies

23 Jul 2009

Coca-Cola Sets Goal of Reducing Carbon Footprint by 15 Percent by 2020

Coca-Cola Enterprises announced today that it has set goals for its five strategic Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) focus areas and has committed to achieving these goals by the year 2020 - what the company is calling "Commitment 2020"

23 Jul 2009

Calcium Reveals Carbon Storage Potential of Soil

As carbon is released through fossil-fuel burning and changing land use, scientists are seeking a more accurate understanding of carbon storage and cycling. Calcium in rainfall may reveal soil's carbon storage potential

23 Jul 2009

Wacker Releases New Protective Material for Encasing Solar Cells

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, will be using the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition to present a new thermoplastic encapsulant for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules

23 Jul 2009

Wind Power to be Advanced by New Partnership

It is predicted that wind energy could provide as much as 13 per cent of global electricity demand in 2020 and as much as 25 per cent in 2030. A partnership announced today aims to advance wind-power technology using composite materials

23 Jul 2009

Thin Film Solar Cells Made From Compound Semiconductors

The laboratory for photovoltaics of the University of Luxembourg has produced its first thin film solar cells made from compound semiconductors, already reaching a 12 percent efficiency. Thin film solar cells are considered the next generation of solar cells and are expected to be considerably cheaper

23 Jul 2009

'Yellow Gap' Being Closed by New LED Lights Philips Lumileds

So far no highly efficient monochromatic LEDs have been available
for the "yellow gap" at around 560 nm. Now researchers with Philips Lumileds have developed a monochromatic nitride diode that closes this gap

23 Jul 2009

Seeing 'Green' With Sunglasses Made From Castor Oil Based Renewable Biomaterials

A total of 20 new 'Evolve' sunglass frame models are made entirely of Rilsan Clear G830 Rnew, a bio-renewable sourced polymer derived from castor oil

23 Jul 2009

Environmentally Friendly, Improved LED Street Lights Launched

Enfis Group Plc., an innovator of intelligent LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced the launch their new Innovate Series of LED arrays for use in myriad street lighting applications throughout North America

23 Jul 2009

"Greening of Architectural Glass" Campaign from PPG Wins Award

PPG Industries’ architectural glass business has won a 2009 Pro-Comm
Award of Excellence from the Business Marketing Association (BMA)

23 Jul 2009

Ultra Accelerated Weathering System, Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrating Collector and Microbattery Named As Top Innovators

An ultra-accelerated weathering system, a parabolic trough solar concentrating collector, and a microbattery, all developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), were honored as top 100 innovations for 2009 by R and D Magazine

23 Jul 2009