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Tennessee Tech Uni Gets Funding for Wind Power Research

Wind power received a gust of support as the U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for 28 new wind energy projects, including an award to Tennessee Tech University for more than a quarter million dollars

20 Jul 2009

Iraq Moves to Protect the Ozone Layer

Iraq's country strategy to eliminate ozone-depleting substances is on track after being approved at the 58th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

20 Jul 2009

Tendril Helps Get Stimulus Grants for Smart Energy Pioneers

Tendril, creator of the Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem (TREE) for utilities, energy retailers and their consumers, has announced an initiative to provide its network of customers and partners with grant writing resources to navigate the complex Department of Energy (DOE) energy stimulus application process

20 Jul 2009

Greenpeace Pushes for Global Warming Causing Refrigeration Gases to be Phased Out

Greenpeace calls on Montreal Protocol signatories to follow the EU and Switzerland’s lead opening the discussion to search for alternatives to phase out highly global warming gases used as refrigerants and known as HFC a type of F-gas

19 Jul 2009

German Photovoltaic Industry Continues to Grow

The sales turnover of the manufacturers of equipment, machinery and plants for the photovoltaic industry in Germany for the first quarter of 2009 has exceeded the respective quarter of last year by 60 per cent

19 Jul 2009

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