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Patent Awarded For Technology That Generates Electricity From Moving Cars

New Energy Technologies, a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, today announced that the Company has now filed nine new patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order protect novel features of its recently prototyped MotionPower technology for generating electricity from the kinetic energy of moving vehicles

2 Jun 2009

Water Efficiency To Be The Focus of the Next Stage in Green Building

Over the next five years, water efficiency and conservation will become critical factors in green design, construction and product selection

2 Jun 2009

INSITE09 Constructing the Future, Showcases Sustainable Building

INSITE09 Constructing the Future opens it doors today to thousands of visitors who will be the first to see the latest phase of sustainable development on the BRE Innovation Park

2 Jun 2009

Installing Ceiling Insulation Now Easier For Australians

Environment Minister Peter Garrett has announced a new streamlined process and new guidelines to make it even easier for 2.9 million Australians to install ceiling insulation in their home

2 Jun 2009

Carbon Emissions In Australia Are Growing

The latest National Greenhouse Accounts released today demonstrate the need to turn Australia's emissions around, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said today

2 Jun 2009

People From Around the World Unite to Combat Climate Change on World Environment Day

People around the world will unite for the planet on 5 June for World Environment Day 2009, with a strong call for environmental action just six months before the crucial United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen

2 Jun 2009

Half of Cornell's Garbage Now Being Made Into Compost

Cornell University's eight-acre composting operation reduces the school’s total waste stream by half. It recently won a 2009 Environmental Quality Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2 Jun 2009

National Guard Recycling Programs To Be Enhanced by Bins Donated by Alcoa

Alcoa announced today that more than 50 U.S. Army National Guard facilities in Illinois, through support from the Illinois Recycling Association, will enhance their recycling programs by using recycling bins donated by Alcoa

1 Jun 2009

Green Aviation Named Among American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics List of Top Emerging Aerospace Technologies

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics list of top emerging aerospace technologies includes greener aviation, alternative fuels and efficient propulsion

1 Jun 2009

Electron Solar Energy Completes Sale of Their Largest Residential Solar Power Installation

Electron Solar Energy, an international distributor of alternative energy systems, announced today that the company has completed the sale of the largest residential installation sold by the company to date

1 Jun 2009

Yingli Green Energy, the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and Amtech Systems Team Up on Solar Cell Development

Yingli Green Energy, the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and Amtech Systems today announced a three-party research collaboration agreement to develop next generation high efficiency solar cells

1 Jun 2009

Catalytic Converters on Cars Now Better Understood

The chemical mechanism that occurs on the surface of an automotive catalytic converter has been deciphered thanks to an observation speed record

31 May 2009

DuPont Helping Companies Improve Their Environmental Profile With Sustainable Packaging

A diverse group of businesses in multiple market segments are turning to sustainable packaging solutions to improve the environmental profile of their product offerings, according to DuPont as the company today announced the winners of the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation at the industry's first online interactive exchange on sustainable packaging

31 May 2009

World's Largest Solar Panels Get IEC Certification

Applied Materials announced today that the 5.7m2 solar photovoltaic modules produced by its SunFab Thin Film Line, using both single and more advanced tandem junction technologies, were awarded International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) certification, validating their exceptional performance under extended outdoor exposure

31 May 2009

Solar Cells Being Made More Efficient With Laser Technology

At "Laser 2009" in Munich, June 15 to 18, Fraunhofer researchers will be demonstrating how laser technology can contribute to optimizing the manufacturing costs and efficiency of solar cells

31 May 2009