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Scientists Are a Step Closer to Environmentally Friendly Magnetic Refridgerators and Air Conditioners

Scientists are a step closer to making environmentally-friendly 'magnetic' refrigerators and air conditioning systems a reality, thanks to new research published today in Advanced Materials

17 May 2009

Dupont Corian Featured in Sustainable House in Argentina

DuPont Corian was selected to be featured as a product in Casa Sustentable in Argentina to highlight the importance of recycling and reusing materials for construction and decoration

15 May 2009

Husk Insulation Wins Clean Energy Prize

The MIT Clean Energy Prize has announced that Husk Insulation was selected from more than 100 student entries from 40 colleges and universities across the country to receive the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Grand Prize

14 May 2009

U.S. EPA Climate Leaders Set Greenhoue Gas Reduction Goal With Novelis

Novelis announced today that its North American organization has established its greenhouse gas reduction goal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program

14 May 2009

Tiny LEDs Re-Inventing Video Displays

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed the smallest RGB Multi ChipLED especially for high-resolution full-color video screens with large diagonals and small viewing distances. The tiny dimensions of these components enable a very large number of pixels to be accommodated in a small display area

14 May 2009

Energy Saving Lamps from OSRAM Lighting Up Germany

With the Powerball HCI family OSRAM provides white light lamps for city lighting in Germany, which have a comparable light yield and therefore energy efficiency as sodium high-pressure lamps with their unbecoming yellow light

14 May 2009

Sion Power To Accellerate Battery Development for Electric Vehicles

Sion Power has announced an agreement to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power's proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology for the electric vehicle (EV) market and other high-energy applications

14 May 2009

Solar Power Investment By Vitronic

VITRONIC supplies manufacturers of solar cells and solar cell modules with high-performance inspection-systems. Optical quality inspection contributes to high-quality and clearly classified products. Such solar cells and modules are now producing energy for VITRONIC

14 May 2009

OSRAM Releases Mercury Free Xenarc Headlamps

With the Xenarc D3 and D4 high-pressure gas discharge lamps and matching D3-Xenaelectron control gear OSRAM is the first manufacturer to provide entirely mercury-free HID headlamp systems. As such, the lamps with the Hg free label are every bit as effective as mercury-containing solutions in terms of light output and colour temperature

14 May 2009

Swedish Pavillion at Expo 2010 to Use Energy Saving Steel

An energy-saving steel that can dissipate heat from solar radiation will enclose the buildings at the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai next year

14 May 2009

Environmentally Friendly Composite Pavers Helping Landscapers and Home Owners

VAST Enterprises, has a solution for landscape contractors who are striving to differentiate themselves and achieve greater efficiency improvements. In today's tough economy, forward-looking contractors could take advantage of a premium (and green) product for hardscapes
that enables them to get excellent results with less labor

14 May 2009

Better Solar Panels to Come From New Dupont Products

DuPont today announced the commercialization of two new families of photovoltaic encapsulant sheets that are expected to improve durability and efficiency of photovoltaic modules

14 May 2009

Scientists Develop Efficient Fuel Cell Catalyst

Material scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a technique for a bimetallic fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, robust and two to five times more effective than commercial catalysts

14 May 2009

Recycling Gets a Football Theme From Fan Cans

Fan Cans recently announced the latest addition to its product line-up: football-themed recycling and waste receptacles . The eye-catching products feature lids shaped like football player helmets, which can be produced in any color and branded with any team and corporate sponsor logos

14 May 2009

University of Tennessee Joins Oak Ridge National Lab in State Solar Initiative

University of Tennessee will join Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority as a partner in Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed Volunteer State Solar Initiative announced today

13 May 2009