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Eco Friendly Foam Insulation Proving Better Than Traditional Insulation

More and more, eco-friendly foam insulation - which can lower heating and cooling costs up to 50 percent - is catching homeowners' attention. And it's no wonder. In addition to being better for the environment, foam insulation is proving to be a superior insulator

5 Nov 2008

Solar Cell Efficiency Upgrade from Blue Square Energy

Blue Square Energy, a developer and manufacturer of low-cost silicon solar cells, today announced that it has produced a 14.6 percent efficient solar cell with its patent-pending Bright Point technology

5 Nov 2008

Wine Industry Set to Embrace Sustainability

There is a unique opportunity in South Africa this week for the wine industry to engage with the conservation community and put sustainability on the global wine agenda

5 Nov 2008

Environmental Group Welcomes President Obama

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States has been welcomed by WWF - provided he sticks to the progressive environmental policies that he promised throughout his campaign

5 Nov 2008

New Lexan Thermoclear Sheet from SABIC Innovative Plastics Offers Superior Thermal Insulation for Glazing, Helping Customers Reduce Energy Costs

SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a new 9-wall Lexan Thermoclear sheet as an excellent candidate for applications such as flat glazing of sunrooms, conservatories, and rooflights, shopping centers, office buildings, and factories

4 Nov 2008

Hybrid Materials are Under Development as the Future of Solar Cells

Composite materials based on semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes are being developed as functional materials for efficient light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices

4 Nov 2008

Coral Reefs Found in Deep, Cold, Ocean

Imagine descending in a submarine to the ice-cold, ink-black depths of the ocean, 800 metres under the surface of the Atlantic. Here the tops of the hills are covered in large coral reefs

4 Nov 2008

Electrovaya Signs MOUs on Electric Cars, Trucks and Manufacturing Equipment

Electrovaya today announced that it has signed three MOU's in Beijing, China in the areas of electric cars, trucks and manufacturing equipment

4 Nov 2008

Eco-Town Standards Thrown Open for Public Consultation

Local communities will get their next chance to have their say on the eco-town proposals as Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today launches the Government's second round of formal consultation on the proposed locations and standards for eco-towns

4 Nov 2008

World Toilet Summit Takes a Good Look at Sanitation

The eighth annual World Toilet Summit and Expo will bring together United Nations agencies, civil society groups, industry pioneers, and other stakeholders in the international development community to discuss strategies for accelerating progress on worldwide sanitation issues

4 Nov 2008

Energy Saving Initiatives of MillerCoors Golden and Shenandoah Breweries Recognized by Department of Energy

MillerCoors recently was recognized by the Department of Energy (DOE) for implementing energy-saving initiatives to reduce electricity and natural gas usage at its Golden, Colo. and Shenandoah, Va. breweries. Both breweries received the DOE Energy Saver Award

4 Nov 2008

Entrepreneureal Students Form Renewable Energy Start Up Company

In February of last year, University of Wisconsin- Madison senior Ted Durkee teamed up with University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Brandon Gador, who graduated last spring, to found Powered Green, a startup company promoting the use of renewable energy. They officially launched the company at the end of September.

4 Nov 2008

A Million Tonnes of North Sea Fish Wasted Every Year

A million tonnes of fish and other sea creatures caught in the North Sea are thrown overboard every year, according to a new report from WWF-Germany

4 Nov 2008

New Alloy Hydrogen Tank Lighter Than a Battery and Suited for Powering Vehicles

Dutch-sponsored researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that an alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium and nickel is excellent at absorbing hydrogen. This light alloy brings us a step closer to the everyday use of hydrogen as a source of fuel for powering vehicles

4 Nov 2008

Solar Cell Production Begins for Suniva

Suniva Inc, a manufacturer of high value monocrystalline silicon solar cells, today announced that in less than 12 months after the initial planning it successfully began production of solar cells on its new 32MWp line in Norcross, Georgia

4 Nov 2008