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Insulation Film for Greenhouses Launched by Industrial Nanotech

"Nansulate Greenhouse", is a thin film, easy to apply, thermal insulation coating designed to be applied to the clear panels of greenhouses to reduce energy consumption and costs without reducing the passage of light critical to healthy plant growth

17 Feb 2009

LG Launches Solar Powered Mobile Telephone

LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today unveiled its eco-friendly mobile phone equipped with a solar panel battery cover

17 Feb 2009

LED Conference to Discuss the World of High Efficiency LED Lighting

IntertechPira is pleased to announce that the 10th installment of its internationally renowned LEDs conference series will be held October 20-22, 2009, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California

17 Feb 2009

Sustainability Reporting From Royal DSM N.V. Achieves Top Rating

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today announces that its Triple P report 2008 achieves an A+ according to the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative

17 Feb 2009

Alcoa Reduces Greenhouse Gas Production in the Manufacture of Aluminum

Alcoa announced that it continues its leadership position on climate change by achieving a 36 percent reduction in total direct greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 from its worldwide primary aluminum production process

17 Feb 2009

Reduced Cooling and Heating May Improve Health

Research conducted at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that operating buildings more energy efficiently could have benefits for the health of occupants and, surprisingly, also for their comfort

17 Feb 2009

Smart Driving Saves Fuel, Money and the Environment

A new system is using satellite navigation data to help car drivers develop smart, smooth and safe driving techniques that can help save an average of 15-25 percent in fuel, as well as contribute to environmental protection

16 Feb 2009

Biofuel Boom Could Lead to Rainforest Destruction

Farmers across the tropics might raze forests to plant biofuel crops, according to new research

16 Feb 2009

Global Crop Diversity Trust Seeks to Save 100000 Species of Plants From Extinction

Push by Global Crop Diversity Trust is rapidly reviving ailing seed samples from 46 countries that could provide genetic traits vital to maintaining global food security

16 Feb 2009

Monitoring Climate Change With Satellites

In the nearly 50 years of meteorological satellite observations, the data have increasingly been used to complement research satellite data for purposes of observing climate processes and monitoring change

16 Feb 2009

Atmospheric Measurements of Carbon Using Aircraft

Carbon dioxide (CO2) distinguishes itself as the fastest growing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere today. Policy decisions and regulation of CO2 emissions depends on our ability to measure the increase in the atmosphere and determine the source of the increase

16 Feb 2009