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Construction Campies to Halve the Amount of Waste Sent to Landfill

Leading companies across the construction supply chain have committed to collectively halve the amount of construction waste sent to landfill by 2012

11 Dec 2008

New Controller Released for Energy Efficient LED Lighting Systems

Following the release of the world's first microcontroller (MCU) with four-channel constant-current drive for LED lighting systems, NEC Electronics Corporation this month began shipment of 14 new 8-bit All Flash MCUs for energy-efficient lighting applications

11 Dec 2008

New High Efficiency, Low Energy Light Bulb Technology from GE

Miniaturized electronics developed by GE Consumer + Industrial engineers and scientists are the enabling technology of a new covered GE Energy Smart compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb featuring the GE Spiral CFL inside the glass bulb

11 Dec 2008

European Butterflies Face Threat from Climate Change

Climate change will cause Europe to lose much of its biodiversity as projected by a comprehensive study on future butterfly distribution

11 Dec 2008

Fuel Cell Research Center Established by University of Delaware

The University of Delaware has established the Center for Fuel Cell Research (CFCR) to improve the understanding of fuel cells and address critical issues and barriers to commercialization

10 Dec 2008

Green Construction Course from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Construction management Department at UALR offers a new course this spring teaching builders the techniques of building environmentally friendly new construction and retrofitting existing business to be more green

10 Dec 2008

Urban Agriculture Summit From Sky Vegetables

Sky Vegetables, will host a summit of industry-leading specialists from around the world at the first-ever Building-Integrated Sustainable Agriculture (B-ISA) Summit

10 Dec 2008

Earth Hour to be Huge Boost to Climate Change Awareness

Dozens of events around the world today marked the launch of the campaign for Earth Hour 2009, a global climate event for which 74 cities in 62 countries have already committed to switch off their lights on March 28

10 Dec 2008

Stunted and Deformed Fish in Polluted San Francisco Water

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs

10 Dec 2008

Global Food Security Through Organic Farming

Ogranic Farming methods proven worldwide can sustain farmer profits, address hunger and malnutrition and restore ecological health

10 Dec 2008

Emirates to Make World's Longest Green Flight

On December 15th, Emirates Airline, with one of the world's youngest fleets, will trial a new environmental program to execute the longest green journey

10 Dec 2008

Keep America Beautiful and the Curbside Value Partnership Team Up to Increase Recycling

The national nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the Curbside Value Partnership (CVP) announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance designed to increase participation in curbside recycling programs

10 Dec 2008

New Guidebook Gives Schools Instruction to Generate the Power They Consume

California's State and Consumer Services Agency (SCSA) announced the release of Grid Neutral - Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges, a step-by-step guide to help California schools and community colleges cut energy costs through on-site electricity generation

10 Dec 2008

Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings For Californian Schools With Custom-Bilt Metal Roofs

Custom-Bilt Metals is pleased to announce its low-maintenance and energy-saving Titan Cool Roof metal roofing is helping Southwest College to significantly reduce its energy costs and contribute to green building energy certification

9 Dec 2008

Software Quantifies Carbon Sequestration of Urban Trees

U.S. Forest Service scientists are providing online software that can show users how much carbon dioxide an urban tree in California has sequestered in its lifetime and the past year

9 Dec 2008