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Energy Conservation and Building Maintenance to be Focus of Conference

Did you know that buildings consume one-third of the energy worldwide? And that by 2030, world energy consumption is projected to increase 60 percent? Building owners and facility managers do not need to wait to ...

11 Nov 2008

Environmental Artificial Lagoons Showcased at Asian Property Market

Today, a Chile-based crystalline lagoon inventor and patent owner officially announces its presence of the state-of-the-art technology to Asian audiences at the third edition of MIPIM Asia, the world's property market in Asia

11 Nov 2008

Clean Coal Group Claims Using Renewable Energy For Electricity Will Harm Electricity Supply Grid

Drastically reducing carbon emissions through fuel switching could prove detrimental to the effectiveness of North America's transmission infrastructure, this according to a new report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation

11 Nov 2008

Carbon Trust Standard Achieved by Keele University

Keele University has been officially certified with the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change by reducing its carbon footprint by three per cent

11 Nov 2008

Solar Powered International Space Station to Become 'Greener' With Water Recycling

Christopher Ferguson, a Drexel University alumnus and Philadelphia native will lead the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour for the first time as mission commander. During the mission, crew members will install a system that recycles urine into drinking water

11 Nov 2008

University of Notre Dame Adopts Energy Efficient LED Lighting Program

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a leader in LED lighting, announces that the University of Notre Dame is joining the LED University(tm) program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs across their campuses

11 Nov 2008

NanoGram and Tokyo Electron Team Up on Thin Film Solar Cell Technology

NanoGram Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced products and solutions for optical, electronic and energy applications, announced today that it has extended its relationship with Tokyo Electron

11 Nov 2008

ABB Robotics Supplying Robots to Assist in Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells

From high-speed FlexPicker robots to larger industrial robots for glass and ingot handling applications, ABB Robotics, a leading robotics manufacturer, provides a diverse robot range for customers in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry

11 Nov 2008

SunPower Signs Deal to Supply Solar Panels to Italy

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with Italian solar plant integrator Ecoware

11 Nov 2008

LED Tubes Introduced to Replace Fluoroescent Tubes

GlacialTech Inc today announces the availability of T8 Light Emitting Diode (LED) light tubes

11 Nov 2008

Climate Change Predictions Using Clouds

The properties of clouds can be a key to predicting coming climate changes. This is shown by research at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden - which has also studied urban pollution

10 Nov 2008

Using Natural Plants to Produce Oil

Crude oil is getting more and more expensive, a fact clearly felt by the chemical industry. An alternative source of carbon is biomass, for instance colza and whey, which can likewise be used to produce chemical products

10 Nov 2008

Ethanol Demands Ties Crop Prices to the Petrol Pump, Not to the Grocery Shelves

Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half

10 Nov 2008

Researchers Link Autism With Rain

The American Medical Association journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has published a new study by researchers at Cornell University indicating evidence of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children

10 Nov 2008