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Biofilm Research Sets Standards for Household Items Like Antibacterial Products

Montana State University scientist Darla Goeres knows that there is more than one way to grow a biofilm, a fact that she uses to make sure that when a product claims it kills "99 percent" of bacteria, it really does the job

24 Aug 2008

International Beach Preservation Finds New Home at Western Carolina U

Western Carolina University is the new home to the offices of the Santa Aguila Charitable Trust, an international organization devoted to the protection and preservation of beaches around the world, and recent WCU graduate Adam Griffith has been hired as director of the trust’s Beachcare program

24 Aug 2008

Zipcar Car Sharing Program Comes to University of Miami Campus

Car-sharing program offers fuel efficient vehicles on demand

24 Aug 2008

America's Largest Bike Sharing Program Debuts at Democratic National Convention

Bike-sharing officially rolled into Denver today as Mayor John Hickenlooper launched the nation's largest bike-sharing program to date

24 Aug 2008

BMW Hydrogen Car Completes 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour

The BMW Hydrogen 7 - the first hydrogen-powered luxury sedan - pulled into Los Angeles this morning to finish a more than 4,000 mile cross-country journey featuring hydrogen-powered cars

24 Aug 2008

Coca-Cola Shows Environmental Commitment Through Olypics and Paralympics With Sustainable Cothing Made for Recycled Bottles

During August and September, one of the most-visible expressions of The Coca-Cola Company’s commitment to environmental stewardship will be the thousands of reminders worn by the world’s greatest athletes at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

24 Aug 2008

Environment-Friendly 'eKOfresh' Coolers Installed as Refrigeration Equipment for Coca-Cola at Beijing Olympics

The first-time, across-the-board installation at the Olympic Games of an entire lineup of HFC-free coolers and vending machines marks a highly visible step forward in The Coca-Cola Company's long-range energy management and climate protection plan

24 Aug 2008

Haier Has Major Role in Helping Beijing Olympics to be Green

Haier, the world's fourth largest white goods manufacturer and the official white goods sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is proud to have contributed to the green efforts in Beijing and the co-host cities by providing environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient home appliances to all Olympic venues

24 Aug 2008

Science Talk to Focus on How Nanotechnology Can Help Renewable Energy Storage

The science of renewable energy storage and how nanotechnology can benefit that science is the subject of Los Alamos National Laboratory's next Frontiers in Science Lecture beginning August 26 in Los Alamos

24 Aug 2008

Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Executive Home Uses Solid Aircrete Walls

Solid walls of Thin Jointed aircrete proved to be a fast and effective answer when Paulo Mondadori wanted to build an energy efficient and environmentally friendly executive home in Wimbledon, south west London

22 Aug 2008

Ceramic Nanotechnology Product From CerMet Lab Increases Fuel Economy in Heavy Duty Trucks

A vigorous SAE J1321 Type II fuel consumption test, performed by an independent testing company, has verified the ability of a ceramic nano-technology product from CerMet Lab to increase fuel economy in a heavy-duty truck

21 Aug 2008

Pilkington K Glass Recommended by the Housing Corporation’s Fit For The Future, The Green Homes Retrofit Manual.

Pilkington K Glass has been recommended by the Housing Corporation’s Fit For The Future – The Green Homes Retrofit Manual

21 Aug 2008

CertainTeed Invests In Environmentally Friendly Building Blocks for Wall Construction

CertainTeed Corporation, has made an investment in ARXX to
further develop the growing market for ARXX's innovative Apex Block, a naturally insulating cement-foam building material used for both above and below grade walls

21 Aug 2008

Lessons Learnt Added to Code For Building Sustainable Homes

Lessons learnt by the first four developers to design and build to the Code for Sustainable Homes on the BRE Innovation Park have led to the compilation of detailed guidance in a BRE Information paper entitled Applying the Code for Sustainable Homes on the BRE Innovation Park

21 Aug 2008

Optima Recycling Program to Lead to Zero Waste by 2010

As the warnings keep on coming about the state of our planet, Optima, the UK's market leading partitioning specialist has vowed to completely cut waste to landfill out of their operations through recycling by 2010

21 Aug 2008