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Steelcase Gets Sustainability Award for Life Cycle Thinking

Steelcase, the global leader in the office furniture industry, has been awarded a British FISP (Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme) certificate in acknowledgment of its pioneering “Life Cycle Thinking” approach and sustainable manufacturing ethos

26 Jun 2008

New Report Looks at the Regulatory Challenges of the Use of Nanomaterials in Food Packaging

Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs), which contain novel properties that offer potential benefits for use in food packaging, raise new safety evaluation challenges for regulators and industry, according to a report rel...

25 Jun 2008

Saflex Thin Film Solar Panel Business Started by Solutia

Solutia Inc today announced the establishment of its Saflex Photovoltaic business, which serves the rapidly growing market for thin-film solar panels

25 Jun 2008

NIST Sets the Standard for Energy Efficient LED Lights

Scientists at NIST, in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting in the United States

25 Jun 2008

Researchers Discover Way to Move Oxygen Through a Fuel Cell at Lower Temperatures

Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team has uncovered a novel structure that moves oxygen ions through the cell at substantially lower temperatures than previously thought possible.

25 Jun 2008

Plantic Wins PACIA Sustainability Award for Biodegraable Packaging and Materials

Plantic Technologies Limited manufacturer of biodegradable packaging and materials, has been selected as the winner of this year’s PACIA Sustainability (Plastics) Award

24 Jun 2008

Spectacular Growth in Thin Film Solar Electric Technologies Discussed at Conference

On June 11 this year, the international solar energy conference took place in Munich entitled The Thin-film Future

24 Jun 2008

Testing Verifies Long Lifetime for Flexible Organic Power Plastic Solar Cells from Konarka

Konarka Technologies, an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced that the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has verified that the company’s flexible organic based photovoltaic (PV) solar cells demonstrate outstanding high lifetime after comprehensive environmental testing under accelerated conditions, including high temperature storage and prolonged illumination

24 Jun 2008

LED Lamps Now Available for Replacing Halogen and Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Lamina Lighting Incorporated, the world leader in the development and manufacturer of high-power LED light engines, today announced immediate availability of their highly popular LED-based replacement lamp

24 Jun 2008

Applied Materials Rejects Accusation of Patent Infringement on Thin Film Solar Cell Technology

Applied Materials believes that its SunFab thin film solar tandem junction technology does not infringe European Patent No. EP 0 871 979 issued to the University of Neuchatel. Applied Materials' unique and proprietary manufacturing process and tandem junction cell structure are the result of substantial research and development

24 Jun 2008

Report Finds That A Low Carbon Society Is Completely Feasible

The Low Carbon Society (LCS) is not a utopian vision, but is both technically and economically feasible. These are the findings from the Japan-UK Low Carbon Society project published today in a special edition of the journal Climate Policy

24 Jun 2008

Alcoa Chairman Joins Global Executives Calling for G8 to Lead on Climate Change

Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda joined 99 global business leaders last week in calling for the Group of 8 (G8) leaders to take the lead on climate change and to commit to halving emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050

24 Jun 2008

DuPont Opens New Technical Center Boasting Solar Power

DuPont Microcircuit Materials, part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, recently celebrated the opening of a new technical center in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Powered in part by a 4.25 kilowatt solar panel, the center provides research, development and technical support for its customers in the photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry who use DuPont Solamet thick film metallization pastes

24 Jun 2008

MIT and Bosch For Energy Research Collaboration to Explore New Materials and Energy Efficient Conversion and Storage

As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, are forming an energy research collaboration aimed at exploring new materials and concepts for efficient energy-conversion and energy-storage systems

24 Jun 2008

Dow Corning to Cointribute to Next Generation Hybrid Vehicle

Dow Corning Corporation’s Compound Semiconductor Solutions is a key member of a Delphi Corporation-led team that was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to lead an industry and government team to develop a next generation propulsion inverter for hybrid vehicles.

24 Jun 2008