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How to Finance Green Affordable Housing

On Earth Day, April 22, 2008, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council adopted a progressive Climate Action Plan intended to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions.

6 May 2008

Calvert Ranks Top Builders on Environmental and Sustainable Practices

Despite some encouraging environmental and energy-efficiency developments in recent years, none of America's 13 largest publicly traded homebuilders has "fully embraced the emerging market of sustainable building design and construction," according to a major new study by Calvert

6 May 2008

GT Solar to Supply Company with DSS450 Furnaces and Accessories

GT Solar Incorporated announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Nexolon Co., Ltd. of South Korea with DSS450 furnaces and accessories worth approximately $8.8 million (US). Deliveries are expected to be made over the next 5 months.

6 May 2008

Ground-Breaking Program that will Further Advance Colorado to a New Energy Economy

The Colorado Governor's Energy Office (GEO) has selected The Climate Trust to implement the Colorado Carbon Fund, a ground-breaking program that will further advance Colorado to a New Energy Economy.

6 May 2008

Exploring the Opportunities for Production of Cellulosic Biofuel

The Energy Biosciences Institute, the world's largest public/private consortium dedicated to the application of biosciences to the energy sector, has announced an initial set of 49 research projects for funding during the first year of EBI's 10-year program.

6 May 2008

DCSEC's Commitment to Building a Green Ballpark

The DC Sports and Entertainment Commission (DCSEC) has offset 70 percent of the electricity use at Nationals Park, home of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Washington Nationals, with its purchase of 14,600,706 kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs), from Boulder, Colo.-based Renewable Choice Energy, helping the ballpark to achieve silver-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

6 May 2008

Agreement Broadens Company's Influence into Waste and Recycling Industries

Axion International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Analytic Systems, Inc. an emerging leader in the alternative infrastructure and building products industry, today announced the signing of a lease/license agreement with American Container and Recycling, "ACR".

6 May 2008

Fast-Recovery MOSFETs Delivering All-Round Energy Savings

STMicroelectronics, a world leader in semiconductor devices for power applications, has announced a new family of fast-recovery MOSFETs that combine enhanced switching performance with on-resistance improved by more than 18% over existing devices, to meet the needs of efficiency-focused applications, including renewable-energy controllers.

6 May 2008

Green Reinforcing Fiber for Use in Concrete

Pure Earth, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nycon, Inc. and changed its name to New Nycon, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

6 May 2008

Converting to Biodiesel is a Win-Win for DTE Energy and the Environment

DTE Energy is lightening the environmental footprint of its 800 diesel-fueled trucks and service vehicles by converting the fleet to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel.

6 May 2008

Emission Targets and Efficiency Standards to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas

More than three-quarters of companies in the chemical, energy and natural resources industries worldwide are looking to policy makers to set a clear and consistent framework that supports technology innovation and lays out global emission targets and efficiency standards to help reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study on climate change released today by Accenture.

6 May 2008

82000-Square-Foot Facility Designed to Handle Increased Demand for Solar Inverters

Global solar technology giant SMA Technologie AG, the parent company of SMA America, Inc., has broken ground on an 82,000-square-foot solar inverter manufacturing plant in Kassel, Germany.

6 May 2008

New Research, Development and Production Facilities for Growing Solar Energy Market

DuPont today announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the rapidly growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry.

6 May 2008

Experts Join GBL as Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer

Green Biologics Ltd (GBL), the Oxfordshire industrial biotechnology company developing renewable chemicals, today announced the appointments of Sean Sutcliffe as Chief Executive and Kristan Wadrop as Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. Mr Sutcliffe succeeds founder and former CEO, Dr Edward Green, who becomes Chief Technical Officer.

6 May 2008

Xantrex Announces Launch of Latest Innovative Product for the Off-Grid and Backup Power Markets

Xantrex Technology Inc. announces the launch of its latest innovative product for the off-grid and backup power markets. The Xantrex Trace Series Inverter/Charger is a durable, reliable, and economical power conversion solution for renewable energy and backup power applications.

5 May 2008