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Energy Savings Through Enhanced Power Efficiency

Suppliers are reacting to this demand by releasing new products that guarantee energy savings through enhanced power efficiency, greater design flexibility and larger available board space for design through component integration.

14 Apr 2008

The First Ethernet Silicon Supplier to Deliver Energy Saving Features of up to 80 Percent

Networking equipment suppliers promoting green electronics portfolios can activate compelling, energy-efficient functionality within their Ethernet-based electronics via a simple software upgrade available today from Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. Vitesse is the first Ethernet silicon supplier to deliver energy saving features of up to 80-percent when fully linked-down using its widely-adopted SimpliPHY, SparX, and G-RocX IC solutions.

14 Apr 2008

Eco-Cycle - A New Environmentally Responsible Newspaper Bag

Continental Products, the nation's largest manufacturer of newspaper home delivery supplies, has introduced Eco-Cycle, its new environmentally responsible newspaper bag.

14 Apr 2008

Concern About Environment and Global Warming Impacting on Buying Habits

Concern about the environment and global warming is not only influencing how consumers live their lives, but also impacting their buying habits.

14 Apr 2008

Performance Fluids Business Enables Large Solar Power Plants to Collect Heat to Electricity

The Dow Chemical Company Performance Fluids business is enabling three large solar power plants in Spain to collect heat and convert it to electrical energy. Taking advantage of the sunny climate, and favorable tax incentives, Spain is pioneering large, commercially viable solar power plants.

13 Apr 2008

Mater Dei's 2,843.4 Mpg Achievement Stretches Boundaries of Fuel Efficiency

Mater Dei High School of Evansville, Ind., set a new mileage record at the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge to design, build and test fuel-efficient prototype vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel.

13 Apr 2008

Transmission Technology Playing a Key Role in Bringing Down Fuel Consumption

The often overlooked transmission is proving to be a secret weapon for Ford Motor Company in the quest for improved fuel economy.

13 Apr 2008

The MIT-Fraunhofer Institute for Sustainable Energy Systems

At the MIT Energy Conference this morning, Foreign Minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, along with MIT President Susan Hockfield and Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles, participated in the announcement ceremony for the founding of the MIT-Fraunhofer Institute for Sustainable Energy Systems.

12 Apr 2008

Acquisition Brings Leading Edge Expertise on Solar Electric System on Carports

Los Angeles-based energy technology company, PermaCity Solar, Inc., announced today that they have acquired New Millennium Power, Inc. The acquisition brings leading edge expertise on solar electric system on commercial carports and parking structures, industrial and agricultural storage facilities.

12 Apr 2008

Researchers Analysed CO2 Level in Carbonated Semiarid System

Scientists connected with the CEAMA-Andalusian Centre for the Environment (University of Granada-Andalusian Council) are studying these levels in semiarid Mediterranean scrubland, situated in Eastern Andalusia, whose results are comparable to wide regions of the world.

12 Apr 2008

To Detect Signs of Climatic Change Through Temperatures in Spain

This research work is the first step to confirm the existence of a temperature change. Their main goal has been "to detect the signs of the Climatic Change through the temperatures in Spain", explained to SINC the researcher of the department of Applied Physics of the University of Granada and main author, Matthias Staudt.

12 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Could Improve Life of Lithium Batteries

Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players, and mobile phones.

12 Apr 2008

Best Engineered Vehicles of 2008

Readers and editors of SAE International's Automotive Engineering International (AEI) magazine crown General Motors' Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid as 2008's Best Engineered Vehicles.

11 Apr 2008

Turning Tap Water Into Renewable, All-Natural Cleaner and Sanitizer

With both Spring' housecleaning and Earth Day right around the corner, many people are' re-thinking the idea of using bleaches, concentrated ammonias, degreasers,' and other caustic chemicals to clean their homes. Thanks to a pioneering' company near Niagara Falls, Ontario, now they can do away with such' hazards, thereby cleaning up the environment -- and their homes -- at the' same time.

11 Apr 2008

The Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries supply the power for cell phones and PDAs, and larger devices such as laptops, cordless screwdrivers and lawnmowers are becoming increasingly dependent on this power source. The advantage of these power storage devices lies in their high energy density and voltage (up to four volts).

11 Apr 2008