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GREENGUARD Certifications for Owens Corning Masonry Products

The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute has announced that Owens Corning Masonry Products is the first manufactured stone veneer maker to qualify for its GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified and the even more stringent GREENGUARD Children & Schools product emission standards

26 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

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

Sustainable House Day to Show the Benefits of an Energy Efficient Home

Homeowners open their doors, so others can learn how to live sustainably in comfort

24 Jun 2008

Chinese Government to Back Showcase for Environmentally Friendly Building Products and Innovations

China Eco Expo, in partnership with China’s Ministry of Construction will present the International Green Building/Green Cities Expo in Beijing next Spring. The Expo will be the featured attraction of the 14th a...

24 Jun 2008

Fresh Water To Every House in Indian Village Thanks to Borouge

Through their Water for the World initiative Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, are helping the State of Maharashtra in India to supply drinking water 24 hours per day, seven days a week to the residents of Malkapur village, 400km south of Mumbai

24 Jun 2008

Hydrogen as a Fuel Just Got Easier With Simple Reaction Used to Make Hydrogen Storage Material, Ammonia Borane

Chemists in the US have developed a simple reaction to make ammonia borane - a powder more hydrogen-dense than even liquid hydrogen

23 Jun 2008

OSRAM PURITEC Uses Ultraviolet Light to Purify Water

The PURITEC technology exhibited by OSRAM at the EXPO Zaragoza 2008 is an innovative disinfection method for the purification of water using ultraviolet light, in which a special immersion emitter is fitted into water containers such as freshwater tanks and cisterns

22 Jun 2008

Scientists Mimic Nature to Harness Solar Energy the Same Way Plants Do

With gas and oil prices at all-time highs, it's only logical for scientists to try to harness some of that solar energy. To that end, three MIT researchers are building a device that mimics photosynthesis-the process plants use to capture and store the sun's vast energy.

22 Jun 2008