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Waste Lightweight Concrete Being Crushed For Use on Green Roofs

Celcon aircrete, already known for helping to cut carbon emissions because of its excellent thermal insulation properties, is now being put to another green use

22 Jun 2008

Econoburn's Wood Gasification Boilers Earn Energy Star Rating for Energy Efficiency

Econoburn's wood gasification boilers -- not to be confused with traditional outdoor wood burners -- have earned the Energy Star rating for energy efficiency.

22 Jun 2008

Next Generation Batteries Feature in DoE Awards for Engineered Nanomaterials Company, NEI

NEI Corporation, a proven provider of engineered nanomaterials, announced the award of eight Phase I SBIR awards from the DoE. The contracts range from creation of next-generation battery materials to self-healing anti-corrosion coatings, to innovations in heat transfer fluids

19 Jun 2008

Prototype Solar Power System Has Potential to Revolutionise Global Energy Production

A team led by MIT students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world--one team members believe has the potential to revolutionize global energy production

19 Jun 2008

Meeting To Discuss the Environmental Effect of Synthetic Nanoparticles

Recently over a hundred scientists from all over the world met at Empa’s invitation on the "Mountain of Truth" – Monte Verità near Ascona – to discuss the effects of synthetic nanoparticles on the environment

17 Jun 2008

IBM and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Team Up to Make Solar Electricity More Affordable and Easier to Install

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co and IBM are collaborating to establish new, low-cost methods for bringing the next generation of solar energy products to market -- products that will be more affordable and easier to install than those available today

17 Jun 2008

PPG Donates to Massive Environmental Clean Up Project

The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $15,000 to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) Educational Foundation for the 2008 River Sweep on June 21.

17 Jun 2008

Green School Experiment to Show Children How to Reduce Classroom Waste by 70 Percent

IXG Education Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting sustainable, impactful pro-green behaviors in children, families and communities, today announced the results of the first ever “Green School Experiment” at a special event at the Fisher Elementary School in North Walpole, Mass.

17 Jun 2008

Climate and Ecological Change Adds to the Importance of Polar Land and Life Day

On June 18th, 2008, the International Polar Year 2007-8 (IPY) will launch its fifth ‘International Polar Day' focusing on Land and Life: the plants and animals of polar lands and the changing permafrost and hydrologic systems

17 Jun 2008

Magnesium Nanoparticles Shown to Have Promise as Hydrogen Storage Materials

An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material

16 Jun 2008