Five of the top ten spots on the 2010 list of Canada’s Top 100 infrastructure projects have been claimed by renewable energy projects with a total investment of $18.3 billion. An annual Top 100 Infrastructure Projects list published by ReNew Canada represents more than $68 billion in infrastructure investment for Canada.
Insulation materials for buildings, black pigments for reducing surface heat and concrete admixtures helping to lower CO2 emissions – these are just a few examples of the solutions that BASF will be exhibiting at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates from January 18 to 21. With its cost-efficient concepts for sustainable building, BASF is showing that CO2 emissions can be substantially reduced in the construction and use of buildings and that the living comfort is improved as well.
University of Sheffield scientists have found an innovative technology to produce renewable biofuels in an energy efficient method. The scientists have been recognized with an international award for this innovative device.
In its seventh year, the program awarded $25,000 to Luis Alberto Juanicó and his team for a project the scientists designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels. They developed an innovative, low-cost solar roof with a sustainable heating and cooling system that offers practical, innovative advantages.
As the world watched the inauguration of the Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai as the world’s tallest building this weekend, Dow Corning silicones were helping to protect the super skyscraper from the harsh desert climate and promote its energy efficiency.
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s much honored Energy Star label has been received by Brandywine Realty Trust for its two buildings that include Three Barton building in Austin and 600 West Germantown Pike building in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. These two buildings are the fifteenth and sixteenth Brandywine buildings to accomplish this designation.
The US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification was issued to Verizon’s operations center in Basking Ridge because of its energy efficiency and eco-friendly design. This center situated in northern New Jersey’s Somerset County houses about 3,000 employees that also include leadership teams from two business groups of Verizon.
The new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP) will be provided with efficient energy services by the NRG Energy through its subsidiary unit NRG Thermal. The acute-care hospital, which has 237 single patient rooms, is under construction in Plainsboro and is expected to be operational by the end of the year 2011.
Posty Cards, Inc., a manufacturer of personalized business greeting cards, has broken ground on a $6.4 million expansion/remodel that is being built to LEED v3 Gold green building standards. When the project is completed in July 2010, the new facility will feature a large solar photovoltaic array, solar heated water, high efficiency HVAC, natural lighting and automatic artificial lighting control systems, rain water reclamation for irrigation and waste management, and water efficient native plant landscaping.
Having successfully completed three energy efficiency projects at its Biron mill boilerhouse, NewPage Corporation was awarded a check for $83,536 by Focus on Energy.
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