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Innovative Heating and Cooling Method Slashes Fuel Bills for 300 Year Old House

Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan air source heat pump system uses free energy from the outside air to provide central heating and hot water

24 Sep 2008

Water Purification by Solar and Wind Power

Spectra's new solar and wind powered water purification units demonstrated

22 Sep 2008

'Mine of the Future' and 'ecomagination' Strategic Initiatives Combined by Rio Tinto and GE to Create Energy Efficient and Ecologically Friendly Mining Solutions

Rio Tinto and General Electric today announced that they are working together on two key strategic technology projects, Rio Tinto’s ‘Mine of the Future’ and GE’s ‘Ecomagination’”, to develop the most energy efficient and ecologically friendly solutions to support the future of mining

19 Sep 2008

Translating talk into action – University of Surrey Conference Shows How Universities Can Be Run Sustainably

Employ a sustainability expert at management level and he or she will earn back their salary in savings several times over. Turn waste into a resource not a drain on resources by diverting it from landfill through recycling, composting or energy recovery. These were some of the powerful yet practical messages delivered at a recent conference

19 Sep 2008

Environmentally Friendly InterContinental Hotel Uses 100 Percent Renewable Energy

Chicagoland’s new eco-savvy and luxury destination hotel, the 556-room InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, is going above and beyond in its quest to lighten businesses’ impact on the environment

17 Sep 2008

Screen Printed Solar Cells Reach Record Efficiency Levels

Suniva a manufacturer of high value crystalline silicon solar cells, today announced that its R&D team has developed several silicon solar cells in its lab with over 20 percent conversion efficiencies

17 Sep 2008

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Announced by Cornell

As part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), Cornell University has calculated its first greenhouse gas inventory. This news from the inventory indicates that Cornell will be on course to reduce central utilities emissions by almost one-third – far exceeding the university’s goal of being 7 percent below 1990 levels of carbon emissions by 2012. The university is expected to meet that goal by 2010, two years ahead of schedule

16 Sep 2008

Alvarez Construction to Build Energy Efficient and Disaster Resistant SHIP Homes

Alternative Construction Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive supplier agreement with Alvarez Construction Group

15 Sep 2008

'Coming Clean' Book Offers Solutions, Tools, Hope to Break America's Fossil Fuel Addiction

'Purging this country of its two-century addiction to fossil fuels is the great task of our time. Here is the resource we have long needed.' - Bill McKibben, environmentalist and bestselling author

15 Sep 2008

UK Government Launches Home Energy Saving Programme

The Home Energy Saving Programme provides assistance to householders to make their homes more energy efficient, and for households most vulnerable to fuel poverty, including all pensioner households, gives help with their bills this winter through the winter fuel payments and lower energy company tariffs

15 Sep 2008