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Award to Recognize Effort to Help Families Use Solar Energy to Reduce Utility Bills

Maryland Senator Robert Garagiola and Delegate Sue Hecht each received the prestigious Government Leadership Award today for their prominent roles in passing the Maryland renewable portfolio standard into law to mandate the increased use of solar energy.

29 Apr 2008

The First Real-Time Energy and Operational Efficiency Solution for Data Centers

SynapSense(TM) Corporation, a leading provider of wireless instrumentation solutions, today introduced SynapSoft(TM) 4.0 featuring LiveImaging(TM) that provides the world's first real-time images of data center conditions for optimizing cooling, power and operational efficiencies.

29 Apr 2008

Cornell to Feature INSTEON Home Automation Solution in 2009 Solar Decathlon

SmartLabs, Inc. announces that Cornell University has chosen INSTEON® home automation technology as an integral piece of their home build in the 2009 Solar Decathlon at the National Mall in Washington, DC, fall of 2009.

29 Apr 2008

Company's Environmental Research Efforts Deepen with New Power Aware Program

As part of its Sustainable Computing Program, Microsoft Corp. today announced it will support four academic research projects focused on energy efficiency in computing in the areas of datacenter power efficiency, power management and the creation of parallel computing architecture with decreased power demands.

28 Apr 2008

New Showroom Features State-of-the-Art Sustainable lighting Technologies

Energy Focus, Inc., the global leader in energy-efficient advanced lighting solutions, will hold the Grand Opening Celebration for the company's new Solon, Ohio, showroom on Friday, May 2, 2008.

28 Apr 2008

Reducing Power Consumption and Data Center Footprint

Compellent Technologies, Inc. today announced its customer, gm2 Logistics, a warehousing and logistics company located near London, has been recognized for its eco-conscious IT plan with IDG's InfoWorld Green 15 Award. The award honors the top 15 green technology initiatives undertaken by organizations in the past year.

28 Apr 2008

Global Solar Joins Dow to Help Deliver BIPV Products for Building Construction

Global Solar Energy, a solar industry leader that manufactures highly-efficient thin-film solar cells for glass modules or flexible material products, today announced Dow Building Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has invited Global Solar to participate in its U.S. Department of Energy Solar America Initiative (SAI) project to help create innovative building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products.

28 Apr 2008

More than 1,000 Employees Take a Pledge for a Brighter and Cleaner World

How many employees does it take to change an incandescent light bulb to a more environmentally friendly one? When it comes to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, that figure is approximately 1,000. That's the number of staff members who recently committed to participate in the national Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World Campaign.

27 Apr 2008

Sealsafe Deliver Higher Levels of Light While Minimizing Light Pollution and Energy Costs

After more than two decades of producing the energy efficient optical system for commercial outdoor lighting, Schréder Lighting USA highlights the innovative, award-winning Sealsafe Optical Lighting System in the United States.

25 Apr 2008

A New Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Co-Generation Facility

Pratt + Whitney today dedicated a new energy efficient, environmentally friendly co-generation facility capable of generating about two-thirds of the site electrical energy and the majority of the steam for winter heating, summer cooling and manufacturing process equipment.

25 Apr 2008