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Researchers Harness Excess Heat and Convert It for Practical Use

Imagine how much you could save on your electricity bill if you could use the excess heat your computer generates to actually power the machine.

24 Apr 2013

Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards Competition for Televisions Announced

The Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards' television competition, announced today by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu at the fourth Clean Energy Ministerial in New Delhi, will recognize the very best, most energy-efficient color televisions for off-grid use. Winners will be announced at the fifth Clean Energy Ministerial in Korea, ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

20 Apr 2013

Talcott Realty Implements Lighting Retrofit with Daylight Harvesting Fluorescent Light Ballasts for Memphis Office

Green Ballast Inc. announced today that Talcott Realty, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with Class A properties across the United States, is implementing a lighting retrofit equipped with Green Ballast's patented daylight harvesting fluorescent light ballasts for the 420,000 square foot Thousand Oaks office park in Memphis, Tennessee, which is managed and leased by CB Richard Ellis Memphis.

12 Apr 2013

SmarterShade Honored with Inaugural Lakeside Award for Clean-Tech Innovation and Commercialization

The Chicago Lakeside Development, a joint venture of McCaffery Interests and U.S. Steel Corporation, presented early-stage startup SmarterShade with the inaugural Lakeside Award for clean-tech innovation and commercialization at the third annual Clean Energy Challenge in Chicago.

10 Apr 2013

GlacialTech Introduces New LED Constant Voltage Dimming Drivers for Lower Voltage LED Lights

GlacialPower, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc.,is pleased to announce two new GlacialPower LED constant voltage dimming drivers for lower voltage LED lights – GP-LP060P-12AV and GP-LP060P-24AV.

3 Apr 2013

CO2 Can Be Captured More Economically Using Waste Heat

In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have found that CO2 can be removed more economically using "waste" heat -- low-grade steam that cannot be used to produce electricity.

30 Mar 2013

Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Must Be Transformed into Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

The continued maintenance of fossil fuel subsidies is a global scandal and governments should work to transform these subsidies into financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy, says WWF, responding to a report released today by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

30 Mar 2013