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Major Initiative Launched to Make Milwaukee City More Energy Efficient

The Milwaukee city and Johnson Controls, a provider of energy efficiency solutions for buildings, have taken key initiatives to transfer Milwaukee into an energy efficient city.

11 Apr 2012

IBM and ZSE to Develop Green Highway Between Bratislava and Vienna

IBM Slovakia, which is focusing on smart grids, has collaborated with an electricity supplier in Slovakia, Zapadoslovenska energetika (ZSE), to conduct a feasibility study on smart energy, which will facilitate Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, to be prepared for using electric vehicles (EVs).

11 Apr 2012

G24 Innovations Achieves Higher Conversion Efficiency for Renewable Power

G24 Innovations, a light energy harvesting company, which recycles indoor light into power, has acquired high efficiency indoor performance rates for its dye-sensitized cells. The cells have achieved conversion efficiency averaging 26%, which is greater than its prior achievement,15%.

7 Apr 2012

Study Shows Biodrying as Effective Alternative for Energy Production

Lidón Herrera Prats, a final year master degree student at Universitat Jaume I (UJI), has conducted a study that shows biodrying is an effective alternative technique to produce energy from solid waste. She used greenhouse biodrying technology and force ventilated reactors for the study. Another innovation in her study was the use of garden waste instead of municipal waste.

5 Apr 2012

Chevron Energy Solutions Completes Energy Efficiency Project at Rootstown Local School District

Chevron Energy Solutions, a developer of sustainable energy projects, has completed an energy efficiency project at Rootstown Local School District. The project will minimize the utility costs of the district, which can save over $1 million in its entire life span.

31 Mar 2012

Waste Water Treatment Plant in Medina to Install Tecogen Cogeneration System

Tecogen, a manufacturer of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) products, declared that the waste water treatment facility in Medina, New York will install a Tecogen 60 kW CHP system to generate better energy efficiency. A Green Infrastructure Grant has been awarded to the site. Environmental Facilities, who funds efficiency improvement, has administered the grant.

30 Mar 2012

Huawei and Landis + Gyr Partner to Develop Smart Metering and Smart Grid Solutions

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (“ICT”) solutions provider, today announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with Landis + Gyr, a global provider of integrated energy management products and the world’s leader in smart metering.

26 Mar 2012

Ameresco Wins Energy Efficiency Project from Lyon County School District

Ameresco, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, and Lyon County School District (LCSD), the fourth largest school district in Nevada, U.S., have signed a $3.6 million worth energy savings performance contract (ESPC).

26 Mar 2012

Arburg Honours Global Automotive Supplier Continental with Energy Efficiency Award

Global automotive supplier, Continental, has won the Arburg Energy Efficiency Award 2012. Arburg, a manufacturer of injection moulding machinery, presented the award on March 13, 2012, to Continental, at a gala function held at its headquarters in Lossburg.

17 Mar 2012

AHO Architectural Students Work to Solve Challenges in Climate Change

At the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), the architectural students met Svein Richard Brandtzæg, CEO of Hydro. He stated that the company is delighted to see numerous talented students, working to find solutions for one of the main challenges in climatic change, energy waste in buildings.

7 Mar 2012