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Winners of ‘Sustainable is Beautiful’ Exhibition Space Design Competition Announced

The awards ceremony of the student competition entitled "Sustainable is beautiful" took place on 23rd September. On this occasion, the jury awarded a mention to the project "SIB" conceived by Ivan Lopes Ferreira and Ahmed Al-Atwi and the first prize to the project "Espace Verre", conceived by Christophe Alhanko and Simon Zangger.

7 Oct 2013

USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to Whirlpool Facility in Tennessee

Whirlpool Corporation's new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Cleveland, Tennessee, achieves Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

5 Oct 2013

University of Cincinnati Team Receives $40,000 Prize for Waste Grease Extraction Process

The University of Cincinnati student entrepreneurship team that’s fueling worldwide media attention is at it again. Team Effuelent recently took the $40,000 top prize of the Odebrecht Award for Sustainability Development Competition with their innovative concept of “Using Trap Grease As the Raw Material for Biodiesel Feedstock Production.”

3 Oct 2013

EPA Commends UC Irvine on Achievements in Zero-Waste and Food Recovery

Bob Perciasepe, the Environmental Protection Agency's deputy administrator, joined the cafeteria line today at the University of California, Irvine, where he shared a zero-waste lunch with students and commended the campus on its zero-waste and food recovery achievements.

30 Sep 2013

GM Receives Neighborhood Environmental Partner Awards for Seventh Year

General Motors and seven of its facilities are being recognized by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for longtime support of environment-focused community collaboration. GM remains the leader for most Neighborhood Environmental Partner awards granted since the program began in 2005.

20 Sep 2013

Green Building Thought Leaders Assemble at Carrier’s Distinguished Sustainability Lecture Series

Two of the most rapidly expanding construction markets in the world are leveraging Carrier’s natural leadership to support their growing commitment to green building. Through its prestigious Distinguished Sustainability Lecture Series, Carrier, the world’s leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, has assembled some of the world’s most respected green building thought leaders to inform building owners and designers in China and India. Carrier is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

20 Sep 2013

Woodhead Publishing: Advanced Techniques for Fuel Flexible, High Efficiency and Low Emission Combustion

Fluidized bed (FB) combustion and gasification are advanced techniques for fuel flexible, high efficiency and low emission conversion.

19 Sep 2013

Environmental Stewardship Award for Southern Arizona Presented to TEP

An association of Arizona business, civic, academic and nonprofit organizations presented Tucson Electric Power (TEP) with an environmental stewardship award for the company's leadership and continued investment in solar energy at the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park's Solar Zone.

19 Sep 2013

Biotricity Secures Contract on Supply of Feedstock for Biomass Electricity Generation Plant in Ireland

Irish renewable company, Biotricity Ltd., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Irish Farmers' Association covering the purchase and management of straw feedstock for its Rhode, Co. Offaly biomass plant in the Irish midlands which is scheduled to come into production from late 2015.

19 Sep 2013

Greenwood Biosar to Deliver Five Santerno Solar Inverters at Romanian Solar Project

Santerno, the Carraro Group company that specializes in alternative energy electronics and industrial automation, has signed an agreement with Greenwood Biosar, the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) division of Greenwood Energy, to deliver five Santerno TG760 1000V solar inverters for installation at a new solar project in Calarasi, Romania.

19 Sep 2013