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Idea to Capture Ocean Currents‘s Energy Wins EPA National Sustainable Design Competition Grant

A University of California, Riverside student recently learned he will receive a $15,000 grant from an EPA national sustainable design competition for his idea to capture energy from ocean currents.

22 Jul 2013

Energy Management Can Help Big Data Centers Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Most big data centers, the global backbone of the Internet, could slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 88 percent by switching to efficient, off-the-shelf equipment and improving energy management, according to new research.

20 Jul 2013

Infinitus Renewable Energy Park at Montgomery Combines Advanced Systems for Waste Recovery

Ground broke today on a revolutionary Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) developed by Infinitus Energy for the Montgomery, Alabama community that will eliminate up to 85 percent of waste headed to the City's landfill.

19 Jul 2013

NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Honored with 2013 Green Data Center of the Year Award

The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) has been named the 2013 “‘Green’ Data Center of the Year” at the inaugural Datacenter Dynamics North American Awards.

19 Jul 2013

Winners of Energy-Efficient Lifestyle Initiative Contest Announced

The winners of the Ford-led MyEnergi Lifestyle Retrofit contest – designed to showcase how a typical American family can affordably move to an energy-efficient lifestyle – are Lindsay and Ben Sattler of Parker, Colo.

18 Jul 2013

Conference at Bristol to Discuss Sustainability of Managed Landscapes

Academic researchers and representatives from across the landscape industry are meeting at the University of Bristol this week to discuss how to improve the sustainability of managed landscapes.

18 Jul 2013

Asian Initiatives May Offer Lessons in Sustainable Packaging for the US

As consumers and the food industry look for ways to reduce their environmental impact, the success of initiatives in Asia may offer some lessons for sustainable packaging in the United States, according to a presentation at the 2013 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo®.

17 Jul 2013

China Solar Power Capacity to More than Quadruple by 2014

In response to a relative slump in Solar Power / Photovoltaic sales in domestic and international markets, China's State Council has backed a target for the country to massively increase installed solar power to 35GW by 2015.

16 Jul 2013

Cornell Student Teams Win EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet Award

Two Cornell student teams – a cookstove fuel/biochar group and the AguaClara water filtration project – won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award June 19. With about 45 teams in the competition, Cornell was the only school with two of the seven winning teams.

2 Jul 2013

Cities of the Future to be Discussed at Global Sustainability Summer School 2013

What do the cities of the future look like? What role do they play for global climate change? What influence does the German energy transformation have worldwide? These questions are in the centre of the 2nd Global Sustainability Summer School on “COMPLEX(C)ITY – Urbanization and energy transition in a changing climate“ taking place from 1 to 12 July, sponsored by the Robert Bosch Foundation and jointly organised by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS).

2 Jul 2013