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Efficient Organic LEDs Lights a Step Toward Better Lighting

For those who love "green" compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, here's some good news - Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type room lighting

23 Dec 2008

Evaluating the Environmental Risk of Pools of Polluting Liquid

Researchers have produced an Environmental Risk Index relating to ponds containing lixiviates, polluting liquids from tips or composting plants, which are near river courses. The aim of the study is to quantify their environmental risk and protect surrounding areas

23 Dec 2008

International Photovoltaic Trade Mission to India Explores New Opportunities for Solar Industry

India could become top player in world's solar market with huge power deficit. International trade mission gives rare look inside factories, opportunities and trends in India

23 Dec 2008

Revolution in LED Lighting is Just Around the Corner

A revolution in energy-efficient, environmentally-sound, and powerfully-flexible lighting is coming to businesses and homes

23 Dec 2008

Mineral Discover Boosts the Chance of Life Being Found on Mars

A research team led by Brown University has found evidence of carbonates on Mars that may boost the chance of life being found on the red planet

23 Dec 2008

Sustainable Building Products Brochure Published by PPG

PPG Industries has published EcoLogical Building Solutions, a new brochure highlighting its sustainable architectural glass, coatings and paint products

17 Dec 2008

Study Shows How Salt Water Irrigation Works

Take an arid field riddled with salty soil. Irrigate it with salty water. Plant a salt-tolerant grass along with a salt-sucking companion plant and what do you get? If you're a Brigham Young University research team, you raise a crop that successfully replaces corn as cattle feed

15 Dec 2008

Barack Obama Picks Berkeley Lab Director Steve Chu for Energy Secretary

President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Steve Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), to be Secretary of Energy

15 Dec 2008

ENERGY Star Approved House Plans Launched by Home Designers

The House Designers (THD) and ENERGY STAR have partnered to offer consumers an exclusive collection of Green House Plans

14 Dec 2008

New Controller Released for Energy Efficient LED Lighting Systems

Following the release of the world's first microcontroller (MCU) with four-channel constant-current drive for LED lighting systems, NEC Electronics Corporation this month began shipment of 14 new 8-bit All Flash MCUs for energy-efficient lighting applications

11 Dec 2008