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Boston's First Skyscaper Gets Energy Efficient LED Lighting Makeover

Boston's first official skyscraper, the Marriott Custom House Tower, has undergone a long-awaited lighting makeover to reclaim its skyline prominence with LED fixtures that consume just one third the energy of the previous sources

12 Nov 2008

Electricity Utility Turns Green With Neon Sign Being Replaced by LED Lights

The letters still glow bright red, but ComEd's prominent sign atop its Oakbrook Terrace headquarters has gone green

12 Nov 2008

Carbon Trust Standard Achieved by Keele University

Keele University has been officially certified with the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change by reducing its carbon footprint by three per cent

11 Nov 2008

University of Notre Dame Adopts Energy Efficient LED Lighting Program

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a leader in LED lighting, announces that the University of Notre Dame is joining the LED University(tm) program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs across their campuses

11 Nov 2008

LED Tubes Introduced to Replace Fluoroescent Tubes

GlacialTech Inc today announces the availability of T8 Light Emitting Diode (LED) light tubes

11 Nov 2008

ABB Wins $22 million Contract to Increase Oil Refinery Reliability in Italy

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today it has won, in first half of 2008, a contract worth over $22 million from Eni Raffineria di Gela SpA for the turnkey supply of a new high-voltage substation, integrated automation and electrical power systems and related services for its refinery in Gela, Italy

10 Nov 2008

NASA Develops New Technique for Measuring Glaciers

A NASA led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska

9 Nov 2008

Solar Powered, All Green Community for Hollywood

Utility costs may be rising, but utility rates will remain at an all-time low at one eco-friendly Southern California community

9 Nov 2008

Super Fuel Efficient AFS Trinity SUV Coming to Los Angeles

AFS Trinity Power Corporation has announced it pulled its 150 MPG plug-in hybrid SUV prototypes out of the LA Auto Show but will independently exhibit and demonstrate the super fuel- efficient vehicles on their own elsewhere in downtown LA during the show

9 Nov 2008

New Lexan Thermoclear Sheet from SABIC Innovative Plastics Offers Superior Thermal Insulation for Glazing, Helping Customers Reduce Energy Costs

SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a new 9-wall Lexan Thermoclear sheet as an excellent candidate for applications such as flat glazing of sunrooms, conservatories, and rooflights, shopping centers, office buildings, and factories

4 Nov 2008