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Funding Granted to QD Vision For Highly Efficient Lighting Development

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy (DoE) to receive more than $700,000 in funding for a project that will significantly contribute to the development of enhanced solid state lighting (SSL) technologies

20 Apr 2009

Contract Given For New Environmentally Friendly NASA Buildings

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract to Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Baltimore, Md. , for the design and construction of an energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly and sustainable administration building at NASA's Langley Research Center

20 Apr 2009

Green World Studios Announce Green World Energy Solutions Feature Length Documentary Film Series

Green World Studios; an innovative, environmentally conscious company that operates all equipment with clean, renewable, solar power. Green World Energy Solutions premieres on April 20, 2009 and has been created for network television distribution

20 Apr 2009

HercuWall 'Green' Wall Building System Coming to Arizona on Earth Day

HercuWall "green" wall building system, which could revolutionize homebuilding across the globe, will be introduced to Arizona on Earth Day by Smart Homes Alliance

20 Apr 2009

Campus Trees Mean Big Emissions Reductions for the University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego, one of the nation’s greenest universities, discovered that the total effect of its 200,000 trees was a reduction of nearly 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, or 5 percent of its annual emissions

20 Apr 2009

Low Emission, Sustainable Roads the Goal of Paving Workshop

The World Bank Carbon Finance Unit convened a workshop on April 2 focused on reducing emissions from road projects

13 Apr 2009

Aloca Kawneer Offers Sustainable Building Solutions for Builders and Architects

Alcoa's Kawneer business, the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum building products and systems for commercial construction, has introduced a new institutional solutions brochure that offers architects an array of information and projects-specific examples that shows the flexibility and sustainability of Kawneer products

13 Apr 2009