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New Range of Thermal Insulation Products Launched by Bayer

Bayer MaterialScience is presenting a whole host of new developments in thermal insulation at Utech 2009 in Maastricht that enable real estate owners and tenants to make significant savings in heating costs

31 Mar 2009

New York to Get $148 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Environmental Cleanup

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $6 billion in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs across 12 states - including a major investment in New York

31 Mar 2009

Growing Population of East Africa Causing Local Climate Change

Nights are getting hotter among cities in east Africa as growing populations change sensitive local weather patterns, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville

31 Mar 2009

Competition Launched for Sustainable Urban Development

Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, and the city of Helsinki are launching an international competition for building a sustainable and innovative block in the Western Harbor of Helsinki

31 Mar 2009

Using Food Industry Waste to Make Biogas

The AZTI-Tecnalia technological centre, experts in food research, have put a biogas plant into operation in order to investigate novel systems of sustainable energy production based on the use of waste and sub-products from the food industry

31 Mar 2009

Energy Efficiency Efforts by Ford Earn Award From EPA

Ford Motor Company's actions to reduce the amount of energy used to manufacture vehicles and support its U.S. operations have earned it the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's coveted 2009 ENERGY STAR Award for the fourth consecutive year

31 Mar 2009

Economic Growth Can Be Stimulated by Passing Strong Climate and Energy Legislation

Today, the Alliance for Climate Protection called on Congress to pass strong climate and energy legislation this year in order to create jobs and accelerate economic growth

31 Mar 2009

CPower Selected by Lafarge North America to Manage Energy Program

CPower, a leading energy management firm, today announced that it has been selected by Lafarge North America, a diversified supplier of construction materials, to manage the company's energy conservation at its Ravena, New York-based plant

31 Mar 2009

BREEAM Datacentre Scheme Used by Digital Realty Trust For Their Buildings Around the World

Digital Realty Trust have adopted the BREEAM Datacentre scheme for their buildings throughout the world and expect to achieve significant environmental and cost savings by doing this

31 Mar 2009

BRE Innovation Park to Include Green Apartment Block and Retail Outlet

Work starts this week on a Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 four-storey apartment block complete with an retail store which will form part of the Phase II expansion of the BRE Innovation Park

31 Mar 2009