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Sustainable Biofuel Development Backed by Boeing

Boeing has, with leading air carriers and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, established a group to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels

24 Sep 2008

Intelligent and Sustainable Buildings to be Theme of World Standards Day

World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate to develop voluntary International Standards. The theme of this year's World Standards Day message is "Intelligent and sustainable buildings".

24 Sep 2008

UCSB Students Address Energy Challenges With ConvEne Program

A new program funded by the National Science Foundation means UC Santa Barbara is now able to offer graduate students deep and broad experience in solving the energy challenges facing the country

24 Sep 2008

Sustainable Buildings Award Won by Innovative Medical Building

An innovative new Aberdeen medical building has been awarded a prestigious accolade in recognition of its environmental credentials

24 Sep 2008

Cisco Program Promotes Working Sustainably to Increase Quality of Life, Economic Growth and to Address Climate Change

Today Cisco announced a new way of working sustainably called "Connected and Sustainable Work," designed to provide cities, employers, and citizens with a new framework for fostering economic growth, increasing the quality of life, and addressing the challenges of climate change

24 Sep 2008

Innovative Heating and Cooling Method Slashes Fuel Bills for 300 Year Old House

Mitsubishi Electric Ecodan air source heat pump system uses free energy from the outside air to provide central heating and hot water

24 Sep 2008

Deactivation of Radioactive Waste by Transmutation Reduces Danger Period from Millions of Years to 300 Years

The technological progress of transmutation of radioactive waste made in the last decades can drop the radioactive danger period from millions of years to a few hundred years

22 Sep 2008

Scientists in Hawaii Hit The Waves for Some Scientific Surfing

Chemists have traded their white coats for swim shorts at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu – they’ve shunned the lab so they can swim out to the breakers with a test-tube built into a boogie-board

22 Sep 2008