The NanoBusiness Alliance, the world's leading nanotechnology trade association, today announced keynote sessions scheduled for the premiere of their newest conference, the Nano Renewable Energy Summit, being held July 20 - 22 at The Cable Center at the University of Colorado.
Everyone's talking about "going green" but the cost of the investment has, up to now, been difficult to justify. Energy savings aside, what are the financial benefits of using environmentally sustainable materials and technology in construction? Professor John Quigley at the University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business is conducting the first systematic analysis of environmentally-sustainable construction and its economic impact on the real estate market.
Seventh Generation, the country's leading brand of environmentally safe household and personal care products, has launched a special effort to celebrate and educate on World Environment Day 2008. The company's new Get Out of Hot Water program asks a dirty nation to come clean and get 'green' in the laundry room by taking a pledge to switch to cold water washing - and get a free book on healthy non-toxic cleaning in the process.
3M Hong Kong has been actively participating in various green programs. To step up its efforts in protecting the Earth, the "3M(TM) Nomad(TM) Recycling Program" is launched to encourage people to preserve natural resources by reusing and recycling used materials.
Baltimore, Md.-based Haven Custom Homes, in conjunction with Old Man Construction of Charleston, S.C., and Cobalt LLC, has completed its first five EarthCraft House(TM)- and ENERGY STAR-certified custom homes, furthering its continuing commitment to creating energy efficient, eco-friendly homes.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has released new data based on 2007 shipments of major appliances, highlighting dramatic decreases in home appliance energy consumption since 2000.
BioGold Fuels Corporation announced that it has entered into a letter of intent for a strategic alliance with ICM, Inc. to engineer, design, and build BioGold's municipal solid waste to energy plants. ICM will design, engineer, and construct BioGold's next planned waste to energy facility.
A new public-private collaboration is exploring how smart grid technology may bring the people of Illinois more reliable electric service and a cleaner environment, while holding down costs of electric services. The Illinois Smart Grid Initiative -- which held its first meeting yesterday -- is funded by Illinois native Bob Galvin's Galvin Electricity Initiative and led by the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors, research that could result in the design of better superconductors for use in industry, medicine, transportation and energy generation.
A cryogenic pressure vessel developed and installed in an experimental hybrid vehicle by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research team can hold liquid hydrogen for six days without venting any of the fuel.
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