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Reducing Power Consumption and Data Center Footprint

Compellent Technologies, Inc. today announced its customer, gm2 Logistics, a warehousing and logistics company located near London, has been recognized for its eco-conscious IT plan with IDG's InfoWorld Green 15 Award. The award honors the top 15 green technology initiatives undertaken by organizations in the past year.

28 Apr 2008

Apartment Living that Fits into Today's Eco-Friendly Lifestyle

Portland's beautiful tidal basin, known as Back Cove, has been home to Forest Park apartments since 1944. Among the beautiful homes and breathtaking views of downtown Portland, sits this landmark apartment community, which many Mainers have called home over the years.

28 Apr 2008

Patent Supports Technology Underlying One of Company’s Green Platforms

iVoice Technology, Inc., announced today a new Patent Application filing for a process it describes as Recycled Tire Pod with Appliance Recess Guide, using Recycled Tires. The application supports one of the Company's new "green" platforms. iVoice Technology recently decided to develop and acquire green technologies to support activities in large markets.

28 Apr 2008

Ratings System to Help Companies Minimize Data Center Energy Consumption

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity(TM), is teaming up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other industry partners to build a ratings system to help companies minimize data center energy consumption.

28 Apr 2008

Global Solar Joins Dow to Help Deliver BIPV Products for Building Construction

Global Solar Energy, a solar industry leader that manufactures highly-efficient thin-film solar cells for glass modules or flexible material products, today announced Dow Building Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has invited Global Solar to participate in its U.S. Department of Energy Solar America Initiative (SAI) project to help create innovative building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products.

28 Apr 2008

A Significant Step in Commercialization of Companies' HgCdTe and CdTe Solar Cell Products

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) are pleased to announce the award of the second year of a three-year, Phase III SBIR contract from the US Army for developing the manufacturing infrastructure for the commercialization of cadmium telluride (CdTe) on silicon (Si) as the key precursor substrate for the creation of mercury (Hg) cadmium telluride (MCT) based infrared (IR) imaging cameras and systems.

28 Apr 2008

European Renewable Energy Group Capable of Delivering 400MW of Solar Power

First Reserve Corporation, the leading private equity firm specialising in the energy industry, has completed the acquisition of Gamesa Solar, the leading solar energy company in Spain, for a total consideration of euro 261 million.

28 Apr 2008

Construction Method Provides Excellent Levels of Insulation

H+H UK will be highlighting the Thin-Joint System, a Modern Method of Construction which, using large format aircrete blocks with thin-layer mortar, provides excellent levels of insulation while speeding construction significantly. A storey-height can often be built in a day.

28 Apr 2008

Innovative Technology Opens the Way to the Economic Production of Renewable Energies

Eco-Solution, which is specialized in the treatment of persistent industrial pollutants in the environment, today announces the launch of a new technology platform: this platform is based on the control of Directed Evolution, a technology developed by Eco-Solution for the high-throughput selection of natural variants of microbial strains with improved properties.

28 Apr 2008

Climate Change and Carbon Emissions

Climate change and the carbon emissions seem inextricably linked. However, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Carbon Balance and Management suggests that this may not always hold true, although it may be some time before we reach this saturation point.

28 Apr 2008

The First HERITAGE 2008 World and Sustainable Heritage Conference

The first HERITAGE 2008 World and Sustainable Heritage conference is being held in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Portuguese north region of Porto - Douro Valley - this May 6 to 7, 2008.

27 Apr 2008

Understanding the Energy-Transfer System in Photosynthesis

Imagine a technology that would not only provide a green and renewable source of electrical energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.

27 Apr 2008

More than 1,000 Employees Take a Pledge for a Brighter and Cleaner World

How many employees does it take to change an incandescent light bulb to a more environmentally friendly one? When it comes to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, that figure is approximately 1,000. That's the number of staff members who recently committed to participate in the national Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World Campaign.

27 Apr 2008

Eighth Grade Students Developed Mini-Car Powered by Solar Energy

Applying lessons learned in the classroom, eighth grade students from Denison (Iowa) Middle School have developed a mini-car that is powered by solar energy.

27 Apr 2008

Reducing Home Heating and Cooling Costs With Proper Insulation

Heating and cooling account for 50 to 70 percent of the energy used in the average American home. What a tragedy if that energy were literally going out the window. According to the United States Department of Energy, homeowners can reduce home heating and cooling costs by as much as 30 percent with proper insulation.

25 Apr 2008