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Smart Home Builder Gains Prestigious Industry Accolade Through Silver Distinction

Solaris Home Systems, a provider of home automation for energy efficiency, is proud to announce their newest distinction as the Silver recipient of Electronic House Magazine’s 2008 Green Home of the Year Award.

13 Mar 2008

Report Prescribes Policies to Slash Buildings' Energy Use

Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse gas emissions that are fuelling climate change more deeply, quickly and cheaply than any other available measure, according to a new report issued by the trinational Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).

13 Mar 2008

Largest Residential Water Purification Membrane Manufacturing Facility

GE Water & Process Technologies and Eureka Forbes Limited (a subsidiary of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group) announced today the formation of Infinite Water Solutions Pvt Ltd., a joint venture focused on bringing safe, reliable and affordable water solutions to the Indian residential market.

13 Mar 2008

Akeena Solar Announces Strategic Partnership with Kyocera

Akeena Solar, Inc., a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, and Kyocera Solar Inc., one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of solar energy products, have announced a strategic partnership to manufacture Andalay solar panels.

13 Mar 2008

World-Wide Agreement for Production and Sales of Composite Cathode Materials

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Toda) of Japan have reached a world-wide licensing agreement for the commercial production and sales of Argonne's patented composite cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

13 Mar 2008

VIASPACE Enters Distribution Agreement with Major Manufacturer of Rechargeable Batteries

VIASPACE Inc., announced today that it has entered into the rechargeable battery marketplace through a distribution agreement with Yoku Energy Co. Ltd, a major manufacturer of rechargeable lithium polymer batteries.

13 Mar 2008

Top Ten Green Things About Steel

St. Patrick's Day is known as the green holiday, when parades fill the streets, people fill the pubs, rivers are dyed green and shamrocks abound. Nowadays, however, the quest for sustainability has created a new implication for the word "green" and the North American steel industry is no exception.

13 Mar 2008

Long Lasting, Energy Saving LED Lights Can Be Found in a Variety of Styles

We've likely all experienced the bothersome inconvenience of having to change a light bulb located in a hard-to-reach place. Maybe a lofty porch light burns out, or a chandelier bulb dies. These can be difficult to get to, and many times they are lights that are left on for many hours throughout the day, so they burn out frequently.

13 Mar 2008

The Hybrid Effect on Power Distribution

A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all- depending on when people recharge their automobiles.

13 Mar 2008

Commercial Inverters Selected for Largest Solar-Power Installation in Spain

Power-One, Inc. today announced that Aurora PVI-Central inverters have been selected by the Energy Division of Isolux Corsan for use in what will be Spain's largest photovoltaic-power installation, and the second largest renewable-energy facility in the world.

13 Mar 2008

Nation's First Vehicular-Based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative

Enviance, the leading provider of Internet-based, on-demand systems for the management, automation and reporting of environmental compliance information, today announced that it has combined its Enviance System with vehicle diagnostic and telemetric capabilities to power the nation's first vehicular-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction initiative.

13 Mar 2008

Advantage IQ Earns Award for Protecting the Environment Through Energy Efficiency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Advantage IQ, Inc. a 2008 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. Advantage IQ's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2008.

13 Mar 2008

Printing and Toner Recycling Program Aimed at Protecting the Environment

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, the world's second largest manufacturer of laser printers, today announced the launch of PrintCycleTM at the spring Press and Reseller Summit in New York City.

13 Mar 2008

Hybrid Wheel Loader Offers Significant Fuel and Cost Saving Benefits

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will use the CONEXPO-CON/AGG exhibition March 11 – 15, 2008, in Las Vegas to unveil a pre-production prototype of its L220F Hybrid wheel loader.

13 Mar 2008

EnviroMedia Announces Green Canary as Subsidiary Company

Tuerff-Davis EnviroMedia Inc. today launched Green Canary Sustainability Consulting, a new subsidiary company that will help businesses craft practical strategies that ensure they remain credible, minimize risk and reach goals in the booming green marketing world.

12 Mar 2008