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World's First LEED for Homes Platinum Certification for a Home Remodel

The world’s first LEED for Homes Platinum Certification for a home remodel – a 1948 rambler – is also home to an innovative water management system from Culligan. Platinum is the highest level of certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for residential Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

19 Feb 2008

Most Advanced Carbon Capture and Storage System

An Australian-based company has acquired the Asia-Pacific rights to the world's most advanced carbon capture and storage system.

18 Feb 2008

World's Most Energy Efficient Floor Lamp

A Virginia Tech student has created a floor lamp powered by gravity.

18 Feb 2008

Conducting Research to Plan for Climate Change

In Sackville, N.B. and the surrounding area, the words Saxby Gale can still inspire shivers of terror.

18 Feb 2008

Report Highlights Eight Trends Driving the Cleantech Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Cleantech: Current Status and Worldwide Outlook to their offering.

18 Feb 2008

Laughing Gas 300 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide

Farmers, food suppliers, policy-makers, business leaders and environmentalists are joining forces to confront the threat of the ‘forgotten greenhouse gas’ by taking part in an influential new forum at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

18 Feb 2008

Improving Efficiency of Computer Power Delivery

Enermax is proud to release MODU82+ & PRO82+ as the successors to its "Liberty DXX" series, leading the power supply industry to new heights.

18 Feb 2008

Oceans Saving the Planet

Imagine a gigantic, inflatable, sausage-like bag capable of storing 160 million tonnes of CO2 – the equivalent of 2.2 days of current global emissions. Now try to picture that container, measuring up to 100 metres in radius and several kilometres long, resting benignly on the seabed more than 3 kilometres below the ocean’s surface.

18 Feb 2008

Storing CO2 Beneath Earth May Be a Safer Method of Reducing Emissions

A new study has revealed that storing carbon dioxide beneath the earth may be a safer and longer term method of reducing emissions in the atmosphere than previously thought.

18 Feb 2008

Protecting Local Tree Populations

UK ministers will today urge all councils to match the standards of the best to protect their local tree populations.

18 Feb 2008

Reductions in Emissions and Fuel Burn Enhance Environmental Sustainability

Technological innovations from Goodrich Corporation in lightweight composites, structural design and engine fuel components are key enablers that help customers meet future environmental requirements.

18 Feb 2008

Concrete Measures for Biodiversity

Sustainability and social responsibility are pillars of the corporate strategy of HeidelbergCement, one of the world's largest manufacturers of building materials, with 70,000 employees and more than 2,800 locations on four continents.

18 Feb 2008

Flexibility of Green Building Practices while Providing Benchmark for Builders

The new National Green Building Standard will maintain the flexibility of green building practices while providing a common national benchmark for builders, remodelers and developers - another big step for the green building movement, said panelists today at a news conference during the International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.

17 Feb 2008

Coca-Cola Plans to Recycle Aluminum Beverage Cans Sold in US

The Coca-Cola Company today announced a long term target to recycle or reuse 100 percent of the aluminum beverage cans it sells in the U.S. This new objective builds on the Company's previously announced goal to recycle or reuse 100 percent of its PET plastic bottles.

17 Feb 2008

Ocean Creatures are Undergoing Severe Stress As Oceans Warm

As oceans warm and become more acidic, ocean creatures are undergoing severe stress and entire food webs are at risk, according to scientists at a press briefing this morning at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston.

17 Feb 2008