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Profit through Sustainability

Gleeds, the International Management and Construction Consultancy, are to exhibit at the Ecobuild exhibition in London for the first time, further highlighting their commitment and expertise in the field of sustainability within the built environment.

24 Feb 2008

Photovoltaic Panels Arranged in Concentric Circles Around the Roof of City Hall

The solar panels on the roof of London's City Hall were officially unveiled today. City Hall now has a unique photovoltaic system designed to complement the rounded shape of one of London's most iconic buildings.

24 Feb 2008

Greener Design of High-Power LED Lighting Products

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, announced it has received a patent for a unique step-down switching regulator circuit architecture applicable to step-down regulators for driving high brightness LEDs.

23 Feb 2008

LDK Solar Delivers 450 MW of Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to Korean-Based Company

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed an eight-year "Take or Pay" contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Republic of Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HHI).

23 Feb 2008

Buildings Among the Nation's Top Energy Savers

In 2007, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Energy Star status to 176 office buildings, schools, hospitals, banks, hotels, supermarkets and college dormitories in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

23 Feb 2008

Stimulus Package Provides Economic Benefits for Certain Renewable Energy Projects

The White House 2008 Economic Stimulus Package contains a 50% bonus depreciation and increased Section 179 expense provisions that could provide significant economic benefits for certain renewable energy projects that are acquired and placed in service in 2008.

23 Feb 2008

Top 10 Ways to be More Energy Efficient and Green in 2008

“Going green” and “reducing your carbon footprint” are all the rage, but these trendy concepts are nothing new for the Alliance to Save Energy. That’s because you can’t be green without minimizing your energy use; and energy efficiency has always been and remains the quickest, most cost-effective way to use less energy – and the amount of pollution you produce.

23 Feb 2008

New Coating Significantly Enhances the Efficiency of Solar Energy Power

The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California's Mojave Desert could power all of the United States' electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimates. Unfortunately, current-generation solar cell technologies are too expensive and inefficient for wide-scale commercial applications.

23 Feb 2008

Solar Power Unit Supplies Clean Drinking Water Plus Electrical Power for Lights

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today shipped 12 of its Mobile MaxPure solar water and power-supply units for immediate air delivery to Baghdad.

23 Feb 2008

Paving the Way for Hydrogen Education, Research and Development

Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc., a renewable energy company that acquires and commercially advances clean electric technologies and applications, and The Center for Hydrogen Research (CHR) today unveiled the eTec Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HICE) Silverado truck in Aiken, South Carolina.

23 Feb 2008

Catering for the Growing Concern for Carbon Dioxide Emission

As the fact of higher CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emission threatens human health can't be ignored, worldwide serious concern has been evoked.

22 Feb 2008

Test Center for Optimization of Fuel Cell Plates

The Swedish ambassador, Stefan Noreén, today opened Morphic’s new Technology and Customer Center in Yokohama, Japan. The center will offer optimization of flow plates for fuel cells to customers in all Asian markets.

22 Feb 2008

China's Energy Consumption Almost Trebles Since 1978

The recent China's energy fact sheet released by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) reveals that despite being the world's third largest energy producer (behind the USA and Russia), accounting for about 10.6% of the world's annual total energy production.

22 Feb 2008

Green Powder Coating Process is Kind to the Environment

Ocean State Hot Coat, a new company, is serving the region with custom powder coating of car frames, motorcycles and marine parts, and other metal items. Fast becoming the preferred choice in high quality resistant finishes, the powder coating process offers a waterproof, rustproof, dent and chip resistant finish for interior and exterior uses.

22 Feb 2008

Answering Questions About Climate Change

Answering bold questions about life and climate on Earth and other planets is the goal behind a new Space Act Agreement signed today between NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector in a ceremony in the Miller Senate Building, Presidential Conference Center West at the Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis.

21 Feb 2008