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Intersolar's Seventh San Francisco Event Exhibits Latest Innovations in Global Solar Markets

Intersolar North America, the most well attended solar industry exhibition and conference in North America, successfully concluded its seventh annual show in the heart of the United States' largest solar market.

21 Jul 2014

Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research Finalizes Funding Agreement with US Bioplastics

The Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with US Bioplastics, an Orlando-based company that takes feedstock waste, paper production by-products, or other plant waste to practical use and then returns it to the environment without damaging the ecology.

21 Jul 2014

New Method Paves Way for More Efficient Renewable Energy Storage

Scientists at EPFL have developed a method for improving the catalysis of water-splitting reactions used for storing wind and solar energy. The method chemically peels off the outermost surface of a catalyst, thereby maximizing its active surface for the reaction.

21 Jul 2014

Rosetta's San Luis Obispo Office Building Gets LEED Certification

Rosetta, a customer engagement agency within the Publicis Groupe, today announced it has been awarded LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environment Design, certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its West Coast hub in San Luis Obispo, California.

21 Jul 2014

Major Shift on to Power Future Generations of Electric Vehicles

A major shift from gasoline-powered to affordable electric vehicles feels tantalizingly close, but the battery technology that could make it happen still needs to catch up to its own hype. Although luxury-car maker Tesla is banking on lithium-ion to power future generations of electric vehicles, others are taking a chance on promising new approaches, according an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society.

18 Jul 2014

NASA Embarks on Coordinated Ship and Aircraft Observation Campaign to Study Marine Ecology, Carbon Cycle

NASA embarks this week on a coordinated ship and aircraft observation campaign off the Atlantic coast of the United States, an effort to advance space-based capabilities for monitoring microscopic plants that form the base of the marine food chain.

18 Jul 2014

NASA's Aura Satellite Continues to Help Scientists Understand Climate Change

Nitrogen and oxygen make up nearly 99 percent of Earth's atmosphere. The remaining one percent is comprised of gases that -- although present in small concentrations -- can have a big impact on life on Earth.

18 Jul 2014

Developing Countries Likely to Contribute More to Climate Change by 2030, Predict Cornell Researchers

While developed countries and regions have long been culprits for Earth’s rising greenhouse gas emissions, Cornell researchers – balancing the role of aerosols along with carbons in the equation – now predict a time when developing countries will contribute more to climate change than advanced societies: 2030.

18 Jul 2014

WindStream Technologies Introduces World's Largest Hybrid Renewable Energy Project in Kingston, Jamaica

The world's largest hybrid renewable energy project was recently commissioned on the rooftop of the prominent law firm, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon (MFG) in Kingston, Jamaica. Developed by WindStream Technologies, a leader in the small wind sector, this landmark urban installation consists of 50 WindStream SolarMill® units to harness available wind and solar resources.

18 Jul 2014

New Report Analyzes Wind Power Market Scenario in the UK

Reportbuyer.com has added a new market research report: Wind Power in the UK, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles

18 Jul 2014

DIRECTV’s Renovated Headquarters Building in El Segundo Earns LEED Platinum Certification

DIRECTV’s renovation of its 299,000 square-foot headquarters building at 2260 E. Imperial Hwy in El Segundo, Calif. has earned Platinum certification, the highest available under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED for Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) category. The building also holds a Silver LEED rating for the Core and Shell (BD+C) category.

18 Jul 2014

NASA's Aura Satellite Provides Vital Data about Air Pollutants

NASA's Aura satellite, celebrating its 10th anniversary on July 15, has provided vital data about the cause, concentrations and impact of major air pollutants. With instruments providing key measurements of various gases - including two built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) -- Aura gives a comprehensive view of one of the most important parts of Earth -- the atmosphere.

17 Jul 2014

Michigan Solar Car Team Installs Avery Dennison's Wrap Film for 2014 American Solar Car Challenge

The University of Michigan will go for its fourth victory in the 2014 American Solar Car Challenge with a car wrapped for beauty and airflow efficiency in Avery Dennison® MPI 1005 Supercast Easy Apply RS™ and DOL 1360 overlaminate, Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions announced today.

17 Jul 2014

UNC Charlotte's Belk Hall Achieves Green Globes NC Certification from Green Building Initiative

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) today announced that the University of North Carolina-Charlotte's Belk Hall, a student housing facility for the college's upper division students, is the first building certified under the updated Green Globes for New Construction (NC), according to GBI president Jerry Yudelson.

17 Jul 2014

Sharps Compliance Partners with Veolia to Provide Environmentally Sustainable Waste Management Services

Sharps Compliance Corp. today announced an arrangement to jointly promote Veolia's RECYCLEPAK, a lighting and battery ship-back recycling program. Sharps will market this service to existing and prospective customers as a complement to Sharps' line of medical waste and unused medication management solutions.

17 Jul 2014