Florida Tech Professor Pioneers New Product to Purify Polluted Water
July 28, 2010Leave a Comment
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology chemistry professor Virender K. Sharma is making new strides in solving an old problem—safely and efficiently cleaning polluted water.
Sharma has invented a liquid cleaning product based on ferrate, a supercharged iron molecule. The resulting compound may be used as an oxidant, disinfectant and coagulant, and for industrial “green” purposes. A [...]
Ann Arbor Selects Relume VUE LED Street Lights
July 27, 2010Leave a Comment
OXFORD, Mich. – Relume Technologies, a leading manufacturer of light-emitting diode (LED) products and smart grid control systems for outdoor lighting applications, was chosen by the City of Ann Arbor to upgrade its existing street and area lighting to Relume’s VUE™ 150 LED street lights. Installation of the first 250 LED fixtures is scheduled to [...]
IT Cabling Manufacturer Siemon’s American Operations are Significantly Carbon Negative
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Company’s carbon reductions and offsets exceed actual emissions by over 330%
Watertown, CT, USA – Siemon, a worldwide leader in IT network infrastructure, today announced that its U.S. and Canada operations have achieved carbon negativity. Siemon reached this green benchmark through an aggressive program of environmental improvement initiatives, including the development of more energy-efficient and [...]
Clean Energy Leaders Declare Need for World Governments to Align to Ramp Up Clean Energy Deployment
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Clean Energy Ministerial Stakeholder Meeting Hosted by American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Washington D.C. — On Monday, July 19, the Clean Energy [...]
Greendix and Sonelis Show the Concept of the Solar-Powered ‘Energy Apple’ Tree
July 21, 20101 Comment
Solar-Powered Fruit Tree Acts as a Portable Charging Station via Energized Apples
Los Angeles, Calif. – July 21, 2010 — Greendix, a fast rising supplier of custom solar panels, debuts the concept of a solar tree with “energy apples”. Sonelis Technologies handles supply and distribution in the Americas (N. and S. America) for [...]
Company provides LED solution to replace fluorescent case lighting
July 1, 2010Leave a Comment
Peabody, Ma, June 25, 2010–International Light Technologies (ILT), a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of lighting products and equipment, has partnered with BJ’s Wholesale Club (BJ’s) to create a new LED (Light Emitting Diode) Refrigerated Case Lighting System that is being installed in 68 of the BJ’s locations this year.
ILT designers worked with BJ’s Energy [...]
Siemens Unveils First UL Listed Solar Safety Switch for Three 600vdc Circuits
June 28, 20101 Comment
ATLANTA, June 17, 2010 ― Siemens Industry, Inc. introduces the first heavy duty, UL listed, three-pole solar disconnect switch able to control three separate 600VDC circuits. Available in 30, 60 and 100-amp ratings, the Solar Photovoltaic Type VBII Safety Switch lowers equipment and installation costs by doing the work of three [...]
One word–Plastics
June 17, 2010Leave a Comment
Forty-three years ago, the movie The Graduate made a one liner famous: “One word, plastics. Will you think about that?”. One man did think about that, but he was thinking about polymers from plants. “People thought I was nuts!”
However, Frederic Sheer, Chairman and Chief Executive of Cereplast, (CERP – NasdaqCM) always believed in the exponential [...]
Commercial Production of Cellulosic Biofuel on Fast Track in China
June 15, 2010Leave a Comment
COFCO, Sinopec and Novozymes to Construct Biofuel Demonstration Facility by 2011
Today, Novozymes, the world’s leader in bioinnovation, COFCO, a leading producer and supplier of processed agricultural products, and Sinopec, the world’s third-largest oil refinery, signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering the next steps towards commercialization [...]
Improving Africa’s Access to Solar Lighting And Quality Health Care
May 27, 2010Leave a Comment
Philips teams up with Dutch soccer legend Ruud Gullit and Right To Play Foundation to bring meaningful life- improving solutions to Africa
Amsterdam, the Netherlands/ Cairo, Egypt – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announces the Cairo to Cape Town Tour: from late May to July 20, 2010 Philips will travel across [...]