Dubai municipality and Philips sign MoU to transform Municipality buildings from conventional to intelligent LED lighting LED lighting can help save 50% of energy consumption and 6,200 tons of CO2 emissions per year in the ...
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Two Swedish scientists have won the 2013 AkzoNobel Science Award in recognition of their prominent research in the fields of materials and surface engineering. Lars Hultman, of Linköping University, and Per Claesson, from the Royal ...
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Philips is supply LED lighting to 262 buildings in Dubai in an agreement between the company and Dubai’s government. A memorandum of understanding, signed by the director general of Dubai Municipality, Hussain Nasser Lootah and the ...
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Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento, CA, chair of the Resilient Communities for America Campaign, unveiled a roadmap to resiliency at the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) National Leadership Speaker Series event. In a speech at the ...
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The days of shrugging off Twitter may soon be over. Some 200 million users strong, the site is already one of the most prominent social networks, but going public could give it the muscle to become the next Facebook or Apple, one analyst ...
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Dutch designer David Graas has created 3D-printed LED light bulbs that have cityscapes rising from them in a series called Huddle. These bulbs are Graas' homage to the modern city. "The mega city, despite its many ...
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BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. “As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production ...
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BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. "As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production close ...
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US-based paperboard packaging company Zumbiel Packaging has joined the EPA's Green Power Partnership (GPP), as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainable business practices. The company has proposed to purchase 5% of its electricity ...
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has hinted Holden could receive additional government funding to help shore up its local manufacturing future. Weatherill told News Limited he was prepared to go to great lengths to save Holden, ...
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The UK's leading designer and manufacturer of surplus PV energy controllers will be discussing the future of sustainability at this month's Energy Storage UK exhibition. Robin Whitehead, Sales Manager at 4Eco-immerSUN, will be a keynote ...
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Five thousand food jobs in Scotland and Wales have been safeguarded after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approved the 2 Sisters Food Group’s acquisition of Vion UK’s poultry business. About 5,000 food manufacturing jobs ...
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AkzoNobel's Science Award program officially honored its first North American recipient when Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. was recognized for his cutting-edge polymer chemistry research. ...
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In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program, announced recently a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first ...
Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has blamed the pressure of rising commodity prices for putting 55 jobs under threat at its cooked meats site in Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Rising input prices have put 55 jobs under threat at Bernard ...
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