China will remain the leading global consumer of wind turbine rotor blades over the coming years, with its market value expected to increase from $2 billion in 2012 to $3.7 billion by 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2 percent. ...
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Safety concerns about an unlit stretch of the M65 have led to a local campaign to get the motorway's defunct road lights switched back on. Following a fatal crash in November, near junction 8 of the motorway, the local newspaper The ...
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The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. In December 2013, USGBC's Green Building ...
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The computing cloud may feel intangible to users, but it has a definite physical form and a corresponding carbon footprint. Facebook's data centers, for example, were responsible for the emission of 298 000 metric tons of carbon dioxide in ...
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Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
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The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. This month, USGBC’s Green Building ...
The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has hit the supply chain management with increasing intensity. Now OEMs have to navigate the complexity of getting the supply chain on board. CSR initiatives span the breadth of the ...
Tags: Chain, Industrial Equipment, Components
New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra and Swiss food major Nestle have opened a new dairy distribution facility in Araras, Brazil, with an investment of NZ$45m. The facility was set up through the companies' South American joint venture ...
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Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
The supply chain is getting greener and discussions about sustainability are cropping up in more calls and conferences than ever before. What this means for you is that the "green-ness" of your supply chain will soon be a deciding factor ...
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UK-based dairy farmer co-operative First Milk has decided to invest £7m to construct a new effluent treatment plant and equip new boilers that will use natural gas at its Haverfordwest Creamery in Pembrokeshire. The new projects ...
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Platts – Oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 29.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, the lowest volume since mid-2011 when the uprising in Libya significantly reduced the ...
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This EU investigation is a normal process within state aid and competition procedures and that an investigation is underway is no basis for scaremongering reports says GMB GMB, the union for energy and construction workers, has learned ...
Chinese state-owned oil major Sinopec will supply tighter specification motor gasoil adhering to National Phase IV emission standards at all its gas stations across South China's Guangdong province from Friday, the company said last Friday. ...
Sensus, a provider of clean technology solutions, received the "Best Smart Grid Product or Solution" award at the fourth annual Rural Smart Grid Summit (RSGS). Over 100 rural electric cooperative executives voted to select Sensus for this ...
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