USFloors has received a patent for the company's Corboo flooring (U.S.Pat. No. 8,541,085). Corboo is a cork-infused strand woven bamboo floor that marries two of nature's most sustainable flooring materials to create a truly unique, ...
Tags: flooring, Construction, Bamboo Floors
Suffolk-based Spectra Packaging has introduced an "environmentally friendly biopolymer" to its range of products. According to the company, it can now offer its customers plastic packaging made from ethanol from sugarcane as opposed to ...
France is to use profits from nuclear power plants along with a new carbon tax to help fund growth in renewable power and energy efficiency, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayraut said Saturday. In a speech in Paris marking the end of France's ...
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A Canadian team has launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter for its Dodecado, a dodecahedron light with magnetic properties that allows it to be attached to another light, and rearranged or sculpted according to the user’s ...
Tags: LED Lights, Lighting
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today released its “Cities as a Lab: Designing the Innovation Economy” report that demonstrates how design can foster innovative approaches to American cities’ changing needs. ...
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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NliteN has just added the dimmable 2D-Lux™ Smart LED Disk (SLEDD) to its campaign on Indiegogo. The 2D-Lux SLEDD, a 60W-incandescent-replacement LED smart "bulb", adds an Atmel AVR microcontroller, USB interface, and ...
Tags: Smart LED Disk, Lighting
Green development is facing a series of obstacles, as Jiang Xueqing reports in Changchun. Seven years after China's Renewable Energy Law took effect in January 2006, renewable energy companies are making huge contributions to the ...
Tags: New-Energy, Wind Farm
BMW has ruled out any hopes of a BMW X4M, as it seeks to maintain its strong customer base of X6M buyers in growing markets. Speaking to CarAdvice at the launch of the all-new 2014 BMW X5, BMW product communications manager Bernhard ...
Tags: BMW X4, Benz's GLA45 AMG
US-based Analogic has acquired the remaining ownership stake in PocketSonics for an initial cash payment of approximately $11m, with additional contingent payments of up to $3m based on the achievement of certain milestones related to the ...
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Oil-rich countries in the Middle East that plan to boost clean energy development are expecting Chinese firms to grasp opportunities in the regional market. With increasing domestic energy demand, the Egyptian government is pushing for ...
Tags: Clean Energy, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Consumers who plan to buy eco-friendly bamboo apparel are attracted if the price is right, but their next consideration is the novelty of the product, according to a new study by Baylor University researchers. Bamboo has been championed ...
Tags: Bamboo Garments, Textile
New-generation smart phones of Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C began to be on sale in China from September 20, being sold through retail shops of Apple, outlets of China Telecom Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: CHA and SEHK: 0728) and China Unicom ...
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Why can't we turn bio-residues into something constructive?? Extensive environmental damage and ever-increasing consumption rate of fossil fuels force the humankind to dig up substitute non-conventional sources of energy. Non-renewable ...
Tags: Bio-Fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Images of the Caterham AeroSeven concept have been leaked ahead of the radically styled track specialist's unveiling at this weekend's Singapore Formula One Grand Prix. Though its exterior design represents a significant departure from ...
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