LEDs are playing an indispensable role in lighting today, moving far from being once used only as indicators to a preferred source of luminance in public, commercial and private spaces.They have also the most popular ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched USGBC+, a new magazine for its community of nearly 13,000 member organizations that are committed to USGBC’s mission to create sustainable buildings and communities for all within this ...
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Opel will develop new assistance systems to increase efficiency and safety in urban transport under its participation in the UR:BAN research project (user oriented assistance systems and network management). The goal of the partly German ...
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The London daily silver fixing process will cease to be operated by the current company, The London Silver Market Fixing Limited, as of August 14, it said in a statement Wednesday. The statement said that until August 14, "Deutsche Bank, ...
If TPG Capital LP decides to take American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. public, it might recoup its initial investment and more. Recent acquisitions, however, will make an initial public offering (IPO) less profitable. The private ...
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China looks back on nearly 5000 years of continued history tremendously rich on innovation and scientific achievements. For centuries the Chinese had been at the forefront of humanity's intellectual and technological progress and often far ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is providing more than $60,000 in technical assistance to Lafayette Wetlands Partnership, Friends of Norfolk’s Environment, and the City of Norfolk to explore green options ...
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Adidas is considering offers for its Rockport comfort shoe brand, Chief Executive Herbert Hainer said Tuesday on the company's first quarter conference call. "We are listening to these offers," Hainer said, according to Reuters. It has ...
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Aeropostale, Inc., a mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel for young women and men, provided an update on its strategic initiatives and announced a comprehensive cost reduction program as part of the Company's on-going turnaround ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven winning student teams of EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) phase II awards for innovative and sustainable designs to help solve today's complex environmental ...
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South Korea is working on a mid-term plan to explore oil and gas reserves off the country's coast as part of efforts to help reduce its heavy reliance on foreign crude imports, an energy ministry official said. "The government plans to ...
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Panasonic has firmed up plans for assigning headquarters functions to Southeast Asia as early as this summer for consumer electronics operations there. Planning and development of products will be localized, shifting decision-making ...
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Armstrong World Industries named The Kroger Co. as its 2013 Flooring Recycler of the Year. The Armstrong award recognizes organizations that made significant environmental contributions by recycling VCT materials during demolition ...
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The CGFDC oversees two Green Food Standards: A (which allows some use of synthetic agricultural chemicals) and AA (which is more stringent, allowing less use of such chemicals, and is consequently less popular with agricultural producers). ...
Caesarstone will unveil Islands at Fuori Salone 2014, Milan, a collaboration with acclaimed London-based design studio Raw Edges. Following a preview at the Interior Design Show in Toronto, Caesarstone will present a further exploration ...
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