Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
Tags: Underperforming Waste Lagoons, The Environmental Risk Management
Huntsman Textile Effects continues to make strides in the AVITERA SE range with the launch of the Light Red range. The new bluish red polyreactive dyes now feature a broad palette color spectrum in the pale shades with highest light ...
Jeans developed by a Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design student, using a fibre made from sustainable wood instead of cotton, could be the key to cutting carbon emissions in the jeans industry around the world. Saving energy and ...
Tags: Jeans, fibre, sustainable wood, cotton
UK-based sugar products manufacturer Ragus has opened a new plant at Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire, which will produce specialist sugars. The company noted that the facility is equipped with advanced equipment for efficient drying, ...
en.lighten to Host Global Efficient Lighting Forum The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) en.lighten initiative, in collaboration with the City of Guangzhou, China, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the UNEP Global ...
Tags: Global Efficient Lighting Forum, lighting, efficient lighting
A strong line-up of speakers from around the world has already been confirmed for day one and two (13 & 14 March 2013) of the upcoming Interstoff Asia Essential Spring trade fair, to be held at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention ...
Tags: Fashion Trends, Interstoff Asia, Apparel
Dairy Crest has pumped 1.1M into new facilities at its Foston site in Derbyshire to promote greener ways of working. The new building provides an automated link between the firm's milk bottling site and the adjacent factory that makes ...
Tags: Dairy Crest, milk bottling, Dairy
The RAF has had LED lighting installed in one of the helicopter hangars at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire as a way of saving energy and providing a better working environment. RAF Benson is home to two-thirds of the RAF's support helicopter ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Helicopter Base, RAF
Atlas Box & Crating has engaged Groom Energy to implement multi-measure energy efficiency upgrades at its two Atlas facilities in Sutton, Massachusetts, US. The upgrades together will cut down the total energy consumption at the locations ...
PriDE, a joint venture between Interserve and SSE Contracting that performs real-estate management and provides construction services, has installed SSL hangar lighting at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, UK in order to save energy and provide a ...
Tags: LED lighting, lighting, solid state lighting
An array of new LED streetlights is to be installed in the Northamptonshire town of Towcester, it has been announced. Northamptonshire County Council will begin work in October this year that will see brand new facilities put in place ...
A strong line-up of speakers from around the world has already been confirmed for day one and two (13 & 14 March 2013) of the upcoming Interstoff Asia Essential Spring trade fair, to be held at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention ...
Tags: Eco-Textile Label, Exhibitors, Interstoff
UK - Independent film and television production house Renegade Pictures have turned to LED lighting solutions from Gemma Lighting Limited for their latest show Car SOS. Owned by Shed Media, Renegade produces popular television shows such ...
Tags: LED, LED lighting solutions, lighting
Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan has opened a paint plant in Smyrna, Tennessee in the US, which the company claims as its most advanced plant. The new 250,000sqft facility will be located adjacent to the company's vehicle ...
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The findings of a study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have highlighted the huge benefits that can be reaped by making a switch to energy-efficient lighting. Using Africa as a case study, the report notes that if Kenya ...
Tags: UN, Lighting, energy-efficient lighting