The University of California at Berkeley’s (UC Berkeley’s) newly opened Energy Biosciences Building is the most energy efficient building on campus, thanks in part to window systems from Wausau Window and Wall Systems. The ...
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Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, near Beverly Hills, has upgraded more than 78,000 square feet of its guest room windows with Solar Gard® Armorcoat® Stainless Steel window film. The application provides significant energy savings and UV ...
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At the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Qatar, Philips issued a strong call for governments, businesses and society to step up actions to implement energy efficient lighting as a means of lowering costs, improving competitiveness, and ...
Solar Gard® a company of Saint-Gobain and global leader in the development, manufacturing and distribution of specialty films and backsheet materials, opened its new facility in Qingdao, China, today. Located in the Shandong province, ...
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Germany-based Siemens introduced an environmental portfolio in 2011 to help reduce gas emissions by 317 million tons. According to Peter Loscher, president and CEO of Siemens, climate change has been affecting people's lives and it is ...
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Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems, has announced the installation of its solar cogeneration system at the Clover Stornetta Farms' dairy processing plant in Petaluma, California, in the US. According to ...
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Global recycler of aluminum beverage cans Novelis has reported a rise in the recycled content of its products from 33% to 39% in the first year since announcing its goal to achieve 80% recycled content by 2020. The US-based company ...
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Abercrombie & Fitch has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which represents 655 institutional investors with $78 trillion in assets, for its transparency in reporting how its business operations impact the environment ...
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HJ Heinz Canada is all set to unveil its new eco-friendly ketchup bottle later this month. The bottle is made from up to 30% plant-based material, using Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle packaging. The new packaging is made with a process ...
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US based EcoMotors International has completed its Series C funding worth $32.5m to expand its research and development capability for the Opposed-Piston-Opposed-Cylinder (opoc) diesel engine development. This round of funding was led by ...
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Swedish truck maker Volvo is planning to launch a 13-liter liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine within the Volvo brand for the trucks in North America by 2014. The new engine, when combined with the company's compressed natural gas ...
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US-based Thoro Packaging has announced that it is converting to carbon neutral printing with the natureOffice programme and will offer customers the option to certify all print jobs as carbon neutral. The company has partnered with ...
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Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) proposes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and use 15% less energy, as part of its sustainability goals. The company will achieve the reductions by increasing ...
According to the government's climate change adviser, Australia is underusing its renewable energy sources with rooftop solar photovoltaic and wind having the potential to become the cheapest form of power for retail users by 2030 or ...
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Paper and packaging company International Paper is set to introduce a new 350gsm heavy weight paper to its PRO-DESIGN range in August 2012. The paper is ideal for printing applications. The range has environmentally friendly manufacturing ...