The nearside of the Moon will never resemble your Granddad's back forty, but agriculture remains the key to living and working off-world. All the mineral ore in the solar system can't replace the fact that for extended periods on the Moon ...
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Phased ban on the sale of incandescent lightbulbs is completed following EU directive to reduce energy use of lighting. Incandescent lightbulbs have been phased out in Europe from September 2009 and September 2012. After ...
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Glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has invested £5.4 million to rebuild and upgrade the white flint furnace at its Rotherham plant. The furnace can produce around 200 tonnes of molten glass a day and improved design will cut carbon ...
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Msheireb Properties, Qatar s leading sustainable real estate developer, is introducing more environmentally responsible concrete in the construction of its flagship development, the QR20bn Msheireb Downtown Doha project. The project now ...
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Here on the final day of our LED exploration, I get down to brass tacks: the economic and ecological arguments for switching from incandescent to LED. And beware: I use math and logic. LED Economics I get it. An incandescent bulb cost ...
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Seesmart Technologies, Inc. has completed the installation of LED lighting in two of The Ashforth Company's properties in Connecticut, transforming its spaces and offering a quick return on investment of only 15 months. And it is estimated ...
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Seesmart Technologies declared that two of Ashforth Company's properties located in Connecticut have been retrofitted with Seesmart's energy-efficient LED lighting,which ensures quick return on investment within just 15 months,in addition ...
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Building-integrated PV ready to'come of age'22 Aug 2012 Maturing technologies and partnerships between solar and construction companies will prompt 4.6GW of installations by 2017. A new market report from the analyst company Pike ...
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PV puts utilities and construction ‘on collision course’ 16 Aug 2012 Achieving widespread grid parity with solar electricity may set up a titanic clash between the two industry sectors. PV panel The falling cost of ...
GSI Group hit by scientific market slowdown 09 Aug 2012 Sales of fiber lasers from subsidiary JK Lasers triple year-on-year, but scientific orders are delayed. JK Lasers' carbon dioxide laser GSI Group, the owner of well-known ...
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SmartWatt Energy has made a LED lighting upgrade at a 200,000 square foot facility in Iowa Cold Storage,a premier provider of temperature-controlled warehousing,logistics,and transportation for food products in the Midwestern United ...
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Agua Caliente CdTe PV project reaches 200MW milestone NRG Energy Inc of Princeton,NJ,USA,MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix,AZ(a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC)and cadmium telluride(CdTe)thin-film photovoltaic module maker First ...
Given that conventional lawn mowers and other gas-powered landscaping tools hold the dubious distinction of being responsible for generating a staggering 5 percent of air pollution in the U.S., maintaining a well-groomed yard that’s ...
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GE Lighting's innovative LED solution was the right brew for Korea's popular Hollys Coffee. The new ambient lighting at 18 Hollys Coffee branches across the country was sculpted with GE's Energy Smart LED PAR30 light. This light offers ...
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IDG News Service - Ask any Silicon Valley entrepreneur about their startup and they'll usually tell you the sky is the limit. For some, it's not just the limit but the goal. Combining advances in electronics and new sources of funding with ...
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