Much of the architectural coatings market in Europe is in the doldrums at the moment because of a slump in the region's construction sector stemming from a general slowdown in its economy. During the first quarter of this year, European ...
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the competitive selection of five projects for solid-state lighting (SSL), in response to the SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000792. These two-year projects ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, solid-state lighting
They are said to handle various workloads for segments, including entry-level servers, data centre graphics, microservers, workstations, storage and network appliances. Intel has launched the new Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 product family ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced a 102 lumen-per-watt linear LED upgrade kit to replace fluorescent lamps. The new UR Series LED Upgrade Kit is easy to install, saves over 50% in energy, ...
Tags: Cree LEDs, Fluorescent Lighting
Blackmer is pleased to announce that it has launched a new microsite that helps operators in the Oil & Gas industry improve environmental compliance, energy efficiency and overall operational performance. The new site was developed in ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program, announced recently a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first ...
New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
Tags: Builders, Pro-Housing Policies
Breakthrough Technology Delivers Contractors Quick Retrofit to LED Lighting DURHAM, NC -- Linear fluorescent lighting may have seen its last days thanks to the inventive, new Cree® UR Series LED Upgrade Kit that can deliver payback in ...
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Breakthrough Technology Delivers Contractors Quick Retrofit to LED Lighting Linear fluorescent lighting may have seen its last days thanks to the inventive, new Cree® UR Series LED Upgrade Kit that can deliver payback in less than ...
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As a response to the (solid-state lighting) SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement made in December, the US. Department of Energy (DOE) has competitively selected five projects for SSL to receive the fourth round of funding. ...
Tags: lighting, LED lighting
Teijin Aramid announced it realized a 8.8% total energy efficiency improvement over the past 2.5 years. Besides that, the company is aiming to prove the added value to its products by introducing the Customer Benefit Model. This model ...
Tags: Textile, Netherlands, Teijin Aramid
Americans throw away up to 40 percent of their food says the Environmental Protection Agency. This not only wastes money and energy, but the food decaying in landfills also produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. To reverse this trend, ...
If you like sparkling water or homemade soft drinks flavored with syrup, the Samsung RF31FMESBSR four-door refrigerator might deserve a spot in your kitchen. The $3,900 French-door bottom-freezer is the first of its kind to feature a ...
Tags: Samsung, Sodastream Dispenser, Refrigerator
Glaston has closed deals valued at around EUR 4.8 million with the Columbian company Tecnoglass for four Glaston FC500™ flat tempering machines. The orders are a follow-up to sales of FC500™ machines made in 2011 and 2012. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Williams F1 and Mercedes-Benz have announced a long-term engine partnership commencing from the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship season. The agreement will see Williams supplied with a Mercedes-Benz power unit – comprising an ...
Tags: Engine, Auto Parts