According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), public transportation avoids the use of 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually in the United States. While public transportation can refer to a variety of modes, APTA ...
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Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that it has restarted its blast furnace No. 4 at the Port Talbot steelworks in the UK, the second blast furnace to be restarted at the steelworks in question, following the completion of a ...
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Thomas Research Products is a lighting manufacturer that is wholly owned by Hubbell Lighting Inc. Based in Huntley, Illinois, the company designs, manufacturers and supplies energy-saving electronic lighting components and integrated light ...
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Edgar Langen, a lighting expert with extensive experience in LED Lighting and associated electronics, has been appointed General Manager of Lumotech, part of the Nualight Group. He will be responsible for all lighting electronics at the ...
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An EU-funded research project has created a system for higher broadband speeds that could be able to connect to many different devices in the home. Researchers on the HOME Gigabit Access (OMEGA) project have managed to develop a network ...
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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 ...
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New research has revealed that there is a huge shortfall in funding for energy-saving programmes that would help alleviate the burden on families in fuel poverty. The figures, compiled by National Energy Action (NEA), found that the ...
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 ...
Glasgow City Council is set to research street lighting’s impact on criminal activity, after receiving a £24 million technology grant. The city beat 30 other UK cities to claim a £24 million prize as a result of ...
The California Lighting Technology Center at the University of California, Davis, helped prompt the California Energy Commission to include quality criteria for LED replacement lamps in its first-in-the-nation energy efficiency directive on ...
Last year, Ningbo Baoxin fully evokes Baosteel stainless steel system synergy and product features such as "thin special premium excellent", enhances full operating capacity and achieves annual full production full sales and makes profit ...
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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 ...
If one your goals for 2013 is to expand your wine collection—maybe with a case of Shafer Vineyards' coveted Relentless Napa Valley 2008—then you may also want to invest in a new wine chiller. Uniform temperature is key to ...
A coffeemaker embedded with Swarovski crystals seems a little over the countertop but maybe it takes a little bling to make an everyday appliance seem less prosaic. Fortunately, the Cuisinart Crystal coffeemaker had other attributes ...
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The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) intends to create a standard method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power(ULP) microcontrollers. To date, the industry has lacked a common method to test, validate, ...
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