Scott Thomsen, president of Guardian Industries Global Flat Glass Group, will engage the global glass technorati in an opening speech at Glass Performance Days Finland June 11-15 in Tampere. In addition, Guardian technologists and ...
This newly renovated National Park Service building at Grand Canyon National Park is on track to receive a platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. In 2009, in the wake of the country's economic ...
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-New GE LED lighting is helping Las Vegas Sands Corp. take another key step toward curbing environmental impact at its leading resort and meeting properties. As part of its Sands ECO 360o Green Meetings program, Las ...
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Lubrizol Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of The Lubrizol Corporation, is introducing two new Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) resins, for use in textiles, at the 2013 Chinaplas in ...
Glass plays a key role in modern façades and structural solutions in buildings. The use of glass has expanded from mere window solutions to a whole new level. At its best, glass is a building material that offers high-tech solutions ...
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The student Ming Ma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method to manufacture LEDs that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today. His patent-pending ...
Huntsman Textile Effects, a division of Huntsman Corporation and a leading global provider of high quality dyes and chemicals to the textile and related industries, launched the PHOBOTEX range of fluorine-free rain protection and stain ...
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PPG Industries announced the launch of the company’s new sustainability vision, values and goals issued in the 2012 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report. This sustainability “framework” follows more than a year of in-depth ...
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With the increasing awareness on the importance of sustainability, several global garment brands, including Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Walmart and luxury brand Stella McCartney, have started promoting sustainable fashion for reducing the ...
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MeadWestVaco (MWV), Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) and Ellis Paperbox have joined Ecodesk, the open data sustainability platform to measure and analyze supply chain energy use and carbon emissions. The companies join an on-going ...
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In 2011, China revealed plans to put in place a “complete and advanced” recycling infrastructure that will recycle 70% of its major waste products by 2015.It also said it will adhere to a European standard of quality of paper, ...
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Alberta's government will spend C$206 million ($200.7 million) to fund five oil sands-related pilot projects aimed at increasing bitumen recoveries and reducing fresh water usage for in-situ facilities, the province's Department of Energy ...
Sustainable transportation involves the development of economic, environmental and social aspects. It is the broad subject related to the transport that includes vehicles, infrastructures, railways, roads, pipelines and other transport ...
ecoATM, the company that allows consumers to recycle used mobile phones, tablets, and MP3 players for immediate cash, announced today that it has recycled more than one-million devices. According to the Environmental Protection Agency ...
For the 11th time, Texas Instruments was recognized among the world's top corporate citizens by Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine. TI ranked 38 in the announcement of the 14th-annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List. The 100 Best ...