A group of lighting designers and manufacturers, researchers, and utilities have joined to ask the EPA to recognize that higher-CRI lamps can increase energy savings through broader usage even with a slightly reduced efficacy specification. ...
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Effective February 1, 2013, Petrus Ng will be appointed as the new Managing Director of BASF Vietnam Co Ltd. He succeeds Jirawat Thongbai, who will take over the position of Director, Care Chemicals, at BASF in Thailand. Ng started his ...
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The White House on Tuesday offered no specifics on how President Barack Obama plans to tackle climate change, a day after his inaugural speech included a pointed call to action. But a key Democrat in the House of Representatives said ...
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Recently, the lighting sector has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program to address light quality, specifically color rendering, in its new lamp specification, in a bid to ensure the long-term ...
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Recently, one more tube light of SPARK passed the VDE ( Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker)authentication. Over the years, relying on its continuous innovation and unremitting efforts, Spark has grown up as benchmarking brand in LED ...
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During the pilot project for the separate collection of glass in Novosibirsk was collected 6 tons of waste glass. This was announced by the head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Novosibirsk region ...
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USAgain, a for-profit textile recycling company, announced that it diverted nearly 58 million pounds of unwanted clothing and shoes last year that would have otherwise been thrown into the trash and ultimately buried in landfills. In ...
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A Wearside firm specialising in water storing polymer technology and applications for the environmental protection and horticulture industries has been developing its export growth with the help of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). In the ...
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Believing that radon is only a problem in some parts of the country is just one of the myths surrounding the radioactive gas that's responsible for 21,000 lung cancer deaths a year. Elevated radon levels have been found in one in 15 homes ...
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The full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday said it would not reconsider an August decision by a three-judge panel of the court that tossed out a key challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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Wood Furniture Is no longer a few high-end consumer products, although prices changed little, but growing number of consumers are being recognized only do a lot of the original plate Furniture The company also began playing a solid idea. ...
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The International Oeko-Tex Association, Switzerland, has announced it will replace the current Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000 certification system for sustainable production with Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) by Oeko-Tex. The ...
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Baosteel Development Corporation's two circular economy projects "Baosteel blast furnace slag comprehensive utilization" and "Baosteel iron oxide red comprehensive utilization industrialization" applied in 2012 recently passes Ministry of ...
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Tablets will be rated based on the Energy Star specification in the future. The specification will be part of the Energy Star version 6.1, according to documents posted on the U.S. Energy Star website. But a date for ratings on tablets ...
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Next-Generation LR6-10L LED Fixture Delivers Exceptional Energy Savings and Long Lifetime to Obsolete Outdated Fluorescent and CFL Lighting DURHAM, NC -- Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the LR6-10L six-inch LED downlight delivering 1000 ...
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