Bicentennial Park is first park in Sydney installed with new GE LED lights GE Lighting, together with its Australian partner UGL Limited, has completed the installation of LED lights at Bicentennial Park in Glebe – as part of the ...
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Wool organizations from around the world have united to research the environmental credentials of this natural fibre. The starting point is the publication of a scientific report assessing existing wool Life Cycle Analyses (LCA). The ...
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Retrofitting Calgary's streetlights with LED technology will save money and energy, but comes at a cost, says a report coming before a city committee. A report coming Wednesday to the Standing Policy Committee on Transportation and ...
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Global music artist and producer will.i.am and The Coca-Cola Company announced at a private launch event that the Levi's brand,MCM,RVCA and Case-Mate will be joining anchor partners,Beats by Dr.Dre and New Era as the newest members of the ...
A total of 33,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) were distributed to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the Central Visayas provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor to replace their incandescent bulbs. The ...
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DuPont Sorona will showcase a variety of new applications in apparel at the Shanghai Intertextile Show(22-Oct-12 to 25-Oct-12),China's International Trade Fair for Apparel Fabrics and Accessories.The DuPont Sorona Boulevard exemplifies the ...
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The EBRD is actively promoting the use of renewable energy in Ukraine in order to reduce the country’s dependence on imported fossil fuel and to improve its energy security. The latest initiative of the Bank, which is aimed at solar ...
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Buckeye Technologies Inc. announced the release of its 2012 Sustainability Report. This report (which summarizes calendar year 2011 results) highlights Buckeye's continuing efforts to reduce fossil fuel usage, water usage, solid waste ...
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V. Sealing the Deal: Federal Standards In January 2012, a federal standard became effective that requires all light bulbs sold in the United States to be 28 percent more efficient than a normal incandescent light bulb, and to continue to ...
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Attracting nearly one million visitors each year, the Grand Traverse County Civic Center is a multi-use facility encompassing roughly 45 acres, located in Traverse City, Mich. Although the site offers visitors many outdoor options, its ...
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Australian Paper has been under "intense competitive pressure"from cheap imported papers and its export markets have been significantly impact as a result, according to the company's CEO Jim Henneberry. Releasing the company's 2011 ...
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BPF Director-General Peter Davis speaking yesterday at the Global Polymer Innovation Expo (GPIE) in Columbus, Ohio said the world has plentiful oil and gas reserves and global polyolefins capacity should be sufficient to meet demand growth ...
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You remember the iPod.The iPod created jobs,but a majority of those jobs were overseas.Electronics manufacturing jobs are mostly overseas,which helps to keep one million workers at China's Foxconn plants busy. In contrast,the majority of ...
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DuPont Biomaterials announced several new fiber developments that provide apparel designers sustainable,high-performance fibers and fabrics.The new fibers are designed to perform in a variety of applications,offering customers the ability ...
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The global market for green datacentres will grow from $17.1bn (£10bn) in 2012 to $45.4bn (£28bn) by 2016, as rising energy costs, tighter carbon emission regulations and economic pressure force IT executives to make their ...
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