What Does "Green" Mean?
Nearly 90% of those responding to a new survey by the Consumer Electronics Association said environmental factors such as energy efficiency would play a role in their decision to buy their next television. But because there is no one standard about what it actually means for a product to be "green," the study shows that consumers also are confused by claims to that effect. Less than half of the 960 people surveyed said they're generally able to make sense of the environmental attributes attached to electronics on the market. Tim Herbert, the C.E.A.'s senior director of market research, said that although consumers are confused by the green credentials of various electronics, "the key takeaway is the growing importance of 'green' in consumers' purchasing decisions." [read more]
EnerWorks's Collector Earns Highest ecoENERGY Program Rating
NRCan's ecoACTION program provides performance ratings for qualifying solar collectors to aid understanding and comparisons. A recent update to the listing at http://www.ecoaction.gc.ca/ shows EnerWorks's commercial collector at a 1.07 performance factor, the highest ecoENERGY Program Rating.
CO2 Monitor can be used in various industries
Implementing IR-SoC technology, ZG106A-M is built with minimal parts count and detects carbon dioxide (CO2) for the healthy environment.
Edison's Rooftop Solar Project
Southern California Edison unveiled its newest power plant: 33,700 solar panels atop a warehouse in Fontana that will feed green energy directly into the grid. It's the first piece of what the utility says could become the largest rooftop solar installation in the world, a swath of photovoltaic panels spanning two square miles. The 600,000-square-foot warehouse rooftop, owned by ProLogis Inc., is the first of 150 commercial buildings that Edison is looking to outfit with solar panels over the next five years. Collectively, solar panels on all those roofs would provide 250 megawatts of electricity, enough by Edison's reckoning to power more than 160,000 homes when the sun is shining. Read More.
TURBODEN FIRST IN UNITED KINGDOM WITH ORC TECHNOLOGY
Italian company will provide ORC turbine for new plant
in Great Britain realized by LandEnergy
Free Energy to Charge Devices
Intel is researching technology to harvest free energy from the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones running for indefinite periods without recharging. The company said it was working on tiny sensors that could capture energy from sources such as sunlight and body heat. In the future, such energy could be used to power personal electronic devices such as cell phones. Recharging themselves by scavenging free energy allows the sensors to continuously record and transmit readings over wireless networks, without any human involvement. Read more.
Rich Media Presentations from Solar Power International 2008 Now Available
Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) releases a digital archive of Solar Power International 2008 featuring rich media presentations and shining light on the future of clean, renewable energy.
Texas School District to Save Over $2.5 Million Through Energy Conservation
The Red Oak (Texas) School District is implementing $2.4 million in facility enhancements to improve operations and efficiency at 10 buildings. The Energy Solutions division of TAC will complete the work as a performance contract and guarantees that ROISD will save more than $264,000 annually.
RES Reports: Overall Markets Up Monday on Obama's Planned Infrastructure Spending
Renewable Energy Stocks Sector Close-Up; Renewable Energy and Green Stocks up on Obama Optimism
SMA AMERICA WELCOMES NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Jeff Kosinksi to Lead the Solar Inverter Company's Business-Building Efforts
Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells
Researchers at MIT have unveiled a new type of silicon solar cell that could be much more efficient and cost less than currently used solar cells. The design combines a highly effective reflector on the back of a solar cell with an antireflective coating on the front. This helps trap red and near-infrared light, which can be used to make electricity, in the silicon. The researchers applied their light-trapping scheme on thin silicon cells that are about five micrometers thick. Their prototype solar cell is 15 percent more efficient at converting light into electricity than commercial thin-film solar cells. Read More.
Arrow Hart® Brand of Cooper Wiring Devices Introduces New Energy-Efficient LED Accent Lights
New line of Arrow Hart® Commercial Specification Grade LED Accent Lights that provide energy-efficient and long-life lighting for wayfinding, egress and task illumination.
Why Combined Heat and Power?
Also known as cogeneration, CHP is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source such as natural gas, biomass, biogas, coal, waste heat, or oil. According to a report from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, boosting the use of combined heat and power, or CHP, to 20 percent of generating capacity in the U.S. by 2030 would save 5.3 quadrillion British thermal units of fuel annually, the equivalent of nearly half the total energy currently consumed by U.S. households. The lab said there would also be a 60 percent reduction of the projected increase in carbon dioxide, the equivalent of taking 154 million cars off the road. Read More.
GREENPEAK SELECTED AS 2009 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TECHNOLOGY PIONEER
The World Economic Forum announced that GreenPeak Technologies is being recognized as one of the Technology Pioneers for 2009. GreenPeak is a fabless semiconductor company offering innovative ultra low power wireless and battery-free data communication technology for sense and control applications
3TIER Releases 5 km Wind Map of the World
Most accurate, consistent, comprehensive wind dataset available at the global scale
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