Cavet’s LumiSmart Intelligent Lighting Controller (ILC), is a low-cost programmable energy saving lighting controller. LumiSmart ILC is designed to work with any fluorescent lighting circuit and provides immediate energy consumption reduction of 30% with no perceivable difference to occupant comfort. LumiSmart ILC is a patented power shaping appliance that improves power factors while automatically applying [...]

ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Without aggressive action to reduce soot emissions, the time table for carbon dioxide emission reductions may need to be significantly accelerated in order to achieve international climate policy goals such as those set forth in last December’s Copenhagen Accord, according to a study published online June 21 in the Proceedings [...]

Latest news 26 June 2010 Fleets could reduce their fuel consumption and cut down on carbon dioxide emissions by making simple changes to their vans. According to recent research conducted by TNO and CE Delft on behalf of Transport and Environment, new vans could be up to 16 per cent more fuel efficient and ten [...]

By Anshu ShrivastavaTMCnet ContributorFirst Choice Power has said that it’s awarding 26 Texas based non-profit organizations “Reduce Your Use Grants” to increase energy efficiency. Valued as much as $2,000 each, the grants are awarded to local organizations that display a need and desire to save money on their electricity bill by using eco-friendly and energy-efficient [...]

Published: 2010-06-17 Washington, D.C., United States –An analysis released this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirms that a comprehensive solution to our dependence on oil is affordable and within reach, according to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EPA’s new analysis shows that the clean energy development in the American Power Act can [...]

By Jayashree Adkoli TMCnet Contributor Telepresence (News – Alert), a technology that facilitates geographically dispersed groups of people to collaborate in multiple locations worldwide, is gaining momentum in the corporate world.  A new study entitled “The Telepresence Revolution,” which was commissioned by the Carbon Disclosure Project “CDP,” an independent not-for-profit organization collecting key climate change data, [...]

Latest news 16 June 2010 Coca-Cola has begun tests on an aerodynamic truck design in a bid to analyse and reduce its fuel consumption. The Bevan21 is the fast access curtainslider body being used in the trials, Transport News Network reported. In addition to the contoured container, Coca-Cola is also running a standard flat-roofed version [...]

By Hans Lewis, TMCnet Contributor For the purpose of enabling QED’s drug development clients to more easily form partnerships with key biopharmaceutical companies, QED Pharmaceutical Services has licensed SAS (News – Alert) Clinical Data Integration. The win at QED, a global contract research organization (CRO) with offices in India and the United States, continues the strong [...]

Latest news 11 June 2010 Genetically modified (GM) crops will play an important role in reducing farming’s impact on the environment. This is the view of Dr Helen Ferrier, the chief science and regulatory affairs advisor to the National Farmers Union (NFU). Dr Ferrier said: “Science and research in both public and private sectors is [...]

BookmarkGlobal Warming Likely to Reduce Phytoplankton Size, Thereby Reducing Ocean’s Capacity to Remove Carbon Dioxide from AirScienceDaily (June 9, 2010) — According to a study led by researchers at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) both the absolute and relative biomass of small phytoplankton in the North Atlantic increase at higher temperature. The latter variable [...]