Daily Archives: August 4, 2008

Webcasting a Few Ideas for Green Computing on Campus

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full post in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog. Campus computers are energy hogs. Whether they are dorm room devices or large college data centers, computer processors suck in huge amounts of electricity and give off … Continue reading →

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REACHing for less toxic alternatives

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full commentary in the Boston Globe. Lead in lipstick, phthalates in toys, Bisphenol-a in baby bottles, flame retardants in breast milk, Teflon in people’s bodies. What do these have in common? They are consequences of the disjointed systems … Continue reading →

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Study: Gaps in second generation biofuels

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Biomass Magazine. A U.S. DOE international study identifying research gaps in transportation fuels has been published by the International Energy Agency. Gaps in the Research of Second Generation Transportation Biofuels was initiated by Larry Russo … Continue reading →

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Alliance for Sustainable Energy to manage NREL

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Biomass Magazine. The U.S. DOE has selected the Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC to be the next management contractor for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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DOE, USDA award cellulosic feedstock grants

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Biomass Magazine. Ten grants totaling more than $10 million are being awarded to universities and research institutes in an effort to accelerate fundamental research in the development of cellulosic biofuels.

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The Greening of Retail: Lowering Costs and Raising Customer Loyalty

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Leader. Forthcoming Aberdeen research on green initiatives in the retail sector reveals that retailers worldwide are leveraging sustainability initiatives to drive down costs and boost customer loyalty.  By adopting an innovative set of eco-friendly … Continue reading →

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Postal Service Wants To Green 90% Of Fleet

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Leader. The U.S. Postal Service is participating in Project Driveway to identify new technologies in hopes of replacing almost 90 percent, or 195,000 of its delivery fleet with non-petroleum fueled vehicles. General Motors presented … Continue reading →

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Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story from Environmental Leader. UK food retailer Sainsbury’s has won the European Retail Solutions Best Green IT Initiative Award 2008 for using simultaneous two-sided thermal receipt printers from NCR Corporation in its store checkouts.

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Want to calculate a carbon footprint?

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “Carbon neutrality” is definitely in, with everyone from Al Gore to U2 to the Mariners calculating their carbon footprints and offsetting it with donations to wind-energy plants or tree-planting programs. And now … Continue reading →

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MIT researchers split water to store solar energy

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. The key to plentiful solar power is water, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Daniel Nocera. Nocera and his MIT colleague, Matthew Kanan, on Thursday will publish a technical paper that describes what they … Continue reading →

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