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May 8, 2012
Microsoft Goes Carbon Neutral with a Novel Twist

The world's leading IT company, Microsoft, is taking the big plunge into carbon neutrality, the company has announced.

February 23, 2012
Apple Builds the Largest Privately-Owned Solar Farm in the United States

Apple, Inc. plans to build the biggest privately owned solar farm in the United States according to its latest facilities report released earlier this week.

February 16, 2012
IKEA Marches Toward 100% Renewable Energy

Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA has released its 2011 Sustainability Report, which reaffirms the company's status as a global leader in the increasingly important area of corporate sustainability.

February 9, 2012
Volkswagen's Chattanooga Auto Plant First of a Kind to Recieve LEED Platinum Rating

German automaker Volkswagen's newest United States manufacturing facility has been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) as the first LEED Platinum automotive manufacturing plant in the world.

September 16, 2011
Intel Demonstrates A Processor That Could Be Powered By The Sun

Shares of computer technology developer Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) rose 2% Thursday after chief technology officer Justin Rattner unveiled the company's latest technologies at the Intel Developer Forum.

August 2, 2011
Smart Meters Saving Consumers Money in Pennsylvania

As policy makers and the power industry rush to integrate Smart Meters and transform the electric grid to a smart grid, Respond Power, an Energy Service Company (ESCO), recently launched its Respond Power Rewards program. The new initiative places the company ahead of the curve.

July 13, 2011
Chicago Announces $40 Million Building Retrofit Program

After the monthly board meeting of the Public Buildings Commission of Chicago, the city's mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the launch of the Guaranteed Energy Performance Contracting program, a new energy efficiency initiative.

June 25, 2011
DOE to Invest $120 Million to Support New Manufacturing Technologies to Increase Industrial Facilities' Energy Efficiency

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) will play an active role in the newly established Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP).

June 22, 2011
Scientists Develop More Powerful LED Light

A group of scientists from American universities have designed a smaller, more powerful, longer lasting light-emitting diode (LED) light.  Their findings have been published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.&quo

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