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EE Green Building Elements

Improved Lubrication without Oil 3 hours 36 min old
GUEST POST: Declining Bee Populations Present a Catch-22 Situation 7 hours 58 min old
Clean Energy Matters – A FutureFest Conference 1 day 4 hours old
Coal Generation Drops 19 Percent in One Year in US 1 day 7 hours old
Bright Future for Solar Power in Space 1 day 9 hours old
The Artcraft Company Becomes New England’s First 100% Solar Powered Engraving and Printing Facility 2 days 2 hours old
Revisiting Recycled Roof Shingles Made from Tires 2 days 4 hours old
Army Expands Research and Development on Mobile Renewable Energy Solutions 2 days 4 hours old
GUEST POST: Measuring Efficient Emergency Products 2 days 8 hours old
Join the Buckminster Fuller Institute June 6 to Celebrate the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Winner 2 days 22 hours old
Installation of 3M ACCR in Siberia Boosts Electric Power To City of Irkutsk without Needing Larger Towers 3 days 5 hours old
Clean Energy Standard Could Have Big Impact 3 days 7 hours old
GUEST POST: Solar Shingles = Innovation In Green Roofing 3 days 22 hours old
Scientists Develop Method for Measuring CO2 to Fight Global Warming – in the Event of a Treaty to Limit Worldwide Emissions 4 days 2 hours old
Lighting News Roundup (9 Stories) 4 days 9 hours old
Research Opens Doors to UV Disinfection Using LED Technology 4 days 10 hours old
Brazil Shelves Plans to Build Two Nuclear Plants 5 days 10 hours old
Focus of Green Telecom Programs Has Shifted to Energy Efficiency, Says Report 5 days 10 hours old
Juice on the Rooftop from a Silent Magnetic Wind Turbine 6 days 3 hours old
Microsoft Vows to Go Carbon Neutral 6 days 4 hours old
Affordable Housing Goes Green in Georgia 6 days 21 hours old
Why New Clean Energy Bill Cuts More CO2 than Climate Bill 1 week 1 day old
GUEST POST: Seven Ways to Conserve Energy in Your Home 1 week 1 day old
How Much Incandescent Bulbs Really Cost 1 week 1 day old
Heat Pipe Technology’s Case Studies Show Rapid ROI for Passive Energy Recovery and Dehumidification Systems 1 week 1 day old

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ScienceDaily Energy Technology

New silicon memory chip may offer super-fast memory 1 day 7 hours old
Ultrasensitive biosensor promising for medical diagnostics 4 days 10 hours old
Getting in tune: Researchers solve tuning problem for wireless power transfer systems 4 days 10 hours old
Dip chip technology tests toxicity on the go 5 days 7 hours old
Scientists generate electricity from viruses 6 days 6 hours old
Solar power to dye for: Flexible lightweight inexpensive dyes could harvest energy from sun 1 week 2 days old
Optimal planning of solar power plants 1 week 2 days old
Photonics: New approach to generating terahertz radiation will lead to new imaging and sensing applications 1 week 2 days old
Secrets of the first practical artificial leaf 1 week 3 days old
Portable diagnostics designed to be shaken, not stirred 1 week 3 days old
Technique keeps cool high-power semiconductor devices used in wireless applications, traffic lights and electric cars 1 week 4 days old
Acoustic diode, providing one-way transmission of sound, promises to improve ultrasound imaging 1 week 4 days old
New battery system could reduce buildings' electric bills 1 week 4 days old
Can minor vibrations replaces batteries in power sensors, radio transmitters and GPS modules? 2 weeks 1 day old
Thanks for the (computer) memory: More room for data in 'phase-change' material 2 weeks 2 days old
Electric charge disorder: A key to biological order? 2 weeks 5 days old
Contributing to the nuclear fusion project 3 weeks 1 day old
Electron politics: Physicists probe organization at the quantum level 3 weeks 3 days old
New harvesting approach boosts energy output from bacteria 3 weeks 3 days old
Laser blackout quirk important to future electronics? 3 weeks 3 days old
Graphene Boosts Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells 3 weeks 4 days old
Improving on the amazing: Scientists seek new conductors for metamaterials 3 weeks 4 days old
Scientists discover bilayer structure in efficient solar material 3 weeks 4 days old
Scientists see solution to critical barrier to fusion 3 weeks 5 days old
Self-assembling highly conductive plastic nanofibers 3 weeks 6 days old

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Environmental Leader News

Going Beyond Compliance: Best-in-Class Environmental Performance 1 day 10 hours old
US Imposes 31% Duty on Chinese Solar Panels 1 day 10 hours old
Intel Sustainability Report: Tech Giant Commits to 10% GHG Cut 1 day 10 hours old
IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come 1 day 10 hours old
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS Review 1 day 11 hours old
Environmental March Madness Tournament: Purdue Profile & Q&A 1 day 14 hours old
Machine Lifecycle and Sustainability 1 day 14 hours old
Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy 1 day 18 hours old
Lux Research: Sustainable Coatings an Emerging Market 2 days 3 hours old
International Paper Expects to Meet 12 Sustainability Goals by 2020 2 days 10 hours old
Mining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′ 2 days 10 hours old
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, UL and Eco-Institut, ISO 50001, LEED 2 days 10 hours old
Investor Coalition Pushes Shale Gas Industry to Clean Up Fracking 2 days 10 hours old
Legrand Cuts Energy Use by 20 Percent, Beating DOE Goal by 8 Years 2 days 11 hours old
Ultracapacitors Give Power Lift to Automated Guided Vehicles 2 days 11 hours old
Innovation a Part of BASF’s DNA 2 days 11 hours old
FedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005 2 days 11 hours old
Energy Efficiency Gaining Ground in Inefficient States, ACEEE Says 2 days 11 hours old
Walmart Announces 27 Solar Projects Totalling 10.5 MW 2 days 11 hours old
How Regulation, Profitability and Sustainability Affect Aerospace Industry 2 days 14 hours old
Sheffield Steel Plants Could Provide 20 MW of ‘Green’ Thermal Energy 3 days 10 hours old
Ericsson Sustainability Report: Direct Carbon Intensity Drops 6% 3 days 10 hours old
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Google Wind Line, EU Aviation, Superfund Settlement 3 days 10 hours old
NREL Model Improves Predictions of Shade Effects on Solar PV 3 days 11 hours old
APP to Suspend Natural Forest Clearance 3 days 11 hours old

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Guardian.co.uk - Environment > Energy

How much impact did the North Sea gas leak have on the environment? | Erin Hale 1 day 16 hours old
Apple commits to renewable power for US data centres 1 day 16 hours old
Energy and climate progress: tragedy, farce or dramatic change? | Damian Carrington 1 day 17 hours old
Coffee-powered cannabis cars and bambara breakfasts on Plants Day | Corrinne Burns | Notes & Theories blog 1 day 17 hours old
US commerce department brings heavy tariffs against Chinese solar panels 2 days 3 hours old
Row over nuclear waste dump proposal in Kent 2 days 8 hours old
While Japan turns away from nuclear power, South Korea sticks to its path 2 days 9 hours old
Web chat: Desertec Foundation 2 days 10 hours old
Ford, GM and BMW linked to illegal logging and slave labour in Brazil 2 days 10 hours old
Is environmentally sustainable water, energy and land for all possible? | Liz Ford 2 days 10 hours old
UK carbon targets at risk over local authority funding cuts 2 days 19 hours old
Letter: Carbon revolution 3 days 4 hours old
David Cameron briefed on concerns over green deal for homeowners 3 days 9 hours old
Total stops North Sea gas leak 3 days 10 hours old
Perenco's environmental consultancy buried evidence of Amazon tribe 3 days 12 hours old
Water policy needs 'radical' change to protect people and environment 3 days 12 hours old
Only biofuels will cut plane emissions | Ben Caldecott 3 days 13 hours old
Energy companies blame abandonment of nuclear plans on lack of cash 4 days 9 hours old
Google's offshore wind cable moves forward 4 days 12 hours old
Plans to reform electricity market 'unworkable', say green businesses 4 days 13 hours old
Total gas leak operation begins at Elgin North Sea platform 4 days 13 hours old
Hinkley nuclear power station delay deals blow to government hopes 5 days 9 hours old
Carbon capture leak simulated in sea off Scotland 5 days 14 hours old
Italian anarchists kneecap nuclear executive and threaten more shootings 1 week 1 day old
Scientists find a way to bring down cost of producing 'artificial leaf' | Erin Hale 1 week 1 day old

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EECA Media Releases

Insulation programme reaches 150,000 houses 3 days 1 hour old

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NYT Energy Efficiency News

Race Is On to Stay Fast, Clean and Energy-Efficient 1 week 1 day old
Energy Efficiency Could Gain Favor 1 week 3 days old
The Power of Green 1 week 3 days old
Efficiency, Not Just Alternatives, Is Promoted as an Energy Saver 1 week 3 days old
Digital Tools Help Users Save Energy, Study Finds 1 week 3 days old
Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending 1 week 3 days old
DEALBOOK; Few Seize on a U.S. Bond Program Backing Green Energy 1 week 4 days old
Nordic Countries Increasingly Attractive as Sites for Data Centers 2 weeks 6 days old
New York Council Is Set to Encourage Greener Buildings 3 weeks 2 days old

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POWER Magazine - Renewable energy

Gamesa Scraps U.S. Offshore Wind Prototype Project 1 week 4 days old
Think Water When Designing CSP Plants 2 weeks 4 days old

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International Energy Agency

On Statistics: Better Data, Please 2 weeks 5 days old
From Disruption to banality: Views on Variability 3 weeks 1 day old
Renewables’ Role in Aiding Electricity Security 3 weeks 2 days old
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) report shows further progress needed 3 weeks 2 days old
IEA urges governments to seize the opportunity to accelerate clean energy deployment 3 weeks 3 days old
IEA on Renewables: An Expert View 3 weeks 3 days old
The Third Age of Electric Vehicles 3 weeks 5 days old

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NZ Herald - Energy Wise NZ

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