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Zero Energy: From Buildings to Districts - The Way Forward
- 04 Oct 2010 03:50
- by Neetha Jayanth
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While on the one hand, the government and private enterprises are still coping with the economic effects of the recession, on the other, the march towards a greener society has not stopped. If anything, the recession has only highlighted the need for self-sufficiency and sustainability in every aspect of life from economy to environment. In keepin...
How to be as a society more energy efficient and whose role is it to lead the way?
- 29 Sep 2010 08:32
- by Reka Szanto
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We use and require more energy day on day, both at home and work. Moreover, we use it inefficiently. Energy use in buildings is 30-40% of our total energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in most countries. Residential buildings use more energy than commercial buildings with ever rising demand as a consequence of larger homes, h...
Making money from wastewater - A Boon for Industries
- 27 Sep 2010 03:44
- by Karthikeyan Ravikumar
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For many years industries have been releasing their effluents generated from their industrial processes with minimal treatment into lakes, rivers and municipal wastewater streams. Growing concerns about the effects of these pollutants on aquatic life forms and the long term environmental impact they have on the water streams and people using those ...
Recycling economic troubles out of recession
- 30 Aug 2010 04:16
- by Suchitra Padmanabhan
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As European economies continue to feel the pinch of the economic downturn and some more than others, Germany has managed the situation effectively by prioritizing waste management and recycling as an inevitable precursor to growth in the economy. Both industrial and municipal waste volumes recycled have witnessed a rising trend recently and the slo...
Global Ballast Water Treatment Market Gathers Steam with major contract in large vessel segment
- 16 Aug 2010 11:10
- by Fredrick Royan
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Frost & Sullivan had earlier this year published a report on the Global Ballast Water Treatment market and indicated a sizeable market opportunity of more than $30 billion over the next 10 years. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) International Convention on for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments adopted in ...
Clean Coal, Dirty Coal
- 29 Jul 2010 21:35
- by Sapan Agarwal
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Despite repeated urging from environmental activist to employ renewable energy for energy needs, coal remains and will likely continue to remain a key source for power generation in Asian countries. Reasons - abundance (296.9 thousand million tons) and wide distribution (43 percent of primary energy needs and 54 percent of the electricity in Asia-p...
Economic Impact: Cutting Costs? What you don't see.. may hurt you!
- 10 May 2010 08:14
- by Donald Savant
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Most companies are feeling the effects of the economic downturn. The mantra echoed around the world, "Cash is King," triggered companies to activate cost cutting measures of all kinds; budget cuts, re-organization, down-sizing, et. al. And now that there is a little uptick within certain markets, companies watch with bated breath to see if they mad...
The makings of a global multi billion dollar industry
- 22 Apr 2010 04:17
- by Nuno Branco
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The generation of biogas in anaerobic digesters is an industry with strong potential. In spite of its early stage of market development, the market was worth in 2010 $1.4 billion of which 70% was generated in Germany. The global biogas plant market could grow at a CAGR of 24% and reach $ 4.6 billion in 2016 driven by government policies and suppor...
If Social Media is supposed to be cheaper, why the growing budgets?
- 21 Apr 2010 17:33
- by Donald Savant
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Take a look at a small collection of headlines from a recent Google search on “social media spending;”…Social Media Marketing Spend to Hit $3.1 Billion by 2014… Social Media Spending to Hit $757M in 2010… Marketers Increase Social Media Spending, ROI Not a Concern... B2B Marketers: 490% Increase in Social Media Spend by 2014?... Social media spend...
10 Tips for Navigating the Social Media Landscape
- 12 Apr 2010 04:46
- by Marcus Westling
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You would be forgiven for feeling at least some anxiety when it comes to determining the most appropriate social media strategy for your organization. It’s difficult enough navigating through the seemingly endless landscape of possible channels, but now we’re supposed to know when and what to submit, post, tweet, upload, link, buzz, digg, up vote,...
You are what you hand out
- 06 Apr 2010 17:08
- by Jannette Whippy
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Everyone is familiar with the saying "Don’t judge a book by its cover" but I can honestly say that I ALWAYS judge a book by its cover (even after I've been proven wrong, I still do it). First impressions are everything. Take this book cover for example (see Figure 1):Figure 1: The 1994 cover art for "Arabian Jazz" by Diana Abu JaberI would have nev...
Highly Sensitive Magnetic Sensors Have Opportunities in New Applications
- 19 Mar 2010 16:31
- by Peter Adrian
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Magnetic sensors detect the presence, strength or direction of a magnetic field that is generated from a source (which could be the Earth’s magnetic field, permanent magnet, electric current, etc.). Magnetic sensors often detect other parameters based on changes or disturbances in magnetic fields, such as, for example, rotational speed, position, p...
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