Technology

In keeping with its ongoing sustainability initiatives, Siemens Industry, Inc.'s Building Technologies Division is purchasing green power, a sustainability practice recognized and supported through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Green Power Partnership. To reduce its overall carbon footprint, the company has been buying renewable energy certificates (RECs) from Texas utility Reliant Energy since 2008.

Sustainable Minds, a greener product design software and information company, today announced that its flagship life cycle assessment product, Sustainable Minds Release 1.0, is streamlined for sharing data with Autodesk Inventor mechanical design software.

Sustainable Minds, a greener product design software and information services company, today announced the general release of Sustainable Minds 1.0, a comprehensive SaaS software and information service that enables companies to create more environmentally sustainable products.

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) applauds President Obama's call for Americans to "act collectively" to pilot the global economy as the clean energy leader. Choosing the Northeast to deliver his speech, the President highlights the region's role as a national leader in advancing energy efficiency and clean energy technologies.

Albemarle Corporation, (NYSE: ALB) www.albemarle.com, a global leader in developing innovative specialty chemicals, catalysts and sustainable clean energy solutions, along with its consortium partners Lummus Technology and Neste Oil, will receive the esteemed 2010 Award for Affordable Green Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, ("ACS") for AlkyClean(TM), a cutting edge solid acid

Through contributions of technology and engineering know-how from Siemens, Virginia Tech's entry is more competitive than ever at this year's Solar Decathlon, now underway on the National Mall in Washington DC. Virginia Tech's entry will be among 20 solar-powered, zero energy homes on display from colleges and universities across the country and Europe. The Solar Decathlon is an international event in which the Department of Energy (DOE) challenges teams from architecture and engineering schools to design and build homes that use energy derived entirely from the sun.

TRX, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRXI), a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications to process data records and automate manual processes, and Offset Alliance, a non-partisan organization that specializes in helping individuals and businesses achieve carbon reduction goals, today announced the launch of the TRX Travel Analytics Carbon Emissions Calculator as the official source for airline carbon emissions calculations for the Offset Alliance CO2 offsetting program.

Today, at the closing session of Clinton Global Initiative's Annual Meeting, Living Cities and Green For All unveiled the Energy Efficiency Opportunity Fund alongside former President Bill Clinton. The groundbreaking fund will finance innovative efforts to retrofit homes, businesses and community facilities to achieve greater energy efficiency while also creating jobs and cutting energy costs for low-income families.

SunNight Solar, a Texas-based firm, is partnering with the Clinton Global Initiative to launch the Light Haiti Initiative. The Initiative will provide over 500,000 solar powered flashlights to the people of Haiti utilizing innovative, environmentally friendly new technologies. For most of us, lighting our homes is as simple as flipping a switch, yet for one third of the planet, lighting is an expensive luxury.