Technology

As a part of its TDI Clean Diesel offensive, Volkswagen Canada announced today that it would offer up to an additional $1,000 to customers who are eligible for the Federal Government's "Retire Your Ride" vehicle scrappage program towards the lease or 0% finance purchase of the "Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car of the Year(R)", the 2009 model year Jetta TDI Clean Diesel sedan.

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that the 2010 TechConnect World Conference and Expo will take place June 21-25, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

TechConnect World is a unique combination of three interconnected conferences focused on technology commercialization: Clean Technology, Nanotech, and the TechConnect Summit.

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 20 /CSRwire/ - Nicor Gas received the Southern Gas Association's (SGA) 2009 Environmental Excellence Technology Award for a project that helps save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through replacing "high bleed" pneumatic controls throughout the company’s pipeline system .

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent Global Pooling Systems, operator of the world's first all-plastic pallet rental service with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, announced today that its revolutionary pallet, manufactured for it exclusively by Schoeller Arca Systems, has been featured on the "Our Planet" television series, which documents ways businesses are positively affecting the environment.

Petaluma, Calif. "“ July 29, 2009 "“ HydroPoint Data Systems Inc., provider of the WeatherTRAK(R) Smart Water Management solution, today announced the next webcast in its Sustainability 2.0(TM) Educational Series. The July Smart Irrigation Month webcast outlines guidelines for sustainable savings utilizing the WeatherTRAK(R) smart irrigation controller. The webcast will be co-hosted by Allied Landscape Services and HydroPoint on Friday, July 31, 2009 at 2 pm ET.

DALLAS, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Over the last few years, AT&T* re-branding efforts across the country included a redesign of its logo that necessitated the replacement of 7,000 channel letter signs on more than 6,500 AT&T office buildings and retail locations.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/16/09 -- Quebec spring-water brand NAYA is proud to announce the arrival of its latest innovation-bottles containing 50% recycled plastic. To this day, NAYA is the only brand in Canada to guarantee this percentage of recycled materials in its polyethylene-terephtalate (PET) plastic bottles. The 50% rate was made possible through seven years of research and development on the company's part.

ARMONK, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is the lead systems integrator for Oncor's advanced metering systems deployment. The company contributed to Oncor's significant milestone this month -- the reporting of 15-minute interval, billable quality data to the Texas market.

STURTEVANT, Wis. - July 8, 2009 - JohnsonDiversey, Inc. reported improvements across all environmental metrics in 2008 and provided details of its participation in the World Wildlife Fund Climate Savers initiative in its 2008 Global Responsibility Report, released today in both print and online editions.