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IBM Award for Innovative Solution to Tackling World’s Most Critical Social and Environmental Problems
LONDON, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) was awarded the prestigious Coffey International Award for its application of technical expertise in innovative ways to address the greatest societal challenges of our time at the annual Business in the Community (BITC) Awards for Excellence yesterday.
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Alcatel-Lucent Launches World's First 'Green DSL'
PARIS, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today launched a very innovative high-capacity and eco-efficient digital subscriber line (DSL) platform -- enabling service providers to deliver tomorrow's applications over their installed copper base, all while consuming up to 25% less power compared to conventional DSL solutions.
AT&T Announces Dallas Company to Upfit Vehicles With Alternative-Fuel Technology
DALLAS, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today joined Dallas-based BAF Technologies to announce that conversion of vehicles purchased by AT&T to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is underway. BAF Technologies, the premier provider of natural gas vehicle upfits, will convert 600 Ford E-Series vans to CNG technology in 2009.
Secretary Ian Bowles Congratulates the Winners of the Zero Energy Home Challenge at the MA State House
BOSTON, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Massachusetts’ investor-owned electric utility companies -- National Grid, NSTAR, Unitil, and Western Mass Electric Company, successfully completed an energy efficiency pilot program called the Zero Energy Challenge. Five home builders competed to construct super energy-efficient single-family homes and were awarded prizes based on their results totaling $50,000. The awards event was held June 29, 2009 at 1:00pm at the Massachusetts State House with guest speaker Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary, Ian Bowles.
IBM and ETH Zurich Unveil Plan to Build New Kind of Water-cooled Supercomputer
ZURICH, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly repurpose excess heat for the university buildings.
Made in IBM Labs: IBM Charges Up Research Into Next Generation Electric Energy Storage
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) will gather many of the top minds in science, industry and technology to explore the next frontier of electrical energy storage and advanced battery systems - key technologies that will power smarter energy grids, support widespread use of electric cars, and more - at its annual Almaden Institute in San Jose, California, on August 26 and 27.
New Fire Extinguishing Eco-Friendly Technology Delivers The First All Purpose All Fire Class Effective Portable Extinguishers
FireStopper® Group of Companies release their industry changing Liquid Technology and Products that promise to revolutionize the way individuals, industry and Governments protect lives, property and infrastructure, with the World's 1st All-Purpose, Personal, eco-friendly, Rated and Listed, effective class (A-B-C-D-K), fire extinguishers. Till now, a product that could answer the needs of the individual to confront all known fire class hazards with a single type of portable fire extinguisher was not possible.
GreenPrint Launches Version 2.0
CSRwire - PORTLAND, OR. - June 16, 2009 - GreenPrint Technologies today announced the launch of GreenPrint Version 2.0. After more than two years in development, the software boasts major feature and performance improvements, most notably increasing the speed for the average user by 5 to 10 times that of the previous version.
Nestle Waters North America Showcases Hybrid Truck at First 'Hybrid on the Hill' Event
CSRwire - GREENWICH, Conn., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nestle Waters North America will tomorrow display one of its Diesel-Electric Hybrid (DEH) delivery trucks at the first "Hybrid on the Hill" event in Washington, D.C.
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Executes Term Sheet With European Power Company for the Purchase of 500,000 Tonnes of Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) in 2009 and 2010
CSRwire - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/10/09 -- On June 2, 2009, ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (ERA) (TSX VENTURE: ESR) executed a Term Sheet with an established European Power Company for the purchase of 500,000 tonnes of Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs).