Technology

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. - August 6, 2008 - (MARKET WIRE) - Faced with increasingly environmentally aware customers, a growing number of meeting venues are losing business because they are not addressing their carbon footprint. But there are very few options open to venues: either fundamentally re-fit their building with low energy solutions, or look at the carbon footprint of their meetings.

CAMBRIDGE,MA. - August 5, 2008 "“ Sustainable Minds(TM), an on-demand green product design software and information services company, today launched the first of its information services for product designers, design engineers, product managers, sustainability managers, marketers and executives committed to creating more sustainable products.

SustainableMinds.com(TM) now features expert advice and an industry blog to promote awareness and open knowledge sharing to bring sustainable product design to mainstream product design.

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A comprehensive, independent study comparing the environmental impacts of iGPS' all-plastic pallet and the typical pooled multi-use wood pallet has unequivocally documented that iGPS' pallet is far superior. In every measured dimension -- including global warming, ozone layer depletion and acidification -- iGPS' plastic pallet was shown to have a significantly lower environmental impact.

BEIJING - July 17, 2008 - Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the world's leading aluminum company, and Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company (Yutong), China’s largest bus manufacturer and the number two producer in the world, today introduced two new environmentally-friendly bus prototypes that will be displayed and road tested during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing next month. The new aluminum-intensive bus body is approximately 46 percent lighter than a traditional bus and, therefore, requires less fuel and emits fewer greenhouse gases.

NEW YORK, NY. - July 15, 2008 - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced it has reached agreement with the Chelan PUD on a new, clean-energy hydropower contract to supply its Wenatchee, Washington aluminum smelter through 2028. The new contract, which begins in 2011, will provide enough energy to enable the start-up of a third potline at the smelter in 2012.

NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Carey International Inc., the worldwide leader in chauffeured transportation and value-added logistics management, today announced the launch of its United States partnership with Global Ethics Ltd. of the United Kingdom to help fund a program to provide clean water to remote villages in Africa. Starting immediately, Carey will offer its clients One Water as the standard amenity in all of its Carey New York vehicles.

HAMPTON, N.H. - July 7, 2008 - Shanks and Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. today announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to provide a waste to energy (WTE) solution to local authorities in the United Kingdom that have made the decision to procure mass burn WTE facilities to address their residual waste disposal needs.

Santa Barbara, CA - June 30, 2008 - Businesses in 78 countries have tracked a total of $70,000,000 worth of business in Intervals (www.myintervals.com), the popular web-based task and time management system built by Pelago (www.pelagodesign.com). Up from $10 million and 37 countries just eleven months ago, this number represents the small business world's fast-growing interest in and need for ever better hosted management of time and resources.

ATLANTA,GA,. - June 18, 2008 - As U.S. businesses face challenges associated with a sluggish domestic economy, many are looking to markets overseas. Two technology-enabled services from UPS (NYSE:UPS) are making it easier than ever for businesses large and small to expand beyond U.S. shores -- and helping them go green while they're at it.

NEW YORK, NY,. - JUNE 10, 2008 - It was good news for Manhattan this week when Green Apple Cleaners bought its second state-of-the-art Solvair Cleaning System. Dry cleaning's "green revolution," the Solvair technology uses liquid CO2 and is the only technology designed from start to finish to achieve better cleaning while minimizing impact on the environment.