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Golf cart goes green with roof-mounted solar panel

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/03/2010

A $3,000 donation enabled the Maui Waena Intermediate School security guards to attach a solar panel to an electric golf cart. The schools 16-member robotics team got tremendous support from Sunetric Capital, an Oahu-based company that helped them.

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Foodservice Supply Chain Addresses Facility Energy Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

Whether it’s a facility expansion or new construction, foodservice companies including U.S. Foodservice and MeadWestvaco are joining the ranks of many organizations that have made the decision to incorporate energy-saving features into their building retrofits and new construction to reduce ...

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Industrial Companies Tap into Waste Heat to Generate Electricity

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

Manufacturers now have a way to tap into waste heat and turn it into energy. A new joint venture in the Midwest will show how industrial companies can use the Green Machine, developed by ElectraTherm, to capture waste heat produced in their industrial processes and turn it into electricity, reduc ...

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New Clean Jobs, Energy Independence Hinge on National RES Passage

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

The explosive growth of the U.S. wind power industry ranks among the most important energy developments of this young century. From a nascent industry just a decade ago, it has made the U.S. the global leader in wind capacity.More than 20,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs are tied directly to wind ener ...

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Cisco, Dell, HP Push Limits of Server Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

Product launches from Cisco, Dell and HP and others illustrate the lengths that computer firms are going to introduce new energy efficient devices.IBM, HP, Dell, SGI, Cray and Super Micro are using the newest Intel chip, the “Westmere,” to help gain energy efficiency in their machines ...

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