Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The energy consumption in a building is determined by its users. This is no different in highly insulated buildings with energy efficient systems. To help reduce consumption, the Siemens Building Technologies Division is introducing a room controller with Green Leaf display which indicates the current efficiency status. At ISH 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Siemens
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
CHC Technology is emerging as one of the fastest growing GNSS technology providers in Asia. The company has been involved with GPS/GNSS technologies for several years and has more recently become a technology manufacturer. Editor Jeff Thurston interviews Mr. George Zhao, CEO of CHC Technology.
Monday, January 31st, 2011
When winter weather hits, most of us flip on the TV or log onto the Internet. However, when you’re at sea, that’s not always an option. That’s why many of the seafaring type rely on Weather Routing, Incorporated of Glens Falls. “We do cargo ships and we also do marinas, we do forecasting for races and
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Omniscient is a suite of tools for metadata management, with three core components: 1) OMNISCIENT Harvester – scans, mines and extracts metadata across files, file systems and databases to produce an inventory of spatial and associated data that is the starting point for the establishment of best practice information management and in particular the creation of
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The proportion of electricity generated from renewable energy sources and the cogeneration of heat and power is constantly increasing. Virtual power plants are the key to the integration of renewable energies in the power market. They smooth out the fluctuating power supply from wind and photovoltaic installations and make it possible for smaller facilities to
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development, or SCPRID, initiative is being supported by the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department for International Development; India’s Science and Technology Ministry and Council of Agricultural Research; and the US Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read More
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The first point of the action plan is deducing the EU’s overall energy consumption. “If we do not act now, Europe’s industry will relocate to other parts of the world. Our first aim must be to reverse this trend; we must consume less energy. When looking at emission reduction and renewable energies we are on
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The use of solar power at schools in Japan has grown exponentially in recent years with the government’s “School New Deal” initiative, which aims to broadly enrich the nation’s educational facilities. As part of the economic crisis countermeasures set forth in 2009, the School New Deal initiative advocates for the fundamental reform of facilities to promote schools that have the appropriate
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
An electric utility in an area plagued by power failures caused by snow-laden trees falling on power lines, is considering the possibility of putting more electric cables underground. Overhead power lines are also susceptible to storm damage in the summer. Read More
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
A French naval submarine and nuclear technology group has paid €14 million for a stake in Irish tidal energy developer Openhydro. Openhydro, which designs and manufactures turbines for converting tidal power to electricity, said yesterday that DCNS, a French state-owned specialist in naval defence and nuclear energy systems, is taking an 8 per cent stake in
