Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The award-winning Moonstone Project, designed using GRAPHISOFT’s ArchiCAD BIM software, is one of the UK’s best performing houses, exceeding the UK’s Code 6 Sustainable Homes Guide; the house also exceeds the German ‘Passivhaus’ top standard for energy efficiency by over 65%. At 16,000 square feet (1,500 square meters), with a third of its structure underground,
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
More cities will institute a low emission zone in 2011. Starting 1 January in Krefeld, and as of 1 July in the town of Markgröningen in Baden-Württemberg, vehicles must display either a yellow or green sticker. The green sticker will become obligatory in Leipzig on 1 March. The new year also marks a tightening of
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The early-bird registration for the participants of the forthcoming 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” is open. The conference is to take place in November 28 – December 1, 2011. Paying your registration fees within the early-bird registration period (before May 15, 2011), you save more than 15%.
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
All this rolling out of complex mobile Internet services requires powerful local data centres to make it all work. Effective data centres need reliable power at predictable prices. There is a staggering power shortfall across the continent and prices will go up to cover future investment. With the one-year forecasts for oil putting it at
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Following the Cabinet’s approval last week of the Land Use Master Plan, government officials have projected increased production through a well-planned exploitation of land throughout the country. This was revealed yesterday by the Minister of Environment and Lands, Stanislas Kamanzi, during a press conference at the Ministry of Infrastructure. Read More
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey published the details of their study in the journal Polar Biology. “This bear swam continuously for 232 hours and 687 kilometers (426 miles) and through waters that were 2-6 degrees C (35 to 42 degrees F),” research zoologist George M. Durner said. Read More
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Four environmental groups have created a mapping tool allowing users to overlay an oilsands project on a chosen location to compare sizes thanks to Google maps. In the latest effort to bring attention to their anti-oilsands campaign, Greenpeace, Sierra Club Canada, Rainforest Action Network and the Indigenous Environmental Network have created the mapping tool to ask
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has offered Bulgaria a large-scale project in the field of renewable energy, “smart electricity grids” and electric cars. As part of a visit of a large Bulgarian government and business delegation in Japan led by PM Borisov, Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traicho Traikov met with Norio Sasaki, President and
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Objet Geometries Ltd. will showcase its latest advances in 3D printing at SolidWorks World 2011. Objet will demo a number of upcoming new materials featuring improved mechanical and thermal properties including true transparency, high-temperature resistance and the ABS-like properties of engineering plastics. Objet will also be presenting their new desktop family of 3D printers, the Objet24
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
TransCAD provides extensive transportation modeling and geographic information system (GIS) capabilities for transportation professionals. By embedding NAVTEQ map data into TransCAD software, government transportation planners, consultants, logistics planners, and geographic market analysts can provide more accurate traffic forecasting, transit planning, drive time and accessibility analysis, facility location, and overall distribution planning.
