Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Madrid last year exceeded the legal limit of contamination set by the EU with an annual average of 44 micrograms of suspended particles of less than 10 micrometers, or PM10, four micrograms over the continental watershed. Read More
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Eindhoven and the other six were chosen from a list of 21 by a team of academics. They describe the Eindhoven metropolitan area as ‘the industrial heart of the Netherlands’, pointing out it the number of business start-ups has grown 275% over 10 years and it is among the top three regions in Europe for
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Norway and Britain have signed a partnership document agreeing to work together on oil and gas exploration, on the development of offshore wind farms and on a North Sea power grid. The agreement was signed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Norwegian counterpart Jens Stoltenberg, following a summit meeting meeting in London on Wednesday, with leaders
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
In the wake of winter-related chaos on Germany’s railroad system, Transportation Minister Peter Ramsauer is planning far-reaching reforms to the national railway operator Deutsche Bahn. More money will be made available for infrastructure investment, and a long-planned privatization of the company looks likely to be watered down. Read More
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
This is an invitation for you to join us in Baños, Ecuador, July 29 – August 4, 2011 for the 2011 International Biodiversity Conference. Please consider presenting a paper, sharing your expertise in biodiversity, and/or being an active participant. This is our third bilingual (English & Spanish) conference in Baños. Read More
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The European Union’s troubled Galileo satellite navigation (satnav) project needs 1.9 billion euros (2.5 billion dollars) on top of the 3.4 billion euros already budgeted for it, a top official from the bloc admitted on Tuesday. Galileo is intended to make Europe independent of the existing US GPS satnav system and to rival networks planned
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The government plans to set up a 560 million pound fund to develop green local transport schemes over the next four years, it said Wednesday. “A good transport system is vital in our efforts to deliver two key government priorities: to help grow the economy and to reduce carbon emissions,” said Transport Minister Norman Baker.
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
GRAPHISOFT announced the release of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011 German and Austrian versions, the latest release of its entry-level Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution. “ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011 brings the benefits of BIM to a wide array of customers at a very competitive price,” said Miklos Szovenyi-Lux, Vice President of Product Management, GRAPHISOFT. “ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2011
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
DataCAD Software & Services GmbH, a provider of technical software solutions for the industry, today announced the release of GrafiCalc Elements 2011 software that virtually eliminates mathematical calculations and tedious equation solving from the engineering design process. GrafiCalc Elements 2011 combines the disciplines of parametric sketching and automated graphical calculations in a single application that
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
A Hastoe Housing Association development in Wimbish, Essex is on target to be the first rural affordable Passivhaus development in the UK. The aim is to complete the scheme this Spring, then receive accreditation from the Passivhaus Institut (Germany) by early Summer 2012. The scheme has received investment from the HCA via a grant of
