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A wave of promotion is hitting consumers during this month’s 40th anniversary Earth Day observances: Hanes says it can put you in eco-friendly underwear, Frito-Lay offers Sun Chips from a bag you can toss in a compost pile, and Target stores invite you to use their recycling bins. Some promotions sound more like image-buffing than [...]
“It’s now sexy to be green,” said Bonnie Carlson, president of Promotion Marketing Association, a New York-based trade group. “It’s very fashionable for consumers to say they’re doing something to help the environment.” Yet, as the green movement grows, so does the confusion. Few labeling standards exist to tell consumers which products are really helping [...]
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have created a new type of flexible solar cell that is both inexpensive and more efficient than conventional cells available on the market. The new cell is made using arrays of long, thin silicon wires that are embedded in a polymer substrate.
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Daylighting has taken an important role in green building, with benefits ranging from lowered energy bills to happier occupants. Many architects have struggled with making daylighting effective without the cost of glare and heat gain. The Sundolier daylighting system is a new way to gain the benefits of natural light without the drawbacks. They do [...]
For perhaps the first time a study is showing that consumers are willing to spend more in order to go green. According to a new report from Burst Media consumers are not only willing to pay more to go green, but that 90% have made changes to their lives to be more green. Past research [...]
There are a lot of reasons why online retailers should start seeing green in a whole new way: Conserving energy and supplying environmentally sound products and services is good for the environment and the bottom line. Large retailers like Target, Wal-Mart and The Home Depot naturally use a lot of energy and produce a lot [...]
Compared with cars and trucks, it’s fairly easy to cut energy consumption and subsequently reduce emissions attributed to buildings. But that’s new buildings, of course. Most of the buildings on the planet were built before green building became popular and no one has plans to tear the old ones down and replace them. For older [...]
Good news for Southern California mass transit users: BAE Systems is planning to develop a zero-emission bus for Southern California regional transit agency, SunLine Transit, under a project to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of fuel cell technology. The company will be serving as systems integrator to deliver the vehicle to SunLine transit in an effort [...]