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Does a Roof Have to be White to Save Energy?
Recently, the U.S. Secretary of Energy encouraged Americans to paint their roofs white, in an effort to reduce global warming by both conserving energy and reflecting sunlight back into space. A white roof is a good idea, but a highly reflective metal roof is even better
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Opening of One of America's Greenest Buildings
An opening ceremony for what could be one of North America's greenest buildings — a flagship building on the cutting edge of sustainable design and energy efficiency — will take place at Washington University in St. Louis' new Living Learning Center at the university's Tyson Research Center
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Bridge and Aircraft Maintenance Revolution to Come From Polymer Nanocomposite
A newly discovered nanocomposite could vastly simplify and enhance the maintenance of large-scale infrastructure such as bridges and aircraft. QUT School of Engineering Systems senior lecturer Dr Cheng Yan said a small piece of the polymer nanocomposite with carbon nanotube fillers could be placed on various surfaces to assist as an early warning system
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Smart Grid Plan Outlined By Cisco
Cisco today outlined its plan to deliver an end-to-end, highly secure network infrastructure solution that helps utility companies and their customers manage power supplies and energy consumption more efficiently
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Property Developer Mandates The Use Healthy Paint in All Their Developments
Armstrong Development Properties, a full real estate company and a market leader in the development of commercial retail and office centers in the United States, has just signed a corporate mandate to use Mythic Paint, the high performing zero-volatile organic compounds, zero-toxins and non-carcinogenic paint in all their new construction projects
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Teamwork Adds Up to Speedy Work on Fixing a Downtown Road Tunnel
A 1,500-m long road tunnel under downtown Essen, Germany, needed to have its walls and ceilings refurbished. A job in which time was of the essence was completed within a timeframe of two weeks thanks to the smooth and successful interaction of a team of specialists from ThyssenKrupp Xervon's building preservation unit
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Mess Free Oil Change System For Small Engines, Lawn mowers, Leaf Blowers and Tillers
Airpower America, has introduced an innovative, time-saving, and do-it-yourself alternative to a service company oil change, and a clean and easy solution to a normally messy and difficult project. The LiquiVac Oil Changing System extracts oil in small engines, including lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and tillers, in seconds
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Window Decals May Soon Be Used on The White House to Protect Birds
WindowAlert announced today that it has sent technologically advanced window decals to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. The decals help prevent wild birds from striking windows. It is hoped that Michelle Obama and her children will set an example for the country by installing the decals on White House windows
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Real Time Monitoring of the Water Supply to a Building Developed
Although most Americans take the safety of their drinking water for granted, that ordinary tap water could become deadly within minutes. To combat the threat of contamination due to industrial spillage, natural disaster or sabotage, the physicist has developed a new system to monitor the safety of a building or community's water supply in real time
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Eco-Friendly Dehumidifier Announced by Eva-Dry
Eva-Dry, a leading manufacturer and distributor of moisture eliminating products, recently announced two new products, the E-500 and EH-500F high capacity dehumidifiers. Eva-Dry is the first dehumidifier to combine efficiency with an eco-friendly process to eliminate moisture damage and odors in small enclosed areas
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New Tool Determines Environmental Impact of Offices
Office premises cause a significant part of society's environmental effects. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a tool together with Rapal Oy that can be used to determine the environmental load caused by various premise solutions
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Controlling a Smart Home With Your Thoughts
Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone
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LED Lighting Competition Switched On
In the “LED - Emotionalize your light” competition of ideas from 8 May until 23 July entrants have the opportunity to create emotional lighting concepts and designs with LED technology and present them to the “light enthusiast” community
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New High Power SKILSAW Gives Professional Performance
SKIL Power Tools is proud to offer the next generation of SKILSAW with the new HD5687. This new circular saw takes its heritage from the Worm Drive SKILSAW and offers the ultimate combination of unmatched performance, lightweight design and unbeatable value and is designed to tackle any project on the jobsite
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Red Cross Help Build More Than 100,000 Houses One Year After the Sichuan Earthquake
One year after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake killed more than 69,000 people and destroyed an estimated 5 million houses in southwest China, communities are filled with the signs and sounds of recovery. The focus has shifted from putting up prefabricated, transitional shelters and distributing relief items to constructing more permanent, earthquake-resistant homes and helping people work through their emotional trauma
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