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Steelcase Wins Good Design(TM) Award

Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS), a global office environments manufacturer whose offerings help individuals to work more effectively and organizations to use space more efficiently, announced the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design has awarded its Think(TM) chair with a Good Design(TM) award. Founded in 1950, Good Design awards publicly acknowledge the world’s most prestigious industrial design firms and manufacturers for the finest new design and design innovations. The design of Steelcase’s Think chair was among the 150 products that were awarded this year. The Think chair is a smart, simple and environmentally sustainable seating product that addresses the growing need for mid-priced ergonomic seating. Created in collaboration with designer Glen Oliver Low, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry and the Institute of Product Development in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Think chair conforms to the highest environmental standards and raises the bar in cradle-to-cradle design and life-cycle thinking. Website: http://www.steelcase.com     

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UQM Technologies Delivers Hybrid Electric Buses to LAX

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Amex: UQM), a developer of alternative energy technologies, has delivered two low-floor, natural gas hybrid electric transit buses manufactured by Hybrid Bus Technologies, LLC, to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to be transport passengers within the airport. The hybrid electric transit buses are powered by two 100kW UQM propulsion systems and a 100kW UQM generator. They are an updated design of the 45-foot, low floor bus that has been transporting 63,500 passengers daily across the 1.3-mile long 16th Street pedestrian mall in Denver since 2000. Los Angeles World Airports has an alternative-fuel vehicle fleet totaling over 400 vehicles representing 50 percent of the airport’s entire 800 vehicle fleet. LAX also operates natural gas fueling stations to service its large alternative fuels vehicles. LAX recently opened one of the nations first compressed-hydrogen fueling stations to showcase the storage and dispensing of compressed-hydrogen fuel in a retail-friendly environment. The hybrid electric transit buses are powered by a compressed natural gas fueled 2.5 liter Ford industrial engine that operates at 2,000 r.p.m. to generate electricity and power the bus. The electric propulsion system features regenerative braking, a process in which kinetic energy is converted to electric energy through the braking […]

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STMicroelectronics CEO Honored for Sustainable Practices

STMicroelectronics’ (NYSE: STM) outgoing CEO, Pasquale Pistorio, has been honored with AnalogZONE’s (an online source for electronics design) Green Hero Lifetime Achievement Award for his exceptional dedication to building an environmentally neutral corporation. The Company also received the “Product of the Year” award from AnalogZONE, for its latest satellite tuner IC. Selected from among the hundreds of products reviewed by the magazine in 2004, the single-chip STB6000 has been credited for dramatically reducing both the cost and complexity of satellite receivers. AnalogZONE Pasquale Pistorio in recognition of his unswerving commitment to environmental protection throughout his career. The Green Hero Lifetime Achievement Award singles out Pistorio’s unparalleled practices in designing, manufacturing, and distributing the company’s products with the environment in mind. Pistorio’s lifelong emphasis has proven “that ‘green’ can result in major positive impacts on the bottom line of a company.” “With its unwavering commitment to sustainable development, ST provides excellent proof that those corporations that give special care to their social role and to their behavior as good corporate citizens in the communities where they operate not only fulfill their ethical obligations but also maximize the return to their shareholders. I’m proud that this effort has been recognized as well […]

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DayStar Technologies Awarded NYSERDA $1 Million Grant

DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI), a newly publicly traded solar PV company, has been awarded a $1,000,000 competitive grant by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Payment of the award will be in phases as DayStar meets facility scale-up to meet production milestones to commercially produce solar cells. The first $600,000 is based on production capacity milestones and the final $400,000 is based on product sales. Peter Smith, President of NYSERDA, stated, “After evaluating a series of candidates vying for this competitive grant, which specifically relates to manufacturing of renewable energy technologies, we are pleased to make this award to DayStar Technologies in consideration of its exciting plans to mass manufacture its innovative and promising, solar cell product here in the State of New York.” The award comes on the heels of recently approved legislation in New York mandating that by the year 2013 at least 25 percent of the electricity sold to consumers in New York State will be generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind and geothermal powered solutions. Referred to as the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program, this landmark renewable energy policy was officially adopted by the New York State Public Service […]

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UK: Home-Made Biofuels Are Best

URL: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/29052/story.htm Website: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/29052/story.htm     

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