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The City of Copenhagen is well on its way to becoming the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. Demonstrating its many sustainable initiatives, the country's Copenhagen Solutions exhibit offers inspiration to policymakers, developers and

SSS 2010-08-30

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SSS 2009-02-26

（A segment of President Obamas speech to a joint session of Congress on February 24th dealing with energy and basic research:） We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is Chin

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SSS 2009-10-08

Homes are rising on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. No, it's not a return of Hoovervilles thanks to the Great Recession. These are solar homes competing in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon, which starts October 8. From Cornell Un

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By Paul Sisco Washington 08 May 2008 Engineer Hy Brown was the chief engineer of the U.S. World Trade Center in New York City. Years after the terrorist attacks in 2001, he has found a new passion-- developing pre-fabricated solar powered houses in I

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By Greg Flakus Detroit 14 January 2008 More than 6,700 reporters from 42 nations are in Detroit for the news media preview of that city's North American International Auto Show, which opens to the general public this weekend. This year's show emphasi

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In its first ever National Building Competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged teams from across the nation to cut wasteful energy use in buildings in which they live and work. Residential and commercial buildings together consu

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PV solar technology is more complex. When sunlight hits a PV cell, electrons in the cell are knocked out of their orbits. Electric fields channel the electrons in a current used to generate electricity。 Unlike thermal solar panels, PV technology is

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If you live in Wellington, go to Frank Kitts Park on the waterfront to see the Kiwi bach called First Light. It will be there from today until May 24th. Four Victoria University architecture students designed this small house like a Kiwi bach for a c

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