Sustainable Industries Magazine recently introduced its winners of the sixth annual Top 10 Green Building Products award. The winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges from more than 100 entries based upon design aesthetic, environmental performance, innovativeness, scalability/market impact, as well as value and compatibility using the…

Over the past few decades eco-friendliness has become ever more important as devastating effects of climate change have been emerging globally. Almost everyone is aware of global warming to some degree and measures have been implicated so that proprietors and business owners have to adhere to certain rules regarding waste and…

It’s no secret that offices are powerhouses and can have an incredibly negative effect on the environment. The realms of wasted paper and abundance of computers that may not even be in use are wreaking havoc with the O-zone layer and contributing to climate change. Working from home is now becoming more popular than ever, due to the advances in…

It’s a fallacy that running an eco-friendly business and turning a profit are mutually exclusive goals – there are, in fact, many financial benefits to ‘going green’. As environmental issues assume an increasing importance in all our…

The U.S. Department of Energy Secretary has announced a conditional loan guarantee of $150 million to 1366 Technologies, Inc., that is in development of a multicrystalline wafer manufacturing project. This patented process called, Direct Wafer, could potentially slash manufacturing costs of silicon wafers by 50 percent — significantly reducing the price…