26.09.08 Life Cycle Assessment VIII in Seattle (30.09.- 2.10.08)

The Life Cycle Assessment VIII 08 brings together business, government and academia, to discuss both new applications of life cycle assessment and new results and methods.

This year in addition to the usual sessions on life...

24.09.08 Now Released: Who-is-Who-and-Where in the biofuel field

Biofuel Cities Reports & Recommendations, Version 2, 2008

27.08.08 GiGa receives Environment Award 2008

The GiGa research group from the "Escola Superior de Comerç Internacional" (Spain) received the “Environment Award 2008” by the Catalan Government in the category of Universities for the development of a project of integrated...

01.08.08 World’s first certified carbon-neutral offset press from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG has begun production

The world’s first certified carbon-neutral Speedmaster XL 105-5+LX sheetfed offset press from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has recently begun production operations at UD Print AG in Lucerne, Switzerland. The...

28.07.08 Now online: Study on “environmental impacts of renewable feedstocks in material use”

Renewable raw materials hold a high potential for energy saving and for CO2 reduction. In particular, the material use of renewables is often underestimated because a lot of products cannot be directly identified as being...

18.07.08 The European Bus System - Evaluating the Future

A consortium, led by UITP has successfully received funding under the 7th European Research Framework Programme for the project “The European Bus System of the Future” (EBSF). The 4-year project, with an overall budget of 26 Mio....

10.06.08 CONSENSE 2008

Be a witness when the German certification system for sustainable building will be presented on 17th and 18th June under the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre’s roof.

Architects, schedulers, investors, industrial and building...

16.05.08 ICDA: LCA & Energy Benchmarking report released

In Paris, Marie-Solange Pollard, Secretary General of the Int. Chromium Development Association (ICDA) released PEI’s LCA and energy benchmark report on Ferrochrome to senior executives of all member companies. The report ...

14.05.08 4th Forum Envicomm in Stuttgart, May 26 to 27

This forum on environmental issues, sustainability and CSR brings together representatives from politics, media and NGOs with decision makers and communicators from German companies. This year the conference is amended by a...

09.05.08 New Release: GaBi lite – the easy way to LCA

The importance of Life Cycle Assessment in product development is intensifying. An increasing sensitivity to environmental questions and economic efficiency is setting the bar very high. GaBi lite is a software that meets these...