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Newsweek’s Green Ranking Recognizes Autodesk
Autodesk ranked 55th out of America’s 500 largest corporations on its environmental performance, policies, and reputation [...]
Posted in design, economics, information technology, innovation, software Also tagged Autodesk, Climate change, energy efficiency, environment, Environmental law, Environmental policy, environmental protection, Green Building, greenhouse gas emissions, Newsweek, Policy, Public policy, software, Sustainable Design Leave a comment
China, Technology & the Environment: per-unit energy consumption falls 3.35% in the first half of 2009
China's energy consumption to produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 3.35 percent year on year in the first half of 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement recently. The decrease compared with 2.88 percent in the first half of last year [...]
Posted in China, consumer behavior, economics, trends Also tagged Building engineering, Climate change, Economic indicators, economics, energy, energy conservation, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy emissions, Energy policy, environment, environmental protection, Financial Crisis, greenhouse gas emissions, Gross Domestic Product, National Development and Reform Commission, pollution, revenue, steel industry, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development 3 Comments
Autodesk featured on CNBC’s “People, Planet & Profit”
CNBC's Melissa Francis looks at Autodesk and how it's helping create a more sustainable world via architecture and energy use [...]
Posted in design, economics Also tagged 3D software, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk Vault, CNBC, Melissa Francis, sustainability, sustainable 1 Comment
China, Technology and the Environment: building the world’s largest solar power base
China's first demonstration project integrating wind power, photovoltaic power and power storage was recently established in Zhangbei, northern China's Hebei province with a planned total investment of over 8 billion yuan (nearly 1.2 billion US dollars) [...]
Posted in China, economics, innovation Also tagged energy, energy conservation, energy consumption, environment, Hebei, Provinces of China, renewable energy, solar energy, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development, Wind power 4 Comments
China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Part II
An energy structure with a low utilization rate, and an economic growth mode with serious, hazardous emissions have posed stark challenges for the sustained growth of Chinese economic society. Faced with such a grave situation in energy saving and emission reduction, more than 6,000 science, technology workers, as well as scientist-turned-entrepreneurs on met recently to discuss issues such as energy saving and environmental protection. Among them were more than 100 members from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the highest palaces for scientific research achievements and engineering progress [...]
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Intellectual Property: IPR threatens China’s new energy sector