Better Schools for Cambodia – Classroom Design Challenge 2009

This is one part of our initiative to bring sustainable green architecture solutions to the people of Cambodia. The focus of the video is on our design for Architecture For Humanity’s 2009 Design a better classroom challenge.

TD Friends of the Environment $100K Go Green Challenge

Top students recognized for innovative concepts in environmental sustainability. TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) has announced the winners of the third annual $100000 Go Green Challenge, a national competition that invites university and college teams to share proposals and ideas that would have a positive environmental impact on communities.

Power – Grille to Grille Challenge

The Cascadia™ has a combination of power and fuel-efficiency that lets you demand it all. With the newly designed Detroit Diesel DD15™, the Cascadia can get up to five percent better fuel economy than with the Series 60 engine helping improve your profitability mile after mile. And because the DD15 delivers 90 percent of its available power in 1.5 seconds, you can enjoy the on-demand power you want with the efficiency you need. See what other drivers had to say at www.grilletogrillechallenge.com

Ford Fusion Hybrid: 1000 Mile Challenge Start

The Ford Fusion Hybrid team is attempting to drive more than 1000 miles, for more than 43 continuous hours on a single tank of gas, raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in the process. Saturday, April 25, 2009 the team checked out the car. The members hit the road Saturday morning at 8:30 am

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom

According to the World Bank, educating all children worldwide will require the construction of 10 million new classrooms in more than 100 countries by 2015. At the same time, millions of existing classrooms are in serious need of repair and refurbishment. We are inviting you, teachers, students, architects and designers, to work together to design the classroom of the future for a school of your choosing. Your design should address the unique challenges your school faces in trying to provide smart, safe and sustainable learning spaces. Students and teachers, here’s your chance to tell the world what you need to make your classroom more effective. Architects and designers, you’ll work one-on-one with students to translate those needs into better classroom design.

Dell Curry eyes gold in Hybrid Highway Challenge

Got a heavy foot? This challenge ain’t for you. In Charlotte traffic, former NBA star Dell Curry and others compete to see who can get the best fuel economy from their eco-friendly Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid. NC’s favorite news guy, Jon Wilson, explains…

The Renault Clio To Enter The RAC Future Car Challenge

The Federal Eye: Meet the new postmaster general
The U.S. Postal Service is set for its first major management shakeup in nine years as Postmaster General John E. Potter plans to step down in early December to make way for his deputy, Patrick R. Donahoe.

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Driverless vehicle travels 13 000 km from Italy to Shanghai
A driverless van funded by the EU has successfully completed a 13,000 km test drive from Italy to China. The non-polluting vehicle, powered by green energy, reached Shanghai after a three-month journey.

Read more on Times of Malta

Luxury and dependability a rare combination in European cars, Consumer Reports finds
Vehicles from manufacturers such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes rank low in the magazine’s latest reliability ratings, while Ford and GM make advances. If you are in the market for an expensive, dependable German luxury car, think again, Consumer Reports warns in its annual ranking of auto reliability Tuesday.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Government/Regulations: Related News
10/25/2010 – Fuel Economy, Greenhouse Gas Rules Coming Soon It appears likely that federal rules proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy and medium trucks will be published soon….

Read more on TruckingInfo.com

The Renault Clio To Enter The RAC Future Car Challenge
Renault’s least polluting current production vehicle, the 98 gram CO2 per kilometre 1.5-litre dCi 86 Renault Clio, takes to the road this weekend in the inaugural RAC Future Car Challenge, pitting its talents against a field of around 60 of the greenest cars on the market.

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Energy challenge needs big solutions

Obama to appear on ‘Mythbusters’
President Barack Obama will appear next month on “Mythbusters,” a television series that uses science to investigate popular myths.

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Where 7th District hopefuls stand on four issues
The Associated Press sought answers to four questions from the candidates running in Michigan’s congressional districts.

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Stimulus projects under fire
Critics say the money has been lavishly extended to questionable projects, pointing to hundreds across the nation that they believe don’t create jobs or invest in long-term economic growth.

Read more on Detroit News

E-reader offers grayscale touchscreen
Pandigital announced a six-inch, electrophoretic ePaper version of its Barnes & Noble-ready e-reader. The Pandigital Novel Personal eReader offers an 800 x 600 grayscale touchscreen made by Sipix, Wi-Fi, 2GB of memory, and a microSD slot, says the company.

Read more on Linux Devices

Energy challenge needs big solutions
WASHINGTON – For many guardians of the planet, the record 113-degree heat that cooked the Los Angeles area recently could be yet another consequence of global warming.

Read more on Lansing State Journal

Wisconsin – EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge New Vehicle

WISC Channel 3 News Coverage of Wisconsin’s EcoCAR Program The University of Wisconsin – Madison recently took delivery of their EcoCAR vehicle. EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge is a three-year collegiate student engineering competition that focuses on vehicle integration of advanced propulsion technologies. The competition challenges 17 universities across North America to reduce the environmental impact of vehicles by designing, developing and implementing a vehicle propulsion system that minimizes fuel consumption and emissions and encourages energy diversity, while still maintaining utility, safety and performance. EcoCAR was established by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM), and it is sponsored by the Government of Canada, as well as other high-profile sponsors, including the California Air Resources Board and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Wisconsin will be implementing a Plug-In Series-Parallel design that will optimize vehicle efficiency through a hybrid of both electric and E85 components. This architecture was designed during year one of competition and the students are looking to validate these designs as they build the vehicle for competition in Spring 2010. During year three, this work will be refined to the level of a hybrid car ready for production.

EcoCar Challenge: Pushing the Bounds of Hybrid Vehicles

Visit bit.ly to learn more. Listen how these students from Virginia Tech have used NI products to design a hybrid vehicle which bested industry standards in both performance and efficiency.

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