A new report out today shows the cable, satellite and telco service providers — companies such as Comcast, Dish Network and AT&T that bring pay TV into our homes — have begun to really focus on the amount of energy consumed by the almost 200 million set-top boxes installed across America.

A new method of converting squalene, which is produced by microalgae, to gasoline or jet fuel, has been developed by the research group of Professor Keiichi Tomishige and Dr. Yoshinao Nakagawa from Tohoku University's Department of Applied Chemistry, and Dr. Hideo Watanabe from the University of Tsukuba.

You are driving down the motorway at night when you pass a truck that’s glowing purple. Don’t worry, it isn’t leaking toxic chemicals: it just has a clever way of reducing drag by using plasma.

Only in the field of energy, green materials can save about 14% of billed electricity used for lighting and air conditioning. In addition, the investment is not too high, with environmentally friendly features, meanwhile the payback period is relatively short .

A new app that can reportedly cut household energy use by 10% is being rolled out to 200,000 Swedish homes.

Waste heat accounts for a painful 60% of the gasoline consumed by our cars, and in other Industrial applications the numbers are equally devastating.

The UK saved almost £250 million in fuel costs last year by generating its energy more efficiently.

A London school is expected to save nearly £5,000 a year on energy costs as a result of installing energy efficient measures.

Bristol’s harbourside museum is installing a solar array on its rooftop and boosting its energy efficiency.

It is the saved power output of the Hanoi Electricity Corporation (EVNHANOI) in July. Accumulated figure for the first 7 months of the year shows that the Corporation achieves 177.35 million kWh savings, equivalent to 2.22% commercial power output.

Global confectionary giant Mars has released its 2014 sustainability report, highlighted by a 54% year-on-year increase in the amount of renewable energy used by the company.

The deployment of ISO 50001 standards helps provide a comprehensive and systematic approach and system to improve energy efficiency, helping reduce costs, increase profits and promote social responsibility through the supply chain.