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May 9, 2008 Hot News, Cool Trends in Design for Sustainability SLM Home | Design News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

New Pepsi Bottles Use 20% Less Plastic Pepsi is introducing a new half-liter beverage bottle that cuts plastic use by 20%. The company estimates the lighter-weight bottle will divert about 20 million pounds of waste from landfill each year. Read more... Also This Week... Arup Adds Green Design Goals to Standard Service Architectural consultancy Arup is incorporating sustainability objectives into its standard service in an effort to help companies design carbon-neutral buildings. Read more... New Sideskirts for Trucks Can Cut Fuel Consumption 15% Researchers at Delft University of Technology have designed a new aerodynamic sideskirt for truck trailers that can help cut vehicle fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 15%. Read more... HSBC Looks to LEED with New North American Headquarters Banking giant HSBC has built its new North American headquarters, a 560,000 square foot building in suburban Chicago, in accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED sustainability framework. Read more... New Nano Transistor Makes Electronics 50 Times More Energy Efficient Cellphones and PCs may soon be getting a whole lot greener. Swedish researchers have developed a new nanotechnology-based transistor that is 50 times more energy efficient than today’s models. Read more... More Greener Design News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! Who's Coming to SB'08? The rolls are growing every day! Socialize and network with fellow attendees actively engaged in building sustainability into market-leading brands including Avery Dennison, Armstrong World Industries, Porter Novelli, Proctor & Gamble, SC Johnson, The North Face, UPS, Waggener Edstrom, and more. Download the conference agenda here (PDF), and register today! Solution Providers Start-Ups Race to Produce 'Green' Cars A slew of tiny car companies in Europe and the U.S. are racing to produce the next "green" car, betting that soaring demand will allow them to survive alongside the giants of Detroit, Stuttgart, and Tokyo. (Wall Street Journal) Read more... A Cell Phone Made of ...Tapioca? Scientists are using biomaterials in consumer electronics. (BusinessWeek) Read more...

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