It's not easy being green. Did you know that more than 20 eco-unfriendly processing steps go into a traditional pair of pre-washed jeans? During the last decade, many denim manufacturers have begun changing the environmental hazards of their processing by recycling their wastes and greening their production steps. With STN®, we will investigate some of the new green trends in denim manufacturing.
Energy Research Portals
Within the scope of the German government’s energy research program, our information service BINE edits web portals of the following research initiatives of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi):
www.enob.info – Research for energy-optimized building
"Buildings of the future“ is EnOB's motto.
EnOB gives an overview of various projects and activities in this field, information on related topics, addresses and events. There is also a newsletter.
www.eneff-stadt.info – www.eneff-waerme.info – Research for energy efficiency
From single building to heat power grid. Urban environments offer numerous possibilities of increasing the energy efficiency. To use and improve this potential by intelligently employing and networking new technologies is the aim of the BMWi‘s research initiatives EnEff:Stadt and EnEff:Wärme.
www.kraftwerkforschung.info – Research for more energy efficiency and fewer emissions
The portal is supposed to help objectify the public discussion and to raise more awareness for power plant research. It provides information on projects and activities, studies, analyses, news, publications, and events of the research networkt.