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8 Toyota manufacturing facilities recognized by US EPA for reduction in energy intensity

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(TEMA) received its eighth consecutive ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through energy efficiency and management. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (Princeton); Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (San Antonio); and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia (Buffalo). .);

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Developing an Energy-Conscious Traffic Signal Control System for Optimized Fuel Consumption in Connect Vehicle Environments. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. West Virginia University Research Corporation. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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Overall, the USDA and DOE projects are designed to improve special crops to be grown for biofuels—including selected trees and grasses—by increasing their yield, quality and ability to adapt to extreme environments. Eric Beers, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Discover and develop materials that control the interactions between light, electricity, and heat at the nanoscale for improved solar energy conversion, solid-state lighting, and conversion of heat into electricity. Emerging Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Solid State Lighting. Washington University, St.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people. And in the Xerox environment in ’76, all of a sudden you could create things and make lots of them.”

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