Now, to help businesses operate at less cost, the Energy Department will develop new manufacturing processes and materials that use half as much energy.
The energy required just to build your new home--energy use inherent in the materials from lumber to concrete and wire--inhaled 10 SUVs.
The risks to his recommendation and target price include weaker-than-expected new construction markets in the U.S. and China, higher-than-expected costs for raw materials and energy, and higher spending on new-product rollouts.
The inclusion of food production also points to a broadening of the definition of green tech, which in the past referred more narrowly to technologies such as those for renewable electricity and biofuel production, electric car development and new materials and services that help consumers and businesses use energy more efficiently.
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The third, energy, industrial materials and food, came both from new demanders in the emerging world but also because not much capital had been invested the preceding 20 years.
The new idea in Nature Communications uses small "islands" of energy-storing materials dotted on a stretchy polymer.
These new materials enable designers to create products that are stronger, lighter, more energy efficient, and more durable than anything that exists today.
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About 46 Kohl's stores are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified, and about 20 percent of building materials in new stores are made from recycled elements.
"International organized criminals control significant positions in the global energy and strategic materials markets, " said Attorney General Michael Mukasey in April when announcing a new Justice Department strategy to combat organized crime.
On the first oversold rally in the stock market, the materials and energy sectors may see more short covering, but once the market starts a sustainable new uptrend, groups like the restaurant stocks are likely to do the best.
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