Identify the wastes
1. Minimize inputs, including packaging
2. Recycle materials
a. Decide what materials can be recycled.
b. Establish recycling rules in your plant.
c. Train
3. Set-up recycling stations
4. Re-use inputs, including packaging and water
5. Train
Assessing your energy performance helps you to:
* Categorize current energy use by fuel type, operating division, facility,
product line, etc.
* Identify high performing facilities for recognition and replicable practices.
* Prioritize poor performing facilities for immediate improvement.
* Understand the contribution of energy expenditures to operating costs.
* Develop a historical perspective and context for future actions and
decisions.
* Establish reference points for measuring and rewarding good
performance.
European efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions could be undermined by Russian plans to dramatically increase energy production from coal, Western experts said in Brussels yesterday (9 March).
Sony Corp. today announced the development of a RGB laser light source module suitable for large screen projectors such as digital cinema projectors. The module incorporates high power lasers of the three primary colors: Red, Green and Blue (RGB) with a combined output power of 21W (equivalent to 5,000 lumens), in a single package measuring just 530cc, among the industry's smallest.
In the future, getting a broadband connection might be as simple as flipping on a light switch. In fact, according to a group of researchers from Germany, the light coming from the lamps in your home could one day encode a wireless broadband signal.
