2011-05-10 17:14 Globe Forum STOCKHOLM, May 4, 2011 − Anthony Schoofs from Ireland, Southwest Windpower Inc from USA, Park Choon-Hee, Mayor of Songpa in South Korea and Vancity, Vancouver City Saving Credit Union, from Canada will be in Stockholm on May 11 to receive this year’s Globe Sustainability Award in research, innovation, city and reporting category categories respectively.
2011-03-28 12:05 Globe Forum The competition was intense and the runners-up were extremely innovative companies like Plantagon International AB and Solvatten AB, both from Sweden. Inspiring and prospective Southwest Windpower Inc. however, impressed the jury the most and was unanimously selected the winner.
2011-03-28 11:57 Globe Forum With $14.4 billion in assets, more than 414,000 members, and 59 branches Vancity is Canada’s largest credit union. The Accountability Report includes financial, economic, social, and environmental measures and targets.
2011-03-28 11:51 Globe Forum Songpa has been effectively pursuing the Green Policy with the aim of making their comprehensive environmental vision happen. Trying to become Sustainable Low Carbon & Green Growth Leading City. By engaging the residents Songpa has been creating a multi-dimensional sustainable city. www.songpa.go.kr
2011-03-28 11:44 Globe Forum About the Anthony Schoofs’ project: The research has shown that the power contribution of individual appliances can be extracted from a building's power load captured with a single meter, via intelligent pattern recognition technique, or via combination with other sources of information such, as machines' activity onto local area networks indicating power consumers at a given time.
2011-03-16 15:45 Globe Forum You will meet with cleantech companies of your choice in order to understand both the company and its technology solution in more detail.
2011-03-04 11:24 Globe Forum The nominees are: • Anthony Schoofs, Ireland • Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates • Oxis Energy Limited, UK • Prof. Göran Broman & Prof. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Sweden • Prof. Zhifeng Yang, China • Renewable Communities, USA
2011-03-04 11:18 Globe Forum The nominated cities are: • Araçuaí, Brazil • Murcia, Spain • São Paulo, Brazil • Songpa, South Korea • Tampere, Finland
2011-03-04 11:10 Globe Forum The nominated companies are: • Indra - Spain • SCA - Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, Sweden • Teck Resources Limited, Canada • Vancity - Vancouver City Saving Credit Union, Canada
2011-03-04 11:03 Globe Forum Three remarkable innovators have been nominated for the Globe Award Sustainability Innovation Award 2011. The Innovation Award − one of four categories of the Globe Award 2011 − is given for original innovations which successfully contribute to increased knowledge on sustainability.