Switch on the Sun to Get Cooking (Africa News) The women in Kajiado were sceptical - unwilling to believe that cardboard containers lined with aluminium foil on the inside could cook food when placed in the sun. But, their minds were changed during a recent demonstration of the unassuming containers.
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Solar coolers for better vaccine storage (Andhra Cafe) SolarChill, a vaccine cooler developed by Rajendra Shende under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), promises to be viable eco-friendly solution which replaces the lead batteries and the ozone depleting chloro-fluro-carbons used in conventional refrigerators.
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Grant for low-energy lighting (Scenta.co.uk) The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a £200,000 grant to produce prototype solid state lighting devices using nano-composite materials.
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Architects push solar air-con (Australian IT) Archicentre - the building advisory service of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects - is calling for federal and state governments to immediately pursue the development and commercialisation of the emerging technology.
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