It's not easy being green. Did you know that more than 20 eco-unfriendly processing steps go into a traditional pair of pre-washed jeans? During the last decade, many denim manufacturers have begun changing the environmental hazards of their processing by recycling their wastes and greening their production steps. With STN®, we will investigate some of the new green trends in denim manufacturing.
Trend Barometer
New inventions in current research fields in 2012 (worldwide)
Last update: 26 April 2012
Source: STN databases
CAplus(SM), DWPI(SM) and INPAFAMDB
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Services and Projects for European Institutions
For more than 20 years, FIZ Karlsruhe has been analyzing and disseminating research information on heat pumps. The most important activities in this field were to operate the Heat Pump Centre of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the project “Informationszentrum Wärmepumpen und Kältetechnik” (information centre for heat pumps and cooling technology ) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Today, our activities focus on collaborating in European heat pump projects and performing services for international institutions.
Current projects and services:
- Project GROUND-MED „Advanced ground source heat pump systems for heating and cooling in Mediterranean climate“ (FP7-Energy-2007-2)
- Project SEPEMO-Build “Seasonal performance factor and monitoring for heat pump systems in the building sector” (IEE 2008)
- Operation of the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) website.