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.
Titan will be primarily used for materials research, nuclear energy research, and studies of ways to make combustion engines more efficient.
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Titan, which is supported by the Department of Energy, will provide unprecedented computing power for research in energy, climate change, efficient engines, materials and other disciplines and pave the way for a wide range of achievements in science and technology.
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Bayer MaterialScience is providing materials for insulation and facades that save energy.
William Banholzer spoke at the EmTech conference at MIT this week and provided some sobering guidance to entrepreneurs with big ideas for disrupting energy and materials.
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As might be expected, deals involving raw materials and energy and power accounted for 52 percent of the total volume and the vast majority of the larger deals.
Weighing on the downside Tuesday were materials and energy stocks, as prices for crude oil and metals slipped.
We have Valspar here, which is one of the materials that is used for making a lot of energy-related items.
The problem is that dung alone does not produce all that much energy relative to its size, says Geraint Evans, head of biofuels at the UK's National Centre for Biorenewable Energy, Fuels and Materials.
Rees said COAD and its partners wondered what would happen if they concentrated materials and energy retrofit teams in one community for an extended period and focused on upgrading homes block by block rather than one at a time.
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The new ruling, passed June 3, gives Brazilian government owned power company Eletrobras (EBR), along with national and international equipment partners, the ability to buy capital goods, building materials, infrastructure materials and nuclear industry specific technologies for use in energy generation without having to pay the IPI, or industrial production tax, nor tariffs on imported goods.
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Titan will provide unprecedented computing power for research in energy, climate change, materials and other disciplines to enable scientific leadership.
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Though distinctive for its sleek, minimalist interior, the conversion is exceptional for its application energy-saving and environmentally friendly materials.
Many companies are working on coming up with better materials for the cathode or the anode in order to increase the energy density of the battery cell.
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He also was the Department of Energy secretary's special negotiator for Russian nuclear materials disposition programs.
We see more of the elements for a perfect storm gathering in the energy and basic materials sectors.
Now the U.S. Green Building Council has a pilot project to award credits under its LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) system for the use of materials that have EPDs.
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The credit is 10% of the cost of the building materials (labor excluded) for insulation, exterior windows and doors that meet Energy Star requirements, and roofs (metal roofs with pigmented coating, or asphalt roofs with cooling granules).
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By embedding energy-storage materials into existing structures, this sheet technology would allow for ubiquitous storage and delivery of electric power and potential integration of clean energy into nearly every corner of our daily lives.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday Applied Materials and China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group announced they have agreed to explore projects for accelerating the development and deployment of solar photovoltaic technology.
Knowledge sharing led to extremely successful business opportunities for companies like GE and construction company Cemex (in green energy and building materials directed toward the bottom of the period in Latin America, respectively).
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Based on profit-growth estimates for 2013, the biggest turnaround stories could occur in automobiles and components, energy, materials, and semiconductors and related equipment.
The building sector has a huge energy footprint and uses a great mass of materials, so efficiency experts have targeted it for improvement.
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Hydrocarbons, helium, hydrogen, and volatiles in the solar system are important for human exploration and habitation because they will provide essential high-energy, high-density fuels and feedstock for off-world manufactured goods and materials for construction.
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