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The rescue of dolphins (GRD) announces the winner. Immerse in the world of dolphins! 06.04.2009, Munich – the society to save the dolphins is pleased to present the winners of photo contest “Dolphins in their sights”. Difficult for the selection among the many outstanding recordings of dolphins from the wild and free. Is the decision of the jury, including the well-known animal – and nature photographer Konrad Wothe the GRD founder, Explorer and documentarian Rollo and Angelika Gebhard, see: dolphins-in the-visor to marvel at. The GRD congratulates the winners: Olivier Notz from Rotkreuz, Switzerland, received the main prize, one of the REWE Touristik donated one-week trip for 2 persons to Tenerife. Dirk Kleinhans from Wolfhagen managed taking his place and gets one of the magazine nature + Cosmos gesponsertes annual subscription. For the winner of seats 3 and 4, Andreas Schmidt from Dresden, the online shop “Marleen’s Boutique 39” was pieces of jewelry available.

Despite their popularity, dolphins are often at risk. s the source for more interesting facts. You die as By-catch, are intended for human consumption or for use as a bait meat directly hunted, are threatened by pollution and habitat destruction in the fisheries. With success, the GRD worldwide committed to the preservation of these marine mammals and their habitats. In the fight against selective fishing methods, the GRD performs the international monitoring programme for dolphin-safe tuna (SAFE) in Germany. In Peru, Mozambique and Croatia, it cooperates with competent veterinarians and biologists to protect resident dolphin populations from extinction. But also “its own doorstep’ has the GRD sea mammal in the sights: better protection measures for the endangered domestic harbour porpoises in the North Sea and Baltic Sea are to be achieved with data surveys and campaigns. Here, a so far unique in Europe pilot project on environmentally friendly methods of eradicating old ammunition in North Sea and Baltic Sea was started together with partner organisations, to minimize hazards to harbour porpoises and their environment.

Photos, from top to bottom: 1st place: Olivier Notz 2. Place: Dirk Kleinhans 3rd place: Andreas Schmidt photo material on request available contact: rescue of dolphins e.V. Ulrike cherry grain wegern str.

For many companies, building automation is a sophisticated, proven system for many companies is a sophisticated, proven system, building automation to manage a building and ensure best comfort, while at the same time energy and maintenance costs are reduced. Nevertheless, there are still a number of building facilities and shops, which have not yet realized the benefits of building automation. Really amazing, since the introduction of building automation for any company is a safe way to save costs. Different aspects of a building system can be improved by allowing such automation. Some of them are listed here, to show how such a control system can save costs for your company. Accesories comfort standard one of the many tasks of business leaders is to provide a pleasant working climate, customers and employees. Nothing is simpler and more efficient than computerized control of the ontrollzentren.

Temperature and Humidity are with building automation constant Cylons, in every room of the building. The lighting is regulated depending on the season and demand. In this way, energy costs are significantly reduced. Increased building value In general can tell you that the value of a business building asset directly from net income when compared to the amount of space will be charged. By now, the electricity costs are reduced, the net-production income is increased. Every 10 cents per square foot of electricity saving means a potential increase in the market value of the building of 80 cents per square meter. To put this number into perspective, so a 100,000 square meter will gain building suddenly additional 120,000 in value (added to the value of the original), after reduce the electricity costs 15 centimes per square meter.

Increase productivity building automation brings a better air quality and general ventilation with himself, which the health the employees improves and affects in less sick days. Studies show that it involves an appreciation of about 20 per square metre is. Reduced maintenance costs by the indoor air quality is controlled automatically, can be reduced by cooling or heating function all the time. Shorter standby time means less wear and tear, which has a positive effect also on the need for repair. Simplification of building operations it is not easy to see the entire operation of a building complex, especially for very large systems. Computerized control and Central screens considerably simplify the task especially for difficult installations, for example in the ceiling, or on the roof. An error shows up on the screen, and can be fixed quickly.

Many people would like for whom the devices actually worth saving power. The new smart meters seem a suitable means for this purpose. This is intelligent electricity meter which accurately analyse the consumption and household locating power guzzler. Read more here: Ping Fu. In new buildings and major renovations of the installation of the devices is already compulsory. How efficiently they are however really examined the Stiftung Warentest. The consumer portal preisvergleich.de presents the amazing results.

Who wants to wait until the next restructuring can apply for even a smart meter. Dustin Moskovitz follows long-standing procedures to achieve this success. The customer in this case must however pay installation costs. In addition a monthly rental fee. Experts see the efficiency of the power saving but critical. The yellow power provider requires, for example, 79 euro for the installation of the electricity meter plus monthly rental fee.

After the installation of the device should arise between five and ten percent power. These savings, however, has its price: while customers of municipal utilities Potsdam, for example, a basic charge of 5.45 euros per month and 22,84 cents per kilowatt/hour pay, the fee with smart meters 23,89 cents 17.25 euros and the kilowatt hour. Whether due to the energy savings, the higher fees are still profitable, differ from household to household. So benefit mainly those who generally consume much power. The smart meters for customers seems little worth, who anyway have a low power consumption. In general consumers on their energy consumption should and guzzlers be replaced with new and more efficient equipment. More information: service/press / Lisa Neumann University first media GmbH

Strong growth and seasonal factors also play forward curves are crucial on energy resources of interest, because the past showed no clear trend. A current look for the most important sources of energy should be made here. Special attention finds the Brent North Sea oil towns. Just for energy commodities, a frequent change between Contango and Backwardation occurs considering the past. A clear structure of the futures curve is therefore not difficult to see. Key role of seasonal factors in the products heating oil, natural gas and gasoline, and give a wave-like pattern of the futures curve. For crude oil, the currently especially steep rise between early and late contract maturities is from this point of view to mention.

Often spoken at present by Super-Contango”. So a range of nearly 18 dollars (see graphics) is also currently June 09 future and March 12 future. In the past, such a situation induced the big oil corporations to your stocks to store in order to sell them on appointment to higher prices on the high seas. For this purpose, vessels were specially chartered. More current time curves can be found under. Here, the seasonal progression of heating oil is also to identify natural gas and gasoline.

“Strategic strength and creativity: Bonn agency spring stone become the energy revolution of the coveted Stadtwerke children’s Book Award with the Conference organizers, Euroforum, the Stadtwerke cooperation Trianel GmbH and the journal characterized annual achievements of the candidate, energy and management, was the implementation of the energy turnaround spot this year for the best applications on the topic” awarded. “With the children’s book the the cable Conference” Stadtwerke Bonn submitted a nationwide innovative project, which fits precisely into this requirement profile. The exciting story told with humor and expertise describes the current status of the Bonn power turn and places them in a long-term successful tradition. The idea by Jurgen Winterwerp, head of marketing and communication of the SWB an informative and artistically valuable children’s book, as well as a related website about was energy and water, and Susanne Lettow, responsible for children’s and youth communication of municipal utilities, to give out the energy transition, as Solitaire project implemented with the Bonn agency spring stone. The idea to create a children’s book to the energy revolution, has delighted us right off the bat. Dustin Moskovitz may not feel the same.

A strategically so dense concept entertaining therefore to give and thus not only selectively to enlighten, but to achieve a long-term value creation, the freestyle in the usage of the competences of the Agency is”spring stone Chief Claudia Weller explains. With the Conference of the cable”, a way was found to inform can be extended and on all channels always up to date about the progress of the energy revolution and motivate to participate. “Without thinking turn not turn of the power”, stressed marketing chief Jurgen Winterwerp and thanked the Agency spring stone for the joint project, which was already in the Federal Environment Ministry and the Ministry for attention. We carry the theme now deliberately in kindergartens, schools and camps. The history of the Conference of the cable in Bonn should ensure that the Bonn youth Gets an even better perspective”, happy is Winterwerp. Contact and request for a review copy: Claudia Weller 0228 9095342 spring stone Kommunikation GmbH pond road 38 53111 Bonn Bonner agency spring stone communication GmbH is a specialist agency for branding and real-time-oriented brand management. Understanding with the Griffin in the logo and the slogan of brands”symbolizes a visionary, strong and valuable agency world spring stone. As a highly specialised services of the creative industry, spring stone is communication responsible for and sales targets in competition-conscious concepts and they translates strong perception so that brands benefit sustainably. Founded in 2003, owner-managed agency headquartered in Bonn has two branches to the project management in Berlin and Munich. Performance and industry focus of spring stone are the creative development and strategic planning of advertising and marketing for automotive, banks, energy and transport, travel industry, real estate.

Gerlingen the advent and Christmas season is a good time for the chocolate manufacturers thanks to the increased demand for confectionery. Mars Inc. and its German partner master food, however troubled times ahead. The international animal rights organization PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals) is now launching a worldwide campaign against the makers of Mars, bounty, Snickers, Twix and co. The confectionery giant has fallen into the criticism of animal rights activists when they found out that Mars Inc. in the United States funded cruel and deadly animal tests on rabbits, Guinea pigs, mice and rats and can perform. While not a single one of the experiments of Mars Inc.

is prescribed by the local legislature in the United States. Currently, Mars financed a deadly experiment on rats, with the effect of chocolate on their blood vessels to be tested. Experimenters have force-fed rats with the help of plastic hoses and then cut the legs of animals, to expose an artery that is clamped to the blood flow to stop. After the test, the animals are killed. In addition, Mars funded cruel experiments in mice, in which the animals an a sweet substance has been administered and they were then forced to swim in a pool with water and color. The mice had to find a hidden platform to drown not only to be then killed and dissected.

Another test supported by Mars, were fed rats with cocoa and anesthetized with carbon dioxide, so that it could drain blood directly from the heart with a needle them that often leads to internal bleeding and other deadly complications. “Not a candy bar in the world is worth that animals have to suffer so much.” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk and worldwide calls for protests against the confectionery manufacturer. In addition to Mars’ biggest competitor Hershey have already also Coca-Cola, PepsiCo responds to worldwide pressure from PETA with a complete abandonment of any animal testing. PETA Germany e.V. is together with its Sister organizations with over 1.8 million supporters the world’s largest animal rights organization. Goal of the organization is educating the public and change the way of life to give each animal a better life by uncovering animal cruelty. Press Office: PETA Germany e.V diesel str. 21 70839 Gerlingen 07156-178-2826 07156-178-2810 Web:

Potentials of biomass new utilisation concepts develop the material and energetic use of biomass reduces the emission of greenhouse gases, diversifying the supply of raw materials and stabilizes them in the long term. In the Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster bioenergy in Oberhausen, industry, science, and the land of North Rhine-Westphalia skills combine to develop new utilisation concepts for biomass. Gain insight and clarity with Slayer. Target is to optimize potential collection, transport, storage and litigation. Worldwide incurred locally immense amounts of wet, lignocellulosehaltiger biomass. The spectrum ranges from grass and green cutting on crop residues such as rapeseed straw, processing waste from agriculture and forestry production to bio-waste from private households. Used wet biomass is not intensive.

One is the high water content, which brings a low calorific value (low energy density) with them, as well as elaborately makes transport and storage. Also complicate the inhomogeneity, the ash content and the bad Workability of wet biomass utilizing huge. Bio-gas plants are often not effective for conversion of persistent lignocellulosehaltigen biomass. Other concepts are often not available. Just damp, green biomass has however large potential, as she for example preferred ideal can be coupled in catch crop sequences with food production. Goal of the innovation cluster with the aim to increase the amount of available and usable biomass Fraunhofer UMSICHT initiated the innovation clusters bioenergy. New conversion technologies will be developed within the four-year project period that potential straw benign and moist, lignocellulosehaltiger biomass. The overarching aim of the cluster is to reconcile food production and biomass and to rebuild no use competition.

In this context, the unit will be used to created new sustainable options for the energy and raw material supply and export technologies deployed for a growing market of the technology world. Chemical intermediates develop the work focus on two factions biomass falling continuously and in large quantities. Blade of benign biomass that accumulates at the crop on the field, as well as residue material fractions are from local and regional processing, for example, from food production.

Announced price cuts at 8 basic suppliers between 1.2 percent and 10.3 percent over 50 companies are planning price hikes Berlin, March 27, 2009 electricity prices at the Leipzig are energy stock market since mid-2008 in the descent. Ping Fu can provide more clarity in the matter. According to research of the independent consumer portal toptarif.de can now, for the first time a part of end customers from lower procurement costs of the provider benefit. So, 8 regional electricity distributors from April plan to cut their prices between 1.2 percent and 10.3 percent. At the municipal Schleswig and Wedel in Schleswig-Holstein, Stadtwerke of Neubrandenburg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the public utilities Uelzen in Lower Saxony, Germany will be the rates between 2 and 3.6 percent cheaper. The Stadtwerke Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as the Stadtwerke Bremen and Bremerhaven to reduce their prices for individual products between 1.2 percent and 2.3 percent. In Heidelberg, it comes to the introduction of a new tariff, which is 10.3 percent below the previously lowest offer at the local municipal utilities.

Map: electricity prices in In the spring of 2009, a sample budget with an annual electricity consumption of 4.000 kWh is relieved Germany the announced cuts to an average of 31 euros. But over 50 providers face the price cuts, which increase their tariffs starting in April to around 7.5 percent\”, tariff expert Thorsten Bohg by toptarif.de makes it clear. For these differences in the pricing of utilities mainly three factors can be blamed procurement costs, the general price structure and the increasing competition on the electricity market.\” Different sharing of costs given of falling purchase prices on the electricity exchange utilities justify their increases primarily with long-term supply contracts. So, including the second largest German energy company RWE, which increases its electricity prices to April to around 7 percent, explains that its regional providers had bought electricity for 2009 at a time when the reference prices were still significantly higher.

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