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By Prime Sarmiento

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, the Philippines, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- In this western Philippine city, being a climate-friendly city makes good business and environmental sense.

From introducing electric-powered vehicles to leading the zero- carbon resorts campaign to maintaining a large forest cover, officials and the private sector of Puerto Princesa city are committed to keep its carbon emissions low while at the same time promote a more sustainable tourism industry.

This, even if the tourism sector is one of the biggest industries herea sector that can be energy-intensive and hence a major carbon emitter. The travel and tourism sector accounts for five percent of global emissions, according to the World Tourism Organization.

"Being an environmentalist is not just about planting trees. It 's also about looking into other aspects of the environment as well," Rebecca V. Labit, city tourism officer, said in a briefing with members of the Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists, Inc. (PNEJ).

Source: Xinhua

by Fresno

Like ripened fruits, people with healthy-colored skin tend to spend less time loitering in orchards and are more likely to get picked up at the grocery store. Catch the eye of passing orangutans with today’s Groupon to The Tannery . Choose from the following options:

For $7, you get a European tanning session in an Ultrabronz bed (a $29 value). For $10, you get a high-pressure tanning session in a Matrix bed (a $33 value). For $20, you get a custom spray tan from a certified airbrush technician (a $45 value).

At The Tannery, Smart Tan–certified staffers transform pasty physiques into bronzed bods with Ultrabronz and Matrix tanning beds, as well as skillfully administered spray tans. Using 99 percent UVA rays emitted by a high-pressure tanning system, a European session in an Ultrabronz bed rapidly tints bodies to bolder hues or maintains current tones that have begun to fade after months of underground living. Those who opt for sessions in the Matrix bed can evenly layer their skinsuits with rich color, basking under precisely spaced lights that maintain a polite distance from the body. For both the Ultrabronz and Matrix beds, session times are dependent on frequency of tanning and skin type....

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by Eugene Tay

By Esther Ng, Today, 3 Nov 2011.

A smart office is one which uses less energy, where wireless sensors placed on workstations and personal computers “talk” to each and relay information about the room back to a computer or base station, which then “tell” individual LED lights installed on the ceiling how much to light up, dim or switch off.

Such a smart grid lighting system can result in energy savings of some 45 per cent compared to conventional fluorescent lighting.

Yesterday, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced a tie-up with JTC Corporation and Royal Philips Electronics to develop a smart lighting test-bed that will be the largest of its kind in Singapore.

Test-bedding at NTU’s Energy Research Institute (ERI@N) has gone on for a year and, based on test results, LED panels lead to energy savings of up to 30 per cent over fluorescent lights, while the smart grid contributes up to an additional 15 per cent.

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