First shown in Los Angeles, May 24
GE-Ecomagination
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today in Los Angeles, GE and Masco Contractor Services' (MCS) Environments for Living® division celebrated the announcement of the ecomagination Homebuilder Program. This new program helps residential developers and builders design homes that are not only comfortable, but that are more efficient in their energy consumption and indoor water consumption than industry-accepted average new homes.
Reaffirming GE's ecomagination commitment to new technologies that help customers meet environmental challenges, GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today that four of its advanced water treatment technologies have received ecomagination certification.
GE-Ecomagination
Fairfield, Conn., May 24, 2007 -- GE today reaffirmed that "green is green," reporting that revenues from its portfolio of energy efficient and environmentally advantageous products and services surged past $12 billion in 2006, up 20% from 2005, while the order backlog rose to $50 billion.
May 24, 2007 -- EBACE Convention -- - With successful tests of a HF120 engine core completed in April, GE Honda Aero Engines is preparing to run a second core test in May, followed by a full engine test in July.
They are part of several key tests in 2007 to validate design enhancements as the HF120 readies to power business jets by 2010. Also in 2007, GE Honda Aero Engines will finalize design and release hardware for the first HF120 engines that will undergo certification testing in 2008.
Prometheus Energy Landfill Project Creates Alternative Fuel Supply for California Fleets
ATLANTA, GA - May 24, 2007 :- A GE Energy ecomagination-certified Jenbacher landfill gas engine is powering the world's first commercial landfill gas (LFG)-to-liquid natural gas (LNG) conversion facility designed to create alternative fuel for vehicles. The LNG produced at the new facility is primarily targeted to be used as fuel for mass transit and other large vehicle fleets in the Los Angeles, Calif. region.
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF - May 24, 2007 :- GE Energy announced the availability of its software platform, Knowledge³ (Kn³), which has been ecomagination certified by GE as a tool to help reduce emissions from power generation and oil and gas plants. It has already been installed at several U.S. utilities.
GE (NYSE: GE) will webcast Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt's presentation at the Electrical Products Group's 2007 Annual Spring Conference today, Wednesday, May 23 at 11:30 a.m. ET. The presentation will include an update on the company's performance and an outlook for the remainder of 2007. Immelt's presentation and information about the webcast will be available at www.ge.com/investor.
EDMONTON, CANADA (May 23, 2007) -- General Electric Corporation (NYSE: GE) and the City of Edmonton today announced next generation crossing and signalling technology will be installed as part of Edmonton's South Light Rail Transit (LRT) Extension, marking the first time this technology will be applied in Canada. The technology will be on display in Calgary as part of the Railway Systems Suppliers show at the TELUS Convention Centre on May 23 and 24.
