Sustainable Planet

LVCC, North Hall
This CE Spotlight serves as the premier location for world-changing technologies, whether benefiting the environment, utilizing new forms of sustainable energy, renewing our resources, or contributing to the development of nations both on and off the grid.

Sustainable Planet features more than 30 exhibitors across 5,500 net square feet of exhibit space. Companies include Bits Ltd., Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse, Embertec Power Savings Technologies, Goal 0, Greenpeace, Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, Meadwestvaco, Miniwiz, PowerGenix, Sean Energy Inc. and Solio.

View a complete list of Sustainable Planet exhibitors.

The Sustainable Planet Spotlight will feature products and services making it possible for every person on this planet to stay connected, informed and live sustainable lifestyles, through:

Advances in green building
Alternative energy technologies
Automotive developments
Green business services and solutions
Smart grid technologies
Solar and renewable products
Sustainable packaging
Wireless convergence

Greener Gadgets Display

Included in this CE Spotlight is the Greener Gadgets Display, which features the pioneering technologies from the annual Greener Gadgets Design Competition. It's no wonder why top members of the eco-press like TreeHugger and Inhabitat as well as leading tech reporters from BusinessWeek, CNET and Engadget flocked to this showcase last year.

Presentations and Product Demos

Friday, Jan. 8
1-1:30 p.m.		MeadWestvaco
2-3 p.m.		Making Electronics Greener One Consumer at a Time Making the consumer electronics industry more environmentally friendly has as much to do with people as products. In this CNET-hosted panel, we will discuss how green technologies and eco-minded consumers are changing the consumer electronics industry. Panelists will discuss some of the steps manufacturers are taking to lighten their environmental footprint, certification and standards, electronics recycling, and energy-efficiency. Panelists: Jeff Omelchuck, executive director of EPEAT; Jason Linnell, the executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling; David Katzmaier, CNET editor and expert on TV energy efficiency. Moderated by Martin LaMonica, senior reporter for the CNET Green Tech blog.

Saturday, Jan. 9
2-2:15 pm.		Easy Energy (YoGen)
2:45-3 p.m.		Bits Ltd.