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A massive exhibition of green tech products will be on display at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, showing people how to lead sustainable lives in a connected world.
CES's Sustainable Planet will feature more than 30 exhibitors focused on product advancements in green building, sustainable packaging, automotive, wireless and alternative energy technologies across 5,500 net square feet of exhibit space.
Signaling a growing market for technologies and services that benefit the environment, Sustainable Planet will increase by more than 40 percent in size over the 2009 International CES.
Also featured as part of the Sustainable Planet at the 2010 CES will be the Greener Gadgets Display, which will highlight pioneering technologies from Consumer Electronics Association's annual Greener Gadgets Design Competition. Sustainable Planet exhibitors also will demonstrate products at regular intervals on the showcase's stage.
"Green technology is a huge business opportunity in 2010, and green tech companies know the International CES is the largest global platform for launching their innovative new products," said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, events and conferences, CEA.
"Due to growing customer demand across the green spectrum, we've nearly doubled the space for the Sustainable Planet at the 2010 CES. This exciting exhibit area will showcase cutting edge technologies that will change the world - benefiting the environment, renewing resources and bringing new forms of sustainable energy to developing areas around the globe."
Companies exhibiting in the Sustainable Planet at the 2010 International CES include American Express OPEN, Bits Ltd., Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse, Embertec Power Savings Technologies, Goal 0, Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, Meadwestvaco, Miniwiz, PowerGenix, Sean Energy Inc. and Solio.
More than 100,000 attendees are expected at the Las Vegas Convention Center for CES, according to the CEA. Attendance will be down from its peak in 2008, but will likely surpass the thin crowds witnessed last year during the worst of the global economic meltdown.
Show organizers say they taking many steps to reduce the carbon footprint of the world's biggest consumer electronics extravaganza through recycling 51 percent of the total solid waste generated by show attendees.
CEA has cut its print production for CES by nearly 50 percent in the last five years and has invested more than $100,000 to develop a recycling program in the Las Vegas area working with Clark County Schools, the fifth largest school district in the country.
CEA has also donated $50,000 to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Convention Center Area Command, to purchase T-3 Motion electric vehicles and accessories.
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