Elster Announces Universal Smart Grid Meter Platform
Smart grid company Elster has announced that its fully integrated universal meter and radio platform, the RexUniversal meter, should be commercially available in North America in the second quarter of...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: $4.5m Chevron Settlement, Supercommittee,...
Chevron has reached a $4.5 million settlement with Salt Lake City and the state of Utah to pay for cleanup costs at two oil spills that polluted a creek and city pond, according to The Salt Lake...
View ArticleReport: Hybrid Truck Sales to Top 100k
Sales of hybrid medium- and heavy-duty trucks are on course to top 100,000 annually by 2017, according to a report by Pike Research. “Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Battery Electric Medium and Heavy...
View ArticleSolar Gardens: Sprouting Soon in a Community Near You
In March 2007, Community Housing Works, a non-profit developer/owner of low income housing projects, unveiled a 56-unit multi-tenant unit (MTU) apartment complex called Solara in Poway, California, in...
View ArticleLess Is More, Part V
Designing for small In my last article, I stated that one of the challenges is linking product performance to material shape and properties. And then making the next link to environmental...
View ArticleChemical Industry Proposes Assessment Tool to EPA
The American Chemistry Council is seeking to inform the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory revisions with a proposed system for prioritizing chemical review and assessment. The council says...
View ArticleNJ in Top Global Solar Spot – But Not for Long
New Jersey is the top global location for investors in solar power but will soon begin to suffer the effects of dramatic oversupply, according to a report by Lux Research. The Solar Demand Forecaster...
View ArticleDell to Revamp GHG Measurement; No Longer Carbon-Neutral
Dell’s changing business model is forcing the company to craft a new way of measuring its carbon footprint, the company notes in its 2011 corporate responsibility report, which shows that the computer...
View ArticleGannett Fleming Discusses Sustainable Infrastructure
Gannett Fleming has been named a charter member of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), a recently formed non-profit leadership organization dedicated to developing and administering a...
View ArticleSoftware Briefing: Power Assure, In-Q-Tel, Cal Poly, Cintas
Power Assure Inc., a data center infrastructure provider, has announced a strategic investment and development agreement with U.S. intelligence community supplier In-Q-Tel. In-Q-Tel will be adding...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ISO-GRI Pact, Cadmium Jewelry Shelved,...
Target, Gap, and Saks Fifth Avenue are among 26 major retailers that have reached a settlement under California’s Proposition 65 to eliminate all but trace amounts of cadmium from jewelry and other...
View ArticleLoosening Oil and Gas Regs Could Create 1.4m Jobs, API Says
A reversal of current policy could increase daily oil and natural gas production by 10 million barrels by 2030, while creating 1.4 million U.S. jobs and adding $800 billion to government revenue,...
View ArticleREC Unveils PV Panel with One-Year Energy Payback
Solar energy firm REC says it has developed a photovoltaic panel that, within one year, generates the same amount of energy used to create it. The panel is one of the first crystalline modules with an...
View ArticleWater Scarcity Leads to Business Risk – PepsiCo Partnership Addresses the...
From a global perspective, the water future should be of concern to all of us. Virtually all reports suggest that the water crisis will only get worse. Ten years ago there were gloomy reports that this...
View ArticleOverpackaging vs. Underpackaging: Finding the Balance
A new store called in.gredients is planning to open this fall in Austin, offering high-quality grocery products that include organic grains, natural baking ingredients and local meats. What makes...
View ArticlePatagonia to Help Customers Reuse Clothing, in an Ebay ‘First’
Patagonia is encouraging consumers to buy and sell its clothing through a new storefront on Ebay, paired with a customer pledge system. The outdoor apparel manufacturer yesterday launched its Common...
View ArticleGE Leads Funding for Pre-Fab Commercial Eco Buildings
GE Energy Financial Services has led a $22 million investment round for Project Frog, a venture selling pre-fabricated, energy efficient commercial building kits. The round, joined by other investors...
View ArticleBank of America Plans Another Billion-Dollar Solar Project
Bank of America, SolarCity and USRG Renewable Finance plan to install 371 MW of photovoltaics on military bases across the U.S., at a cost of over $1 billion, in what the partners say is the largest...
View ArticleCoke, HP Lose Places on Sustainability Index
Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard and natural gas producer Encana are to be dropped from, and Societe Generale will be added to, one of the world’s leading sustainability indices. Following a corporate...
View ArticleDIA Execs Discuss Sustainability
Denver Green Streets interview with Woods Allee, director of project controls and energy management, and Norm Higley, director of environmental programs, at DIA.
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