What Is Sustainability?
Senior executives are typically foresighted and clear-headed in matters that are material to their business, yet are not sufficiently informed as to understand how externalities can effect financial...
View ArticleNet-Zero-Energy Buildings Attract ‘Knowledge Workers’
Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson says the business case for investment in net-zero-energy buildings is about more than energy savings. Yudelson, who will address the Sheet Metal and Air...
View Article$181 Million Available to Develop Biorefineries
The US Department of Agriculture has made available $181 million to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels....
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: FedEx Express, GE, GM, Chargepoint, Volvo
FedEx Express has introduced its new 767-300 cargo jet scheduled to begin service this fall. The freighter is approximately 30 percent more fuel efficient and has unit operating costs that are more...
View ArticleClimate Change Investment Totals $359 Billion Worldwide
Global investment in climate change plateaued at $359 billion in 2012, slightly less than the $364 spent the previous year, according to a Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) study. The Global Landscape of...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Wyndham, Carbon Trust Water Standard
Bentley announced that it is the first automaker, and one of the first ten organizations in the world, to achieve the Carbon Trust Water Standard. The company’s Crewe, UK headquarters cut water use by...
View ArticleAir Pollution Hurts Computers, Intel Says
Intel says Asia’s industrial pollution is harming electronics, The Oregonian reports. In addition to shortening human lifespans, air pollution in China and India makes computer failure “multiple” times...
View ArticleEnergy-Related CO2 Emissions Fall to 19-Year Low
US carbon dioxide emissions generated from energy consumption and production fell 3.8 percent in 2012 to 5,290 million metric tons, reaching their lowest level since 1994, according to a report from...
View ArticleFurniture Makers Count Up Formaldehyde Rule Costs
Federal rules on formaldehyde in composite panel could add about $28 million to Ashley Furniture‘s costs, according to CEO Todd Wanek. Speaking at an industry roundtable organized by Furniture Today,...
View ArticleBeverage Companies’ Savings ‘More Than $1M Annually’ Using Wastewater Treatment
California’s Clos du Bois Winery reduced its aeration pump electricity costs and produced a surplus of reusable energy during its field test of Cambrian Innovation’s wastewater treatment system, which...
View ArticleWater Infrastructure Clogged by Cycle of Debt and Rate Hikes
People who work in the water industry aren’t immune to the common household problem of clogged drains. When they happen, they’re an inconvenience for everyone, often reflecting years of buildup that’s...
View ArticleBuilding Owners Find Big Savings in ‘Stray’ Energy
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has a new report, Real Time Energy Management, which validates the substantial savings available by catching stray energy in buildings. According to an NRDC...
View ArticlePartnering to Address Environmental Issues: Success from the Private Sector
Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, discusses environmental management success stories at the MDIBL summit.
View ArticleSainsbury’s Opens ‘Water Neutral’ Store
UK grocery chain Sainsbury’s says its Weymouth Gateway store is “water neutral,” meaning 100 percent of its water demand will be met through water-efficient infrastructure and offsetting partnerships,...
View ArticleLow Carbon Fuel Standard ‘Unnecessary, Costly’ Oregon Industry Says
Four major Oregon industry associations — the Northwest Grocery Association, the Oregon Home Builders Association, the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association and the National Federation of...
View ArticleHershey Converts Two More Plants to Zero Waste to Landfill
Hershey say two more of its plants have achieved zero-waste-to-landfill (ZWL) status, bringing the company’s count to six US plants — eight total facilities — that no longer dispose routine waste into...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: ‘Flexible’ Climate Approach, Mining Water Permits
US special envoy for climate change Todd Stern called for the next United Nations climate deal to follow a more flexible approach. Countries should be permitted to determine their own levels of...
View ArticleBusinesses Can Cut Emissions 90% With RNG
Businesses that use renewable natural gas, or RNG, created from food and yard waste can reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 90 percent or more by switching from diesel to the clean energy source,...
View ArticleEPA Names 2013 SmartWay Award Winners
Best Buy, Johnson & Johnson and Lowe’s are among the 55 companies honored by the EPA as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency with its 2013 SmartWay Excellence...
View ArticleWhy Walmart Doesn’t Pursue LEED
Walmart is about to achieve a surprising milestone: its first LEED-certified store. With LEED now firmly established as the world’s go-to green building standard, and companies large and small pursuing...
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