Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled,...
The EPA and Transport Department are delaying new fuel efficiency standards until mid-November, saying they had to process a high volume of comments and complete technical work. The rules for cars and...
View ArticleBeating the Summer Heat and High Energy Demand
The summer of 2011 was one of the hottest in recorded history. In fact, the Washington Post reported that more than 9,000 record-high temperatures were set or tied in July across the U.S (the National...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of Food Waste
Consider this. There is one economic sector that is essential for survival and accounts for a considerable share of our daily expenses and GHG emissions – and some 28 percent of the production in this...
View ArticleA Look at the Outperformance of the Carbon Efficient Index
Here, Michael Orzano, associate director of Global Equity Indices, and Alka Banerjee, vice president of Global Equity & Strategy Indices for S&P Indices, describe outperformance in the...
View ArticleThe Story of Ethylene: Now Starring Natural Gas
It’s a $160 billion a year market you’ve probably never heard of. Ethylene, the intermediary chemical compound from which popular plastics and many other high value products are derived, has...
View ArticleBAE Sustainability Report: 6% 2010 Drop in Emissions With 2% Sales Rise
BAE Systems cut its CO2 emissions by 6 percent from 2009 to 2010, while its sales increased just over 2 percent in that time period, according to the company’s 2011 integrated annual report. In 2010,...
View ArticleStates and Utilities Leading Way on Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs
States and utilities invested over $811 million on direct industrial energy efficiency programs in 2010, far exceeding the spending by the federal government and other national-level programs,...
View ArticleShell Oil Explores Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure to Lower Power Costs for...
When Shell Oil’s power requirements grew 3.6 MW in a nine-month period at its three global data centers and 400 regional sites, the company’s IT subsidiary started investigating cloud-based capacity to...
View ArticleSolar Installations to Flatline in 2012, Rebound by 2017, Lux Says
Annual solar capacity additions will rise by just 0.4 GW in 2012, with 26.9 GW expected to be installed this year, and industry revenues will fall by $18 billion to $92 billion, according to a Lux...
View ArticleGlobal Carbon Markets Plummet
The value of the world’s carbon markets declined by 21 percent over the last quarter, despite trading volumes above the historical average, according to analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance....
View ArticleBuilding Energy Use Not Primed to Occupancy, MIT Says
MIT researchers have found that energy use does not always correspond to occupancy. Their study, ENERNET: Studying the dynamic relationship between building occupancy and energy consumption, examining...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency at Zero Upfront Cost
Financing Options that Allow for Immediate Simple Payback It is no secret in today’s stormy economy… cash flow is tight in businesses and organizations. For many, it has been a downward spiral of...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan...
The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) will imminently release its formal draft of the Safer Consumer Products regulations, part of the state’s green chemistry program, attorneys...
View ArticleThe Sustainability Consortium’s Sustainability Measurement & Reporting System
The Sustainability Consortium is developing a standardized framework for the communication of sustainability-related information throughout the product value chain. Here’s a look at the framework,...
View ArticleWhat Is the Business Case for Sustainability?
In broad brush strokes, elements supporting the business rational for sustainability can be categorized into two basic areas: cost savings and enhanced brand reputation. As a manufacturing company we...
View ArticleRenewables Briefing: Riverside, 8minutenergy, Cogenra Solar, MLB Teams
The recently-completed $42 million Riverside Renewable Energy project at the Gloucester Marine Terminal in Gloucester City, N.J., received a $11 million federal tax credit Thursday. Along with the...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Sustainability Report: Energy Use Falls Another 6%, But 2011 a...
General Mills’ energy usage rate stayed flat in fiscal 2011 at just under 540 kWh of energy per metric ton of production, a 6 percent reduction from the company’s 2005 baseline, but it was the first...
View ArticleGoogle Plans Thermal Storage System for Data Center
A Google data center planned for Changhua County, Taiwan, is to use a thermal storage system, Data Center Knowledge reports. Thermal storage systems, typically made of ice or liquid coolant, are used...
View ArticleBearing Point Launches LogEC Freight Carbon Analysis Tool
Consultancy BearingPoint has released software that allows logistics providers and shippers to calculate and analyze their carbon footprints, as well as to plan, evaluate and manage emissions reduction...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: NASA, LEED, Green-e, ASHRAE 90.1, ISO 14001
NASA’s newest building at Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., – called the Sustainability Base – is one of the nation’s greenest, NASA said. The building was designed to achieve LEED...
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