IBM, Recology Drive San Francisco Toward Zero-Waste Status
IBM is collaborating with resource recovery company Recology to help San Francisco achieve zero waste by 2020. The city’s diversion rate already totals 78 percent, which Recology says is the highest in...
View ArticleIntel, Whirlpool Lead Corporate Green Ranking
Computer chip maker Intel and home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool have been named as the major US firms with the strongest environmental governance, policies, and infrastructure in a report by...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Flare Standards, Aviation Carbon Trade...
The EPA has issued updated standards for new flares and process heaters at petroleum refineries. The final rule will reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and VOCs; CO2 emissions, though...
View ArticleABB Designs DC-Powered Data Center, Rutgers Builds Solar-Powered Micro-Data...
Swiss power company ABB and IT firm Green recently unveiled a data center expansion in Zurich that uses direct current technology, not the more common alternating current, for electric transmission....
View ArticleReckitt Benckiser Sustainability Report: 2020 Carbon Goal Met
Health, hygiene and home products manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser has achieved a 21 percent improvement on its normalized greenhouse gas emissions per dose since 2007 – beating its 20 percent target...
View ArticleWho Is Responsible for Green Building Performance?
First, and most important, please note that this article is not meant to provide any legal advice. It does address the issue of certification responsibilities under LEED or any green building...
View ArticleVerdantix Report: 42% Senior Execs Expect to Change Energy Management by 2014
Large-scale energy systems integration has become an important component of financial performance for a number of public and private sectors, including grocery retail, telecom, real estate development,...
View ArticleLooking Forward to the Global Climate Talks
Recently, we interviewed Laura Storm, executive director of Sustainia. As former director of the Copenhagen Climate Council and the World Business Summit on Climate Change, Storm has a great deal of...
View ArticleContract Wins: Siemens and Florida A&M, Cambridge and General Mills, Rosebud...
Florida A&M University (pictured) has awarded Siemens a $12.2 million contract expected to save the university about $1.2 million in equivalent guaranteed annual energy savings. The 18-month...
View ArticleFaith Leaders Tell Walmart to Match Competitors Best Buy, Staples and Office...
Environmental activists and local clergy from all 50 states have called on Walmart to change its e-waste recycling policies. The “Open Letter to Walmart on Stewardship of Electronic Waste,” signed by...
View ArticleChanel, Coty, Avon Join Sustainable Packaging Cosmetics Roundtable
Major cosmetics companies Chanel, Coty, Avon, L’Oreal Group, Mast Global and Estee Lauder are inaugural members of an initiative created by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Institute for...
View ArticleDaVita to Cut Energy Use 15% Per Treatment by 2015
Dialysis provider DaVita Inc. plans to cut its energy consumption 15 percent per treatment by 2015 as part of a larger environmental initiative. The company announced five environmental goals, which...
View ArticleStudy: Indirect Non-Residential Electric Sales to Exceed 50% in 2012
Indirect non-residential electric sales will exceed 50 percent for the first time in retail power market history, according to an annual study by DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability. The recently...
View ArticleMore than Two-thirds of Americans Buy Green Products, Services
A recent survey found that 69 percent of American adults purchase green products or services, slightly less than previous years, and nearly one third believe such products are the norm and a required...
View ArticleGlobal Carbon Market Up 11%; Carbon Emissions No. 3 Among Utilities’...
Carbon emissions rank third—up from sixth last year—among electric utilities’ top environmental concerns, according to a Black & Veatch Corp report. For the sixth straight year, water supply issues...
View ArticleEmerson’s Trellis Platform Software Expands Data Center Infrastructure...
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson announced the global availability of four software applications for data center infrastructure management (DCIM), all within the Trellis platform. Working...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: LEED 2012 Postponed, RGGI, WindMade, 2012...
USGBC announced that it will delay ballot on its rating system LEED 2012 until June 1, 2013, and run a fifth public comment period from October 2 until December 10, 2012. As a result , the council has...
View ArticleCritical Steps for Sustainability Change Management and Long-Term Adoption
Today, many organizations are making sustainability goals and initiatives a priority, not a “nice-to-have.” The 2011 McKinsey Global Survey on The Business of Sustainability found that 57 percent of...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know about Bio-Based Cleaners
The BioPreferred program was signed into law in 2002, expanded in 2008, and expanded once again in 2012, this time by an executive order issued by President Obama. The goals of the program are to...
View ArticleFleet Roundup: Mazda, Audi, Renewable Energy Group, AeroVironment
Mazda Motorsports will supply racing versions of its SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engines (pictured) to customer teams competing in GRAND-AM’s GX Class for advanced/clean technologies, beginning with the...
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