Standards & Compliance Briefing: EPEAT, R2, WEEE, Household Refrigeration,...
The IEEE 1680 draft standards that will form the basis of EPEAT Imaging Equipment and Television environmental ratings – which will cover printers, copiers and TVs – have been approved by more than 75...
View ArticleWhat Is ‘Alternative Transportation’ the Alternative To?
Much has been done in the past few years to engage the public in trying out “alternative” forms of transportation. “Alternative” meaning, of course, alternative to the car. A colleague of mine in...
View ArticleFleet Roundup: Shell LNG, Nissan Zero Emission Fund, New Flyer CNG Buses
Shell will supply liquefied natural gas at about 100 TravelCenters of America sites and Petro Shopping Centers in the US beginning in 2013. According to the memorandum of understanding, Shell will...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Sustainability Report: CO2 Intensity Barely Drops, Company...
AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines and its regional affiliate American Eagle, is behind schedule to meet its 2025 carbon intensity goal of a 30 percent drop from 2005 levels,...
View ArticleABB Electric Drives Saved $34bn for US Customers in 2011
ABB’s installed base of electric drives saved about 310 million MWh of electricity in 2011, a 19 percent increase from the previous year, according to the power and automation giant’s annual savings...
View ArticleGM, Dow, Ford to Develop Energy-Efficient Processes with DOE Grants
Dow Chemical Co. and General Motors are among several recipients to receive $54 million in Energy Department grants aimed at improving the energy efficiency of advanced manufacturing technologies. The...
View ArticleBank of America to Cut Energy Use 25%, as Part of $50bn Environmental Initiative
Bank of America says it will reduce its energy consumption 25 percent by 2015, compared to 2004 levels, equal to eliminating 1.2 million MWh of annual energy use from its portfolio. Also by 2015, BoA...
View ArticleRenewables Roundup: Clean World Partners, IKEA, REC, Abengoa
Clean World Partners and Atlas Disposal Industries have broken ground on the construction of what the companies say is the US’s largest commercial-scale, high-solids anaerobic digestion system, and on...
View ArticleSchneider Electric: EnergySTEP Data Center Assessment Can Improve Power...
Schneider Electric has introduced EnergySTEP Data Center Assessment, which it says can improve a data center’s power usage effectiveness by 20 percent with a payback period of less than 12 months, into...
View ArticleCemex Hits 25% Alternative Fuel Goal
Cemex used 25 percent alternative fuels in its cement production in 2011, an achievement that allowed the company to avoid the use of nearly 2 million tons of coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions...
View ArticlePanoramic and AtSite Monitor US Green Building Council; BuildingIQ and NV...
Energy management system provider Panoramic Power has partnered with AtSite, which will use Panoramic Power’s P3E to provide its clients — including the US Green Building Council’s headquarters in...
View ArticleDigital Lumens’ Intelligent Lighting Includes Interactive Facility Maps,...
Digital Lumens, developer of the Intelligent LED Lighting System, announced LightRules 2.0. Designed for a broad range of high bay industrial lighting applications – manufacturing, warehousing, cold...
View ArticleHow to Do a Basic Energy Audit
I have surveyed hundreds of facilities and wanted to share some best practices in the hopes that it will help more people save more energy. I once surveyed a facility that had a $21 million annual...
View ArticleForest Footprint Disclosure Project to Merge with CDP
The Global Canopy Program’s Forest Footprint Disclosure Project will merge with The Carbon Disclosure Project to create what the two non-profits say is the world’s largest comprehensive natural capital...
View ArticleSprint Says ecoEnvelope Will Save $500,000, 447 Tons of Paper
Sprint Nextel says sending customers bills in “ecoEnvelopes” will save the company just under a half million dollars in operational costs, and the equivalent of 447 tons of paper, in about a year. The...
View ArticleOfficeMax ‘Boomerang Box’ Aims to Cut Delivery Box Consumption 80%
OfficeMax has launched a program that reuses and recycles the boxes it uses for deliveries to business customers. The office supply company expects the initiative to reduce box consumption by 80...
View ArticleCompany Performance Linked to CSR, Deutsche Bank Finds
Companies with high ratings for corporate social responsibility and environmental, social and governance factors have a lower cost of capital and are a lower risk to investors, according to a report by...
View ArticleRio+20 Preview: KPMG Roadmap for Business, GRI Reporting in Developing Countries
The UN’s Rio+20 Earth Summit won’t likely result in any binding agreements for businesses, but it may help reinforce sustainable development, according to a report by KPMG International. Some 50,000...
View ArticleEPA to Propose Stricter Rules on Soot
The EPA will today propose tougher air quality pollution standards for fine particulate matter, or soot, a microscopic particle released from power plants, factories and vehicles. The government...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Duke on Carbon Pricing, Energy Efficiency,...
The CEO of Duke Energy, the third-largest electric utility in the US, has said that nationwide carbon pricing is “inevitable,” Point Carbon reports. Jim Rogers also told attendees of a Hamilton...
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