Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Abound Solar, EPA Budget, NY CO2 Limits, Texas...
DOE loan guarantee recipient Abound Solar will file for bankruptcy and dismiss its 125 employees, citing falling prices and competition from Chinese manufacturers in the solar equipment market. Abound...
View ArticleCoca-Cola, Fuji ‘Power-Free’ Vending Machine Cuts Daytime Energy Use 95%
Coca-Cola Japan and Fuji Electric Retail Systems developed a vending machine that can operate without using power for cooling for up to 16 hours per day, reducing daytime energy use by 95 percent, the...
View ArticleShell, GE Urge EU to Prop Up Carbon Market
Thirteen of Europe’s biggest companies, including General Electric, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil, sent a letter urging the European Union to pull 1.4 billion CO2 permits to prop up the carbon market...
View ArticleToshiba Wastewater System to Recover Copper at Fujitsu Plant
Fujitsu has installed a Toshiba wastewater treatment system at its plant in Nagano, Japan that recovers copper particles using 75 percent fewer chemicals, to produce a high-concentration sludge that...
View ArticleBuilding Energy Management Skyrocketing, Johnson Controls Survey Finds
A whopping 85 percent of building owners and operators worldwide depend on energy management to drive their facilities’ operational efficiency, up 34 points in the last two years, according to a...
View ArticleCompany Culture Leads to Sustainability
CEOs talk about culture incessantly. Why? It’s in the CEO manual! (Just kidding, there isn’t one, wish there was, probably would have helped me a lot along the way). Seriously, why do leaders and...
View ArticleHoly Rizzoli: Is That Fracking Fluid Going to Kill Me? (No)
The plot line for the recent episode of Rizzoli & Isles – a “torn from the headlines” crime drama on the TNT Network about a female police detective in Boston — is Hollywood at its worst. Rizzoli...
View ArticleContract Wins: GSA, NASA, Clean Energy Fuels, Telkonet’s EcoSmart
The US General Services Administration has procured about 300 million kWh of electricity – expected to save GSA more than $10.8 million at several facilities in New York as well as through other...
View ArticleNY Post Office Gets Green Roof
The US Postal Service has built its second green roof, a 11,300-square-foot installation in upstate New York. The roof at Colvin-Elmwood Post Office was built in collaboration with Onondaga County,...
View ArticlePanasonic, Mitsui Lines and Mitsubishi Launch Ship With Hybrid-Electric,...
Panasonic Corporation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have unveiled a car carrier ship with a hybrid electric power supply system. The carrier is designed to achieve zero emissions...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Fines for Dairyland and BASF; SF6;...
The EPA and the DOJ have reached a Clean Air Act settlement with Dairyland Power Cooperative under which the utility will invest $150 million in pollution control technology at three power plants in...
View ArticleE-Recycler Intercon Files Defamation Suit Against Group that Claimed Improper...
E-waste recycling company Intercon Solutions has filed a defamation suit against watchdog group Basel Action Network and its executive director James Puckett, hitting back at BAN claims of improper...
View ArticleGM Harvests 300,000 kWh of Energy to Power Computers
The General Motors Powertrain Engineering Center in Torino, Italy, has harvested 300,000 kWh of energy from test benches – equipment that tests various measures of a running engine – within a year, and...
View ArticleGE Ecomagination Reports $21bn in Revenue for 2011
GE’s Ecomagination line of products and services generated $21 billion in revenues and invested more than $2 billion in research and development last year, according to the program’s 2011 progress...
View ArticleGE Water Treatment Achieves ‘Near-Zero’ Liquid Discharge; Desal Tech Cuts...
A successful pilot study has shown GE’s water treatment technology can help beverage companies safely treat and reuse water to achieve 99 percent or higher recovery in their plants, the company says....
View ArticleIBM Sustainability Report: $43M in Energy Costs Saved in 2011
IBM saved $43 million in energy expenses last year, conserving 378,000 MWh of electricity and 326,000 million BTUs of fuel oil and natural gas through hundreds of conservation projects, according to...
View ArticleCapitalism Is Alive and Well in the Green Community
Even though it may have become a dirty word in some circles and protest rallies, I am very pleased and proud to say that making a profit is no longer considered an ethics violation within the green...
View ArticleHow Companies Measure, Manage and Communicate ESG Performance
The Changing ESG Landscape quarterly analyst call addressing the evolution of sustainability reporting (exchanges, indexes and ratings), ESG / Impact investing and sustainable development ROI.
View ArticleSeresco Introduces Dehumidifier Technology, Reduces Refrigerant up to 85%
Seresco USA Inc., a leading manufacturer of HVAC indoor air quality equipment, has introduced the Protocol (NP) Series, the HVAC industry’s new indoor swimming pool dehumidifier technology that reduces...
View ArticleLessons Learned during LEED for Existing Buildings Certification
Insight into common LEED EBOM pitfalls and emerging certification challenges from a team of battle-tested LEED consultants LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED EBOM) projects...
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