Sustainability Culture Saves DuPont Billions
Upwards of 40 percent of industry’s energy efficiency improvement opportunities can be realized through low or no-cost projects rooted in corporate culture change, according to a white paper from...
View ArticleIdentifying Hidden Energy and Sustainability Costs: How to Achieve Visibility...
Identifying Hidden Energy and Sustainability Costs: How to Achieve Visibility and Transparency Learn how organizations are gaining comprehensive visibility of their overall energy spend with a single,...
View ArticleDoes the Public Trust You?
Does the public trust your company? Chances are most of us would answer that question with a resounding “yes” and many of us would be wrong. Evidence is mounting that the general population does not...
View ArticleConfused about LCA Standards? You Should Be
How fast-moving consumer goods manufacturers can untangle and benefit from standards: Last month four key international bodies released updates to their lifecycle analysis standards and guidelines. For...
View ArticleEPA Reveals Green Leadership Award Winners
Google, Intel, Kohl’s, Staples and the Empire State Building were among the winners of the EPA’s Green Power Leadership Awards, presented yesterday in San Francisco. The awards, made in conjunction...
View ArticleBuilding IQ Releases Energy Demand Software
Energy management software company BuildingIQ has launched ManagerIQ, the latest in its line of predictive energy optimization products. PEO tools predict energy demand and adjust a building’s heating...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Green Product App, China WEEE, GM Wildlife...
Consumer Reports announced the launch of its new Eco-Label smart phone app, which will provide consumers with information on products’ green marketing claims. The magazine said the app, which is a...
View ArticleWho’s Driving Sustainable Seafood?
At the start of Day 2 of the European Seafood Exposition, SeafoodSource Editor Steven Hedlund and Contributing Editor Jason Holland answer the question, “Who’s driving the sustainable seafood movement?”
View ArticleFlow Meters: ‘Essential’ Energy Efficiency Tools
Access to accurate flow-metering technology has become vital for facility managers trying to reduce the energy consumption of their buildings, according to Marisa Fedele of Siemens Industry. Writing in...
View ArticleWorld’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED Gold
Quality Technology Services has achieved LEED Gold certification at its Atlanta Metro facility, which it says is the world’s second-largest data centers. LEED president Rick Fedrizzi said QTS’s...
View ArticleMarriott to Install Demand Response at Over 250 Hotels
Marriott International and Constellation Energy have agreed to develop over 23 MW of load response capability across more than 250 of the hotel’s properties in the mid-Atlantic, New York, New England,...
View ArticleSiemens: ‘World’s Most Efficient’ Gas Turbine Set For US Manufacture
Siemens has just opened a U.S. facility that will produce what the company is calling the world’s most efficient gas turbines, reports Greentechmedia. The 340-megawatt H Class turbine (pictured) is...
View ArticleAsda Launches $1.3bn Sustainabilty Savings Drive
Sustainability initiatives carried out by U.K. grocery store chain Asda saved the company £70 million ($110 million) in 2010 and it has committed to new goals that it hopes will deliver a cumulative...
View ArticleNavy Launches Algae-Powered Destroyer
The U.S. Navy sent a destroyer ship powered by algae-based fuel on a 20-hour trip Wednesday, the largest alternative fuel test it has undertaken to date. Some 20,000 gallons of the fuel were pumped...
View ArticleEfficiency Company BlueStar Buys TruBrite
BlueStar Energy Solutions, a provider of energy efficiency and demand response services, has acquired TruBrite Energy Management. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition builds upon...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies
The EPA said that it will propose twice-delayed rules for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants early next year, Reuters reported. The agency delayed the release of the long-anticipated Clean Air...
View ArticleREACH Regulations and Resilient Flooring
Presentation by Pete Thomas of Flooring Sustainability Partnership, on REACH regulations and how they apply to resilient flooring. Given at Tarkett sponsored seminar: Sustainability and the environment...
View ArticleMammoth Releases Water Source Heat Pumps
Air conditioning manufacturer Mammoth has released two water source heat pumps with an energy efficiency ratio of up to 21.0 and a coefficient of performance of up to 5.6. Mammoth says the the...
View ArticleFood Manufacturers ‘Holding Back rPET'; Lush Outsources Recycling
The use of recycled PET in the food sector is being held back by poor quality control and by brand owners’ misconceptions, according to PET bottle molder APPE. The company, which says it is the largest...
View ArticleFleet Briefing: 2012 Fuel Economy Guide, Honda Fit EV, Nissan, Coulomb, GE, Coda
The 2012 Mitsubishi i electric vehicle has come first in the EPA’s list of “fuel sipper” vehicles, with miles per gallon equivalent of 112 combined, 126 city and 99 highway. The 2012 Fuel Economy...
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