Utah Data Center Uses Evaporative Cooling Along Way to 80% Energy Savings
Voonami’s new data center uses a giant evaporative cooler, along with other technologies, to deliver energy savings of 80 percent compared to the typical data center. The data center, in West Valley...
View ArticleWal-Mart Pledges to Cut Supply Chain Emissions 20M Metric Tons by 2015
Wal-Mart’s latest environmental push calls for the reduction of 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of 2015 with help from its suppliers. This translates into 150...
View ArticleChicago Rail Hub to Get More Efficient, with Fewer Emissions
If your business ships freight or other goods through the Chicago rail distribution hub, things are going to be running a bit smoother in the future thanks to a big chunk of the Department of...
View ArticleHospitals Saved $138M in 2008 By Reprocessing Medical Waste
More than 25 percent of U.S. hospitals are taking advantage of reprocessing single use medical devices as a means of reducing landfill waste, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins University...
View ArticleRoundup: Bill Walton, Microsoft, Alcoa
Clearing the Air at American Ports NY Times UN to commission independent scientific inquiry into IPCC The Guardian UK Johnson Controls Uses Microsoft Surface to Showcase Solutions for Sustainability...
View ArticleApple Shoots Down Two Shareholder Sustainability Proposals
At Apple’s shareholders meeting Feb. 25, the computer giant shot down two shareholder proposals related to sustainability management and reporting, reports PC World. One proposal called for Apple to...
View ArticleNew Chicago Law Office Reduces Water, Energy Use
Quarles & Brady’s new Chicago law office takes advantage of design elements to achieve reductions in water and energy use. However, it is too early yet to know how much electricity and water the...
View ArticleBill Gates Calls for Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
At TED2010, Bill Gates discussed his vision for the world’s energy future, and why he’s backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. Gates said the world needs to achieve zero carbon...
View ArticleM&S Product Portfolio to be 100% ‘Eco,’‘Ethical’ by 2020
UK retailer Marks & Spencer is stepping its plans to sell only items that have at least one “eco” or “ethical” attribute. By 2015, the retailer aims to have half its products meet that standard. By...
View ArticleProtecting “Cleantech” IP Rights
One of the commitments coming out of the Copenhagen conference on climate change was the provision that developed countries make available less polluting technologies to poorer nations. Technology...
View ArticleWal-Mart Pushes Energy Efficiency on Chinese Suppliers
Wal-Mart Stores is working with its Chinese suppliers to address energy efficiency and environmental impacts, reports the Washington Post. The retailer, fresh off a major announcement last week to cut...
View ArticleNew Google Technology Could Halve Cost of Solar Thermal
Google has a prototype mirror technology that could cut the cost of building a solar thermal plant in half, reports Reuters. The technology may be ready for market in one to three years, said Bill...
View ArticleRoundup: Avis, Kohl’s, Mitsubishi
U.K. and Its Major Power Producer Brawl Over Biomass Subsidies NY Times Carbon Accounting Software Market Experiencing Huge Period of Growth Fast Company EPA Orders CAPECO to Clean Up P.R. Explosion...
View ArticleAPM Terminals Calls for Cooperation to Reduce Container Industry Emissions
APM Terminals is calling for global container terminal operators to share best practices and to standardize the metrics used for measuring their carbon footprints in an effort to improve the industry’s...
View ArticleSafeco Field Installs Energy-Efficient Scoreboard
Adding its name to a roster of “green” sports stadiums, Safeco Field, home to the Seattle Mariners, is replacing one of its largest electronic display boards with an energy-efficient version that uses...
View ArticleVodafone Tops ICT Sustainability Ranking
Vodafone is ranked as the number one sustainability leader among the 20 largest information and communications technology (ICT) companies, according to Tomorrow’s Value Rating. Nokia, HP, France...
View ArticleCompanies Skirt Clean Water Act
Due to Supreme Court rulings that cause some uncertainty in terms of which waterways should be regulated by the Clean Water Act, thousands of the largest water polluters say that the law no longer...
View ArticleCemex, RTI to Demo CO2 Capture Technology
Cemex USA has been awarded $1.1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate a dry sorbent CO2 capture technology at one of its cement plants in the U.S. The...
View ArticleWith Detroit Lighting Retrofit, Ford Continues on Energy-Efficient Path
Ford Motor Company’s latest energy-efficiency project is the retrofit of its lighting systems at its Detroit Campus facilities. New England Energy Management (NEEM) will retrofit or replace more than...
View ArticleEnergy Management Systems Hold 14% Market Penetration
So far, just 14 percent of the market potential for energy management systems is being realized, meaning there is room for growth, according to the report on “Energy Management Systems for Commercial...
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