Siemens Sustainability Report: Water Use Down 5%, Energy Efficiency Improves 4%
Siemens has reduced its water consumption by about 5 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2009 compared to a year earlier, using approximately 14.1 million cubic meters of raw water worldwide, according to the...
View ArticleInvestor Climate Resolutions Climb Nearly 50% in 2010
Investors filed a record 101 climate and energy-related resolutions with 88 U.S. and Canadian companies so far in 2010, nearly 50 percent higher than last year, which indicates a growing concern about...
View ArticleInbound Logistics Salutes Green Companies
Inbound Logistics magazine released its “50 Green Supply Chain Partners” list, highlighting third party logistics, air cargo carriers, expedited carriers, materials handlers, ocean carriers, ports, and...
View ArticleFord Researchers Discover Soy Oil Doubles Rubber’s Stretchability
Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have discovered that by using soy oil as a 25 percent replacement for petroleum oil, it more than doubles the rubber’s stretchability while reducing its...
View ArticleClimate Bill Would Save $19B, CBO Reports
The climate bill being discussed in Congress would cut $19 billion off the national debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in a finding that could increase the odds of the bills...
View ArticleDistrict Energy System Upgrade Cuts Emissions 5% Annually in Downtown Grand...
Veolia Energy has upgraded its Grand Rapids district energy heating and cooling system with a new custom-built condensing heat exchanger, which has reduced carbon-dioxide emissions by five percent...
View ArticleRoundup – H20 Innovation, PG&E, ArcelorMittal
Energy Department Lags in Saving Energy NY Times “Toilet To Tap” With H2O Innovation WSJ Utilities May Shut Smaller, Dirtier Plants Under U.S. EPA Rules WWD Mag 2010 Maryland Green Registry Leadership...
View ArticleBusiness Model Innovation and What’s Really Missing in Renewables
The surest way to develop successful new businesses – especially in transforming industries – is to focus carefully on an unmet market need and tailor a business model to meet it. This sounds...
View ArticleData Centers Only Operating at 4% Utilization
A majority of servers in data centers operate at only four percent average utilization, representing a huge opportunity for organizations to reduce energy use through better design and operation,...
View ArticleSustainability Platforms to be Replaced by Integrated Systems
Existing sustainability platforms will likely be replaced by more integrated software solutions, according to a recent survey by Verdantix. Four niche categories of software applications – carbon...
View ArticleLA Business Group Calls for Feed-in Tariff
The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) has called the creation of a Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for the city of Los Angeles in a new report. The goal of the tariff would be to create 600 MW of solar power...
View ArticleFSC Harmonizes Regional US Forest Standards
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC–US) announced it has revised its Forest Management Standard for forest operations in the contiguous U.S. Nine regional standards have now been integrated into a...
View ArticleBuilders See Increased Demand for Green Materials
Home builders are increasingly looking for affordable green materials as demand for traditional construction materials declines in favor of more environmentally friendly offerings, according to a...
View ArticleVegas Bets on Hara to Manage Sustainability Data
The City of Las Vegas announced that it would be putting its money on Hara to consolidate the city’s energy and natural resource emissions data. Hara will develop a system to track, manage and optimize...
View ArticleRoundup – Bridgestone, EIA, Germany
Western Climate group sees carbon cuts and savings Reuters Bridgestone to Partner with the World Agroforestry Centre to Assist Rubber Tree Farmers in Indonesia Bridgestone CO2 Emissions to Rise 3.2%...
View ArticleOwens Corning Sustainability Report: Four Environmental Goals Met Ahead of...
Owens Corning has exceeded its intensity goals for nitrogen oxides emissions, particulate matter, and water, and met its waste-to-landfill reduction goal, according to the company’s fourth annual...
View ArticleMonsanto to Pay $2.5M Penalty for Misbranded Cotton Seed
Monsanto has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty for violating a U.S. pesticide law. The agreement resolves misbranding violations related to the sale and distribution of cotton seed products...
View ArticleServer Power Management Software Cuts Energy Waste in Physical, Virtual...
1E has released the NightWatchman Server Edition 2.0 advanced power management software that targets energy waste in physical and virtual server environments. The new edition enables businesses to...
View ArticleBig Sky Brewing Buys Water Restoration Certificates
Big Sky Brewing has signed a three-year contract to purchase Water Restoration Certificates (WRC) from Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to help restore water flow in Prickly Pear Creek, a...
View ArticleSikorsky Flips Switch On Rooftop Solar System
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has activated the company’s first solar panel array, consisting of 450 panels mounted on the rooftop of a new engineering building at the company’s campus in Stratford, Conn.,...
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