Stickers for Buildings: Monitoring Environmental Impact
Cars Have Mileage Ratings – Why Don’t Buildings Have the Same for Carbon Emissions? It is hard to believe, but there is a lot to learn from the automobile industry in terms of environmental efficiency....
View ArticleRoundup – Cummins, Power Assure, EPA Greenchill
UK shipping emissions ‘up to six times higher than calculated’ The Guardian CU-Boulder cuts energy use 23 percent since 2005 Colorado Daily Cummins Begins Production of First EPA Tier 4 Interim...
View ArticleUnited Airlines CR Report: Scope 1 Emissions Fall 11% in 2009
United Airlines (UA) has reduced its Scope 1 carbon footprint by more than 11 percent in 2009, compared to the previous year, due to a number of factors including capacity reductions and the retirement...
View ArticleU.S. Dairy Industry Generates 2% of Country’s Total Emissions
The U.S. dairy industry has completed a carbon footprint study that measured the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with a gallon of milk in the United States. The carbon footprint study,...
View ArticleSupervalu Targets 10% Emissions Reduction by 2012
Supervalu, through a partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), targets a 10 percent reduction in carbon emissions by the end of 2012, using 2007 as the baseline year. This partnership marks the first...
View ArticleClinton Global Initiative: 1,000 Green Products, Renewable Energy for...
To jumpstart the ‘green’ chemistry market, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (the Institute), formerly called the Green Products Innovation Institute, announced at the Clinton Global...
View ArticleGlobal Postal Industry Cuts Emissions by nearly 600,000 Tons in 2009
The global postal industry cut its CO2 emissions by more than 500,000 tons in 2009, compared to 2008, after the first year of the postal industry’s efforts to reduce its environmental impact, under the...
View ArticleFed Agencies Lack Resources, Leadership to Go ‘Green’
Federal agencies still face hurdles in making “green” government a reality, primarily due to a lack of resources and leadership, according to a survey from Deloitte on the Obama Administration’s...
View ArticleRoundup – GE, Cisco, Star Market
GE’s Immelt Calls for ‘Long-Term’ U.S. Energy Policy Bloomberg Cisco, Duke Energy envision green buildings in Charlotte SmartPlanet Grocery retailers miss packaging reduction target The Guardian A Star...
View ArticleDell Packaging Exec Discusses Bamboo Packaging
Oliver Campbell, Dell’s senior manager, Global Packaging, discusses how bamboo offers a sustainable solution that is revolutionizing Dell packaging. Campbell says bamboo packaging helps reduce...
View ArticleGreenopolis, PepsiCo Recycle 4 Million Beverage Containers
Greenopolis, a producer of interactive recycling kiosks for high-traffic locations, has captured its four millionth item through its automated recycling system. Greenopolis, a subsidiary of Waste...
View ArticleSilver Spring Networks, Itron, eMeter to Lead Smart Meter Infrastructure Market
The U.S. advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) market will grow from $2.54 billion in 2010 to $5.82 billion in 2015, representing an 18 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to...
View ArticleFrito-Lay, Castle Rock Vineyards, Salk Institute Add Solar in CA
California’s solar portfolio continues to grow with the latest solar power systems installations at PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Modesto manufacturing facility, Castle Rock Vineyards in Central Valley, and the...
View ArticleLEED Roundup: Maple Leaf Foods, McQuay, Sodexo, Clorox, Plaza Diane, IBM,...
Here’s the latest roundup of some of the most recent businesses and office buildings that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
View ArticleCalifornia Adopts Ambitious Renewable Energy Target
California regulators approved a rule that would require the state’s utilities to get a third of their power from solar, wind or other renewable sources by 2020, the most ambitious standard in the...
View ArticleDOE, NREL Show How to Cut Energy Use 50% in Commercial Buildings, Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released two technical reports that provide recommendations on how to achieve 50 percent energy savings in...
View ArticleRoundup – Eaton, Sodexo, Timberland
Eaton Highlights Range of New Products to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Emissions Green Car Congress Sodexo begins waste-tracking program The Linfield Review Zotos International Breaks Ground on $7M Wind...
View ArticleManufacturers Increasing Carbon Management Investments
A report outlining carbon management practices in manufacturing operations published by the Aberdeen Group reveals that approximately 72 percent of the executives responding to the study said the...
View ArticleStandards for Environmental Performance in Manufacturing
I attended a manufacturing conference in Italy recently and one of the major topics of discussion was green and sustainable manufacturing. There are a lot of other topics to be sure – but this one is...
View ArticleConAgra Foods CR Report: Carbon Intensity Down 2%
ConAgra Foods’ carbon intensity, or metric tons of carbon per ton of finished product produced, fell by approximately two percent since fiscal year (FY) 2008, according to the company’s 2010 corporate...
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