Green Business Challenge App Available Nationwide
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA has opened up its Green Business Challenge App – a customizable web application that encourages businesses and commercial property owners to save energy,...
View ArticleExamining the Gap between Big Data and Environmental Sustainability Measurement
The Scenario: Imagine sitting in an executive chair, about to make a potentially business-changing decision, while a team of fellow leaders hurls information at you concerning the past year’s...
View ArticleDominion Sustainability Report: CO2 Intensity Drops 10% in a Year
Energy company Dominion reduced its carbon intensity 10 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the company’s latest corporate sustainability report. In 2011, the company produced 926 lbs of carbon...
View ArticleSolar Energy Applications for HVAC Systems
Sara Collins and Donna Peoples from Lennox International present “Solar Energy Applications for HVAC Systems” during the HVAC Sustainable Practices Workshop hosted and presented by the Office for...
View Article$39m, 39-Building GSA Project Will Enable Remote Energy Monitoring Across...
Siemens Government Technologies is on schedule to complete, by October, a $39 million energy-efficiency project that will allow the federal General Services Administration to monitor and control dozens...
View ArticleRecycling Liquid Gold: Treating Wastewater in Remote Locations
Oil Economics 101 The basic economic model of supply and demand is exactly what is taking place in remote drilling locations around the US. For the oil and gas industries, fresh water is a high ticket...
View ArticleDean Foods Increases Recycling 50%, But Revises Missed GHG and Water Goals
Dean Foods has reduced its solid waste output by 21 percent and increased recycling by more than 50 percent, compared to 2009 levels, and exceeded – two years early – its goal of reducing its...
View ArticleIntegrated Reporting: Achieve Business Value with Financial Grade...
Join Capgemini UK, the Global Reporting Initiative, CA Technologies and Environmental Leader for an hour-long integrated reporting webinar discussing how best-in-class companies are leveraging CDP...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Rule Upheld, EU Aviation Law, UK Renewable...
Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. A federal appeals court upheld the EPA’s 2010...
View ArticleVerizon Store Blueprint Wins LEED Pre-Certification
Verizon Wireless’ green retail store design has achieved pre-certification in the US Green Building Council’s LEED Volume Program. The communications firm says it is one of only eight retailers in the...
View ArticleDell Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Up 2%, Recycle Rate Reaches 98%
Dell’s scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity rose 2 percent in fiscal year 2012 to 7.03 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per million dollars in revenue, according to the company’s...
View ArticleChemical-Free Floor Care
Floor care — specifically stripping and refinishing floors — poses many challenges for building administrators. First, it’s costly. This is due to the fact that it is typically both time- and...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: KLM and UTZ, Carbon Trust Standard, Dr. Pepper
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. KLM said that it is now serving UTZ Certified coffee on...
View ArticleHow the Mining Industry Is Cleaning Up Its Act
When one thinks of the mining industry, in most cases the idea of a “dirty” industry comes to mind. Historically the mining industry has had a poor reputation with its relationship to the environment,...
View ArticleContract Wins: Shell-SSE CCS Deal, Siemens, Buckman, Duke U.
The Crown Estate, which manages business and housing properties, agricultural and forestry land as well as much of the seabed surrounding the UK for the monarchy, has agreed to allow Shell and SSE to...
View ArticleNew Version of SAP’s Sustainability Solution Helps Companies Assess and...
SAP AG announced the latest version of the SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management application, which helps manufacturers create more preventative safety cultures. Aimed at companies in...
View ArticleAstrium Picks Picarro for Olympics GHG Measurements; EDF Monitors Live Energy...
Astrium, the aerospace subsidiary of defense company EADS, has selected California-based Picarro as the sole provider of in situ instruments for measuring greenhouse gas emissions in London during the...
View ArticleLutron Lights Empire State Building, Cutting Payback Time in Half
Lutron Electronics will provide a lighting control system for the Empire State Building’s tenant spaces, expected to save the iconic New York landmark as much as 65 percent in lighting-energy costs....
View ArticleCoke, Nike, UPS Co-Found Transportation Fuel Working Group
Coca-Cola, Nike, Shell, Suncor, UPS, the US Department of Defense, and Walmart are to be part of a working group run by sustainability consultants BSR that aims to help global companies understand the...
View ArticleLeafs Encounter Charging Problems; GE’s WattStation Blamed
GE Energy says that it is working with Nissan to determine why owners of the Leaf electric vehicle have encountered charging problems, following complaints about GE’s WattStation charger. There have...
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