October, 2006

GE Partnership Aims For Zero Emissions Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus

GE Partnership Aims For Zero Emissions Hybrid Fuel Cell BusGE has formed a $13 million research partnership with the Federal Transit Administration, Ballard Power Systems and A123 Systems to develop a lightweight, battery dominant zero emissions hybrid fuel cell bus. The research will be ...

October 24, 2006

Office Depot’s Green Book Hits Europe

Office Depot’s Green Book Hits EuropeOffice Depot Inc. has expanded distribution of its b-to-b catalog of environmentally friendly products to five countries in Europe, including Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The catalog, called The Green Book, was launched in ...

October 24, 2006

Public Owners Implement Energy Efficient Designs With LEED Standards

Public Owners Implement Energy Efficient Designs With LEED StandardsAccording to a new study by construction consulting firm PinnacleOne, almost half (48 percent) of public owners in the United States have implemented construction projects with energy efficiency designs in the past year. More importantly, ...

October 23, 2006

Enterprise Pledges $50 Million To Plant 50 Million Trees

Enterprise Pledges $50 Million To Plant 50 Million TreesEnterprise Rent-A-Car is underwriting the planting of 50 million trees over the next 50 years at a total cost of $50 million in today’s dollars. The Enterprise Rent-A-Car 50 Million Tree Pledge partners The National ...

October 18, 2006

Study Provides 5-Step Process for Going Green

Study Provides 5-Step Process for Going GreenA new study, Switching to Green (PDF), from the World Resources Institute outlines a five-step process for office- and retail-based companies to acquiring renewable energy. It also includes links to essential ...

October 18, 2006

Companies Set Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goals

Companies Set Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction GoalsThirteen companies are setting new targets for reducing their emissions, which range from nine percent up to net zero. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing these Climate Leaders for pledging to reduce their greenhouse ...

October 17, 2006

Tool Gives Colleges Environmental Compliance Edge

Colleges and universities nationwide are getting a new learning tool in the form of a compliance assistance center that will help them understand and comply with environmental laws. The center, which will also benefit grade schools, ...

October 17, 2006

Google Plans Largest US Corporate Solar Installation

Google Plans Largest US Corporate Solar InstallationI Solutions, the systems integration arm of Energy Innovations, will begin constructing a solar electricity system for Google’s Mountain View, California, headquarters campus. With a total capacity of 1.6 megawatts -? enough to supply ...

October 16, 2006

SunPower Announces High Power, Higher Efficiency Solar Panel

SunPower Corporation has unveiled its newest solar panel, which it says offers significantly higher power output and conversion efficiency than its current products. The new SPR-315 solar panel utilizes the company's newly developed 22-percent-efficient ...

October 16, 2006

Pepco Wins Baltimore City Public Schools Contract

Pepco Wins Baltimore City Public Schools ContractPepco Energy Services will provide a comprehensive energy efficiency and guaranteed savings program for the Baltimore City Public School System. Pepco Energy Services has served as the electricity supplier to the Baltimore City Public School System ...

October 12, 2006

London 2012 Plans Wind Power

London 2012 Plans Wind PowerLondon 2012’s Olympic Delivery Authority is planning a wind turbine in the Olympic Park to provide renewable energy for the 2012 Games. Standing in the north of the park site, the proposed turbine will act as ...

October 12, 2006

Sustainable Energy Network Releases Blueprint On Energy

Last week, 145 businesses, environmental organizations, and other groups (representing 37 states) released the “Sustainable Energy Blueprint - a policy paper that outlines a “plausible strategy for achieving a no-nuclear, low-carbon, highly-efficient and sustainable energy ...

October 11, 2006

Importance of Energy-Efficient Products Increases in Data Centers

Importance of Energy-Efficient Products Increases in Data CentersWhile executives recognize energy-efficiency in the datacenter as a buying priority, a majority of a new reports survey respondents admit they are not aware of how much their company is spending on energy costs or ...

October 11, 2006

Awareness Outstrips Corporate Action On Climate Change

Awareness Outstrips Corporate Action On Climate ChangeAwareness of the risks and opportunities of climate change has not translated into widespread planning and action by Canada's largest corporations, according to the findings of the Carbon Disclosure Project Report Canada 280, released ...

October 5, 2006

REI Joins List of Top 20 U.S. Purchasers of Renewable Energy

Recreational Equipment, Inc. and its adventure travel company, REI Adventures, have entered into a partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to compensate for the greenhouse gas impact of all REI Adventures trips and REI Outdoor School ...

October 5, 2006

Dept. of Energy Hints at Rolling Back Goals

Dept. of Energy Hints at Rolling Back GoalsThe 1992 energy bill set an ambitious goal for alternative fuel use in America: By 2010, thirty percent of all motor fuel used would be alternative. With that date racing toward us, the Department of ...

October 4, 2006

energyStudy Looks at Rate Impact of a Renewable Electricity Standard

energyStudy Looks at Rate Impact of a Renewable Electricity StandardThe Indiana Coalition for Renewable Energy and Economic Development (ICREED), a coalition of businesses, elected officials, and clean energy groups, recently released (via RenewableEnergyAccess) a rate impact study that describes estimated rate impacts ...

October 4, 2006

Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever U.S. Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy

Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever U.S. Corporate Purchase of Renewable EnergyWells Fargo will buy renewable energy certificates to support generating 550 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy a year for three years, making Wells Fargo the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the U.S. The ...

October 3, 2006

Wisconsin Gov. Unveils $450 Million Public, Private Renewable Energy Investment Strategy

Wisconsin Gov. Unveils $450 Million Public, Private Renewable Energy Investment StrategyWisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has proposed a $450 million public/private investment strategy in renewable energy.  The proposal, including nearly $80 million from the state, will be included in his budget next year as part ...

October 3, 2006

Open Energy Complete 1st Installation of SolarSave Roofing

Open Energy Complete 1st Installation of SolarSave RoofingOpen Energy Corporation, a renewable energy company focused on the design and manufacturing of solar products, has completed the first installation of its SolarSave Roofing Membranes at KTS Machine Shop in Elmwood Park, New ...

October 3, 2006