Archive for October, 2006
GE Partnership Aims For Zero Emissions Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus
GE 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 ...
Office Depot’s Green Book Hits Europe
Office 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 ...
Public Owners Implement Energy Efficient Designs With LEED Standards
According 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, ...
Enterprise Pledges $50 Million To Plant 50 Million Trees
Enterprise 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 ...
Study Provides 5-Step Process for Going Green
A 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 ...
Companies Set Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goals
Thirteen 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 ...
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, ...
Google Plans Largest US Corporate Solar Installation
I 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 ...
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 ...
Pepco Wins Baltimore City Public Schools Contract
Pepco 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 ...
London 2012 Plans Wind Power
London 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 ...
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 ...
Importance of Energy-Efficient Products Increases in Data Centers
While 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 ...
Awareness Outstrips Corporate Action On Climate Change
Awareness 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 ...
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 ...
Dept. of Energy Hints at Rolling Back Goals
The 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 ...
energyStudy Looks at Rate Impact of a Renewable Electricity Standard
The 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 ...
Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever U.S. Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy
Wells 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 ...
Wisconsin Gov. Unveils $450 Million Public, Private Renewable Energy Investment Strategy
Wisconsin 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 ...
Open Energy Complete 1st Installation of SolarSave Roofing
Open 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 ...
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Comments and Discussions
Tom Stacy on National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
"Each time government entices big money investment away from riskier, but clearly..."
miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."
Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."
Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."
peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."
Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."