Archive for August, 2008
Tacoma Power Buys $15M in RECs
Tacoma Power will buy $15 million in renewable energy credits from Iberdrola Renewables Inc. The contract begins in 2012 and will run through the end of 2019. The renewable energy credits will come ...
ExxonMobil Says New Tire Material Increases Fuel Efficiency
ExxonMobil Chemical announced the completion of a manufacturing facility at its existing site in Pensacola, Fla. The facility will provide new capacity for the production of a new tire material technology, ...
USDA Awards $35M for Renewables and Energy Efficiency
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced that 639 individuals and businesses have been selected to receive $35 million in grants and loan guarantees for renewable energy systems or to improve energy efficiency ...
Green Govt Initiatives Grow, Implementation Lags
Green government is viewed as an important federal initiative by managers, ranking ahead of efforts related to performance improvement and IT security and only slightly behind human capital and financial management, according to a Government ...
Cray Unveils Energy Efficient Cooling Tech
Cray Inc. today unveiled a liquid cooling technology that will allow computers to operate at speeds of multiple petaflops (thousands of trillions of calculations per second), while delivering energy savings and ...
Workings Of China’s Solar Wall Discussed
One of Beijing's new additions is the GreenPix Zero Energy media wall, the largest solar powered LED display in the world, ScribeMedia reports. The 20,000 square feet wall covers the façade of Xicui entertainment center near ...
Xcel to Disclose Climate Risks
Under a first-ever binding and enforceable agreement with New York's Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, Xcel Energy will have to disclose the financial risks that climate change poses to its investors ...
Burnes’ Aims to Cut Waste 25% in 3 Years
As part of Burnes Home Accents' Eco-Design strategy, the company is introducing a collection of reclaimed wood and recycled plastic photo frames to mark its first year. The enterprise-wide sustainability initiative aims ...
Smart Companies Stay Ahead Of Green Trends
Greenwashing claims, like accusations against Innocent Smoothies and criticisms against companies such as Samsung for not taking enough “green” actions, may have deterred companies from future efforts to be environmentally ...
Wal-Mart Canada Stores to Cut Energy Use 30%
Wal-Mart Canda President and CEO David Cheesewright has announced plans to cut energy use by more than 30 percent in new Wal-Mart high-efficiency stores opening in 2009. The “Wal-Mart HE” stores will be ...
Microsoft Recycling Program Halves Redmond HQ’s Waste
Microsoft announced that its new recycling program is helping to cut its Redmond headquarters' waste in half. The initiatives included: -- Changing the tableware, food containers and flatware to more eco-friendly, non-petroleum ...
Organic to Go CEO Discusses Green Economy
Organic to Go CEO Jason Brown talks about the rise of green-collar jobs in the U.S. and how's he's been able to grow his business in the face of a slow economy. ...
DiGi Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions By Almost 50%
Telenor's Malaysian mobile operation DiGi aims to reduce the company's carbon footprint by close to 50 percent, compared to the company's 2011 projected baseline of 130,000 tonnes of CO2, within three ...
World Bank: CDM Slow and Expensive
The World Bank recently said that the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is “expensive and time consuming” because it requires project managers to follow new rules regarding emission reduction technologies, Bloomberg ...
Body Shop Shares Green Product Stories
The Body Shop is rolling out its “Nature's Way to Beautiful” campaign in print, online and in-store this week, BrandWeek reports. The branding effort includes telling the stories behind the products through ...
Ameren Taps Lockheed Martin To Spearhead Efficiency Programs
AmerenUE is contracting Lockheed Martin to help the company implement energy efficiency programs for its 1.2 million business and residential electric customers. The contracts are part of Ameren's commitment to spend more than ...
Wind Energy Storage Gets Boost
PSEG Global and Michael Nakhamkin, who designed the only compressed air-storage facility in the U.S., announced that they are forming a joint venture called Energy Storage and Power and will invest $20 ...
12 States Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions
New York and 11 other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards for controlling global warming pollution emissions from oil ...
Uptime CEO: Low PUE Numbers ‘Scientifically Meaningless’
The Power Utilization Effectiveness metric can potentially be useful for determining the gross performance of data center electrical and mechanical systems. However, Kenneth Brill, executive director at Uptime Institute, which developed the ...
iLinc Receives Green Excellence Award
iLinc was awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence Award for its iLinc Green Meter. The meter is an embedded feature that comes with iLinc Web conferencing software ...
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Jetset1 on Energy-Savings Claims Don’t Add Up for Microsoft’s Windows 7
"This article is wrong. If your PC is less than a few years old,..."
Iain on McD’s in Germany Trades Red for Green In Logo
"Now if only their food was healthy and nutritious."
Phil on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"After reading all the comments it seems obvious, to me, that the individuals populating..."
Marc Hudson on McD’s in Germany Trades Red for Green In Logo
"where will the stone be mined from- under what labor rights conditions? Will the..."
Clyde on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"This just shows all the Global Warming freaks out there are a bunch of criminals cut from..."
Car Rental Singapore on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"Energy reduction is a good thing. We need to save the..."
Meme Mine on WWF, WRI Make Last-Minute Pitches on Climate Change
"To the voting public, what the scientists say is irrelevant anymore for if you read..."