August, 2008
Pitney Bowes On Design Of Eco-Friendly Products
Promo video of Pitney Bowes' VP of Global Design and Usability, Carole Bilson, discussing environmentally conscious development of products.
Constellation NewEnergy Supplies US Open With RECs
Electricity consumption at the US Open will be matched by an estimated 2,000 Green-e certified renewable energy certificates supplied by Constellation NewEnergy, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy.
"Big-time sporting events provide a unique platform to ...
Portugal Points The Way For Renewable Energy Adoption
As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models. Portugal is happy to oblige.
Portugal? Yes Portugal. While most of the world remained ...
Automakers Fall Behind On EU CO2 Targets
According to a new study by European Federation for Transport and Environment, car makers are not doing enough to meet the EU's proposed target of curbing average CO2 emissions from new cars to 130 ...
International Biofuel Standard Set
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels has gathered environmentalists, industry leaders, and university researchers to develop the first international standard for biofuel production, Worldwatch Institute reports.
The roundtable is the first large-scale effort ...
Vestas Launches $100 Million Consumer Ad Campaign
In an effort to raise consumer awareness of wind energy's potential, Vestas has budgeted $100 million over the next two years to bring its “Vestas, No. 1 in Modern Energy” campaign to ...
Coke Rolled Out 'Green' Coolers At Olympics
Coca-Cola company recently announced that all coolers and vending machines provided by Coca-Cola for the Beijing 2008 Olympic games were "green." More than 5,600 “eKOfresh” units are free of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), ...
Borealis and Uponor Study Water Footprint Of Plastics Industry
At the World Water Week in Stockholm, Borealis and Uponor announced that the two companies will enter into a joint initiative to pilot the concept of water footprint in the manufacturing of a plastic ...
Boston Sets Rules for Turbines
Boston planners are proposing changes to the city’s zoning code to allow wind turbines in certain areas, Boston Herald reports.
Three separate sets of wind-power regulations to address different turbine categories have ...
Salt Lake City Law Firm Aims for LEED Silver Certification
The new Salt Lake City office of law firm Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione is aiming for a LEED silver certification by adding features such as high-efficiency heating-and-cooling system, energy-efficient lighting features ...
City Harvest Turns Refrigerated Truck Fleet ‘Green’
City Harvest has partnered with Penske Truck Leasing to launch an environmentally-friendly refrigerated truck fleet. The non-profit plans to convert its entire fleet of 16 trucks to full hybrid technology by ...
Expert Advice on Green Storage System
With rising energy prices, green data centers are becoming more of an economic imperative instead of simply an environmentally-friendly choice. In order to help storage vendors become more eco-friendly, Enterprise Storage ...
“Virtual Water” Content Of Products Measured
The concept of "virtual water" reveals the amounts contained in the products we consume, Reuters reports. The concept can build awareness in consumers of their ''hidden'' water usage, or that contained in the whole production ...
Shippers Make Changes To Counter Higher Fuel Prices
Increasing fuel prices have inspired - perhaps compelled - many companies to restructure their operations in order to diminish erosion of their profit margins, according to eyefortransport's "The Impact of High Fuel Prices on ...
Samsung Criticized for Lack of Recycling Programs
The Electronics TakeBack Coalition has launched a marketing campaign attacking Samsung for not taking environmental responsibility to recycle old electronics that may contain toxic metals, Media Post reports.
The campaign aims ...
ConAgra Buys RECs, Joins Climate Leaders
ConAgra Foods' Lamb Weston business has purchased renewable energy certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation to offset 100 percent of the electricity used to power Lamb Weston's administrative offices in Kennewick and Richland, ...
Resort Expects to Make $161,000 From Its Wind Turbines
Jiminy Peak resort announced its one-year anniversary of the connection of its new 1.5 megawatt GE wind turbine to the grid, Daily Tech reports.
The turbines were installed last year and ...
California Businesses Campaign Against AB32
Speedo Saves With Sustainable Packaging
Speedo announced its goggles will be packaged in sustainable cardboard, Packagingnews.co.uk reports.
The new packaging is 100 percent recyclable and uses Forestry Stewardship Council-certified cardboard box that can be hung vertically and ...
Ford Researchers Create 40% Soy-Based Foam
Ford Motor Company announced that its researchers have formulated the chemistry to replace 40 percent of the standard petroleum-based polyol with a soy-derived material, compared with auto industry's 5-percent soy-based polyol. ...
