Archive for June, 2009
Climate Change Regulations Impact European Businesses
U.K.-based GHK Consulting, hired by the European Commission, has reviewed 15 companies, including Enel, Cadbury, Marks and Spencer, Carrefour, Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic, to ...
Stimulus Funds Boost Trane’s Energy-Efficiency Business
Aimed at lowering the amount of energy needed to power the blowers and distributors of commercial and institutional air conditioning systems, Trane has rolled out its ...
ASHRAE Launches Prototype Building Energy Label
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has released its prototype building energy labeling program at its 2009 Annual Conference in Louisville, ...
California Delays Carbon Fee Decision
California has delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and ...
California Mandates Reflective Car Windows
The California Air Resources Board has adopted a regulation that will require new cars sold in California, starting in 2012, to have reflective windows. The ...
Electricity, Heat, Transportation Cause 60% of Emissions
Electricity and heat generation results in 32.4 percent of all greenhouse gases emitted in the United States, according to a new climate report from the government. Transportation accounts for another 27.2 percent of GHG emissions. Less than ...
The Netherlands Ponders Floating City Architecture
The Netherlands, which for years has fought the encroaching ocean, is now considering how to embrace the waters in future city design, Reuters reports. A number ...
Energy Costs Rising, Regulations Imminent – Are You Ready?
While organizations remain uncertain about the specific effects and requirements of future greenhouse gas (GHG) legislation and regulation, one outcome is certain: any law that puts ...
California Mandates Reflective Car Windows
The California Air Resources Board has adopted a regulation that will require new cars sold in California, starting in 2012, to have reflective windows. The board says this will help keep cars cooler and, ...
Sears Tower Slated for $350M Sustainability Makeover
Sears Tower, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, is about to get a $350-million makeover that is designed to significantly reduce its energy use by ...
IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers
International Paper has added a new brochure to its Down to Earth environmental series, "Pixels vs. Paper: Are pixels greener than paper?" which ...
Audi Promotes Clean Diesel via Facebook, Carbon Offsets
As part of a campaign promoting the Audi TDI clean diesel engines, Audi will donate $1 to The Nature Conservancy's voluntary carbon offset program ...
AMF to Save $3M with Lighting Retrofits
AMF Bowling Centers Inc. has completed its energy-efficiency retrofit upgrades at the first 43 out of 286 bowling centers in Texas, California, New York, Florida, Michigan, ...
Food Industry Serves Up Best Practices for Sustainability
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Restaurant Associates (RA), a New York City-based foodservice, restaurant and catering company, have released their free Green ...
Microsoft Launches Hohm, Enters Home Energy Management Business
Designed to help consumers lower their energy bills and reduce their impact on the environment, Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a new online application, Microsoft Hohm, that ...
Energy – It Just Doesn’t Add Up
I'm close to turning 50 years old and I'm having energy déjà vu. Over the winter, fears of oil shortages put prices through the roof ...
Lockheed Discusses 29% Commute Alternative Participation Rate
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Bay Area has won a 2009 Business Environmental Award from Acterra for its commute services. The ...
Successful Design in CSR Reporting, Part 2
Note: This is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 is The Seven Phases of Producing a Sustainability Report. A good sustainability report must effectively communicate ...
Sainsbury’s Ditches Cereal Box
Sainsbury's is the first supermarket chain to eliminate cardboard cereal boxes from its grocery shelves, and has started selling milk in polythene bags, which contain ...
Ford, Nissan, Tesla Receive DOE Loans for EVs
Ford, Nissan and Tesla have received $8 billion in conditional loans from the Obama Administration for the development of advanced vehicle technologies that is expected ...
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- Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
- EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards
- European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
- CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project
- Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008
- National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
- California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings
- Agilent To Save $3.5M Over 10 Years With Solar
- S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
- Texas, China Wind Partners May Build U.S. Factory to Appease Critical Lawmaker
- Volvo, Mack Engines First to Meet 2010 EPA Emissions Standards
- Around the Web – Nike, Google, Nissan, Bush’s Green Library, WWF
- Fossil Fuel Emissions Rose 29% since 2000
- SEC Charges Four in ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme
- No Sunny Skies for Two Solar Projects in Texas, California
- Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts
- News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
- Rising Sea Levels Would Hit U.S. East Coast Hardest
- Building an Energy-Efficient Data Center Using Virtualization Technology
- Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
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- U.S., China Partner on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
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- UK to Ease Rules for On-Site Renewable Energy Installations
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- Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores
- Iranian Tanker Firm to Cut Fuel Use 28%
- Corporate Jetsetters Can be Carbon Offsetters
- USPS Energy Use Down 9% From 2005 to 2008
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Comments and Discussions
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..."
Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."