June, 2011

Market Changes, Energy Pricing Driving Enterprise Smart Grid

Market Changes, Energy Pricing Driving Enterprise Smart GridAs the world comes out of recession, smart grid technology is set to emerge with a far wider usage base, according to a ...

June 30, 2011

Lenovo ThinkPads to Feature Cisco Energy Management

Lenovo ThinkPads to Feature Cisco Energy ManagementLenovo is rolling out a suite of laptops that will be the first PCs to support the Cisco EnergyWise energy management service, the ...

June 30, 2011

EL Pro Compliance & Standards Briefing: Green Globes, Home Builders, Radioactive Sludge

Compliance & Standards Briefing: Green Globes, Home Builders, Radioactive SludgeInternap Network Services Corporation, a provider of IT infrastructure services, has achieved Green Globes certification for its Santa Clara colocation facility, following a ...

June 30, 2011

Software Briefing: Gridpoint, 1E, SCI, Norwegian Cruises

Software Briefing: Gridpoint, 1E, SCI, Norwegian CruisesSmart grid technology supplier GridPoint Inc. has announced the release of utility management software GridPoint Energy Manager. The software complements existing hardware and service ...

June 30, 2011

How EPA Bans Pest Control Products Containing Toxic Chemicals

How EPA Bans Pest Control Products Containing Toxic ChemicalsCiting health and ecological concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that it's moving to ban sales of ...

June 30, 2011

Sustainability Profits Companies

Sustainability Profits CompaniesFor most companies, that which drives up their stock values is what ultimately matters. And adopting "sustainability" practices can ...

June 30, 2011

EL Pro Constellation's Proportion of Coal Up After Nuclear Sales

Constellation’s Proportion of Coal Up After Nuclear SalesConstellation Energy’s proportion of electricity from combustion sources has risen because of the company’s selling equity in its nuclear power plants, according to the ...

June 30, 2011

Janine Benyus Discusses Biomimicry

Janine Benyus Discusses Biomimicry Janine Benyus discusses biomimicry at the Stockholm Dialogue, which was part of the 2011 Nobel Laureate Symposium on ...

June 30, 2011

Supervalu to Go Zero Waste at 40 Stores; Puma Bag Dissolves in Water

Supervalu to Go Zero Waste at 40 Stores; Puma Bag Dissolves in WaterSupervalu Inc. and its Albertsons brand of supermarkets have announced that they will move 40 stores to be zero waste by the end of next ...

June 30, 2011

EL Pro SC Johnson Cuts GHGs 27%, Meets Climate Leaders Goal

SC Johnson Cuts GHGs 27%, Meets Climate Leaders GoalConsumer chemical firm SC Johnson has announced that it has achieved its greenhouse gas reduction goal set through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ...

June 29, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Tea Party RGGI Suit, E15, Stimulus Project Audit

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Tea Party RGGI Suit, E15, Stimulus Project AuditInvestigators at the Treasury Department are auditing 14 of the 2,600 wind and solar projects that received incentive funds under the 2009 ...

June 29, 2011

Progressive Brands Should Turn Their Backs on Sustainability

Progressive Brands Should Turn Their Backs on SustainabilityEvery progressive consumer-facing brand should now turn their back on sustainability. Sounds harsh? Well, very possibly. But after researching more than 100 companies ...

June 29, 2011

Considering the Energy of Labor, Part IV

Considering the Energy of Labor, Part IVOr, offshore all your troubles? This posting concludes our discussion of the energy of labor based on a paper published ...

June 29, 2011

EL Pro Coca-Cola European CO2 Down 4%, Sales Up 4%

Coca-Cola European CO2 Down 4%, Sales Up 4%Coca-Cola’s European arm cut its carbon emissions by four percent in 2010 while its business volume grew by four percent, according to its ...

June 29, 2011

Google: 90% of Cars Could be EVs and Hybrids By 2030

Google: 90% of Cars Could be EVs and Hybrids By 2030Electric, plug-in and hybrid vehicles could garner a collective 90 percent market share by 2030, and grid-scale electricity storage could actually increase emissions in ...

June 29, 2011

Energy Management on Campus

Energy Management on Campus Chris Jones, Sustainability Manager at Bristol University, discusses energy management with Energy Live News.

June 29, 2011

Fleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota Prius PR Slips

Fleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota Prius PR SlipsGM has become the first major US automaker to commit itself publicly to meeting the Obama administration’s 56.2 miles per gallon fuel efficiency ...

June 29, 2011

GRI and Deloitte to Create XBRL Taxonomy; Alcoa, Shell Among G4 Sponsors

GRI and Deloitte to Create XBRL Taxonomy; Alcoa, Shell Among G4 SponsorsThe Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has started development of a taxonomy for the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, which holds the promise of automating the ...

June 29, 2011

USGBC Launches LEED Volume Operations & Maintenance Program

USGBC Launches LEED Volume Operations & Maintenance ProgramThe U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has launched its LEED Volume Program for Operations & Maintenance, available for existing green building projects. The operations and ...

June 28, 2011

EL Pro Compliance & Standards Briefing: ISO 50001, EVs, Lead in Plumbing

Compliance & Standards Briefing: ISO 50001, EVs, Lead in PlumbingAU Optronics Corp. has announced that its G8.5 facility (pictured) in Central Taiwan Science Park has passed the ISO 50001 standard for energy ...

June 28, 2011