June, 2011
Market Changes, Energy Pricing Driving Enterprise Smart Grid
As the world comes out of recession, smart grid technology is set to emerge with a far wider usage base, according to a ...
Lenovo ThinkPads to Feature Cisco Energy Management
Lenovo is rolling out a suite of laptops that will be the first PCs to support the Cisco EnergyWise energy management service, the ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Green Globes, Home Builders, Radioactive Sludge
Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of IT infrastructure services, has achieved Green Globes certification for its Santa Clara colocation facility, following a ...
Software Briefing: Gridpoint, 1E, SCI, Norwegian Cruises
Smart grid technology supplier GridPoint Inc. has announced the release of utility management software GridPoint Energy Manager. The software complements existing hardware and service ...
How EPA Bans Pest Control Products Containing Toxic Chemicals
Citing health and ecological concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that it's moving to ban sales of ...
Sustainability Profits Companies
For most companies, that which drives up their stock values is what ultimately matters. And adopting "sustainability" practices can ...
Constellation's Proportion of Coal Up After Nuclear Sales
Constellation 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 ...
Janine Benyus Discusses Biomimicry
Janine Benyus discusses biomimicry at the Stockholm Dialogue, which was part of the 2011 Nobel Laureate Symposium on ...
Supervalu to Go Zero Waste at 40 Stores; Puma Bag Dissolves in Water
Supervalu Inc. and its Albertsons brand of supermarkets have announced that they will move 40 stores to be zero waste by the end of next ...
SC Johnson Cuts GHGs 27%, Meets Climate Leaders Goal
Consumer chemical firm SC Johnson has announced that it has achieved its greenhouse gas reduction goal set through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Tea Party RGGI Suit, E15, Stimulus Project Audit
Investigators at the Treasury Department are auditing 14 of the 2,600 wind and solar projects that received incentive funds under the 2009 ...
Progressive Brands Should Turn Their Backs on Sustainability
Every progressive consumer-facing brand should now turn their back on sustainability.
Sounds harsh? Well, very possibly. But after researching more than 100 companies ...
Considering the Energy of Labor, Part IV
Or, offshore all your troubles?
This posting concludes our discussion of the energy of labor based on a paper published ...
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 ...
Google: 90% of Cars Could be EVs and Hybrids By 2030
Electric, 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 ...
Energy Management on Campus
Chris Jones, Sustainability Manager at Bristol University, discusses energy management with Energy Live News.
Fleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota Prius PR Slips
GM has become the first major US automaker to commit itself publicly to meeting the Obama administration’s 56.2 miles per gallon fuel efficiency ...
GRI and Deloitte to Create XBRL Taxonomy; Alcoa, Shell Among G4 Sponsors
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has started development of a taxonomy for the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, which holds the promise of automating the ...
USGBC Launches LEED Volume Operations & Maintenance Program
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has launched its LEED Volume Program for Operations & Maintenance, available for existing green building projects.
The operations and ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: ISO 50001, EVs, Lead in Plumbing
AU Optronics Corp. has announced that its G8.5 facility (pictured) in Central Taiwan Science Park has passed the ISO 50001 standard for energy ...
