August, 2011
China, U.S. Keep Renewable Investment Top Spots
China and the United States have maintained the top two places in Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index.
The Chinese government has announced in the ...
Virgin Media Discusses Closed Loop Internal Paper Program
Virgin Media Discusses its closed loop system for internal paper - meaning that it uses same paper over and over again.
Campus Microgrid Market to Boom
Total installed generation capacity for campus microgrids will increase by 164 percent between 2011 and 2017, rising from 620 megawatts to 1.6 gigawatts, according ...
WPPI Taps Siemens, eMeter for Smart Grid Install
Siemens Energy is installing meter data management system eMeter EnergyIP for Midwest-based WPPI Energy and its member utilities.
The eMeter management system will allow WPPI members to ...
The Rise of Photovoltaics
Did you notice something interesting recently in your local community? Roofs with solar panels are spreading rapidly as renewable energy ...
How To Embed Sustainability Into Corporate Culture: A Cheat Sheet
Ninety-three percent of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company’s future success, as found by a UN-Accenture study. But how does ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Regulation Repeals, Exxon in the Arctic, Wind Energy
The leadership of the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives told its membership that it will seek to repeal or delay ...
Viridity Incorporates Intel Data Center Manager
Viridity Software has announced that it will incorporate Intel Data Center Manager SDK into its EnergyCenter software.
Viridity said the integration will help IT and facilities ...
Jelly Belly HQ to Cut Water 29%
Jelly Belly Candy Company, the manufacturer of gourmet jelly beans, expects to reduce outdoor water use at its headquarters by 29 percent with ...
Hotel Chains Seek Carbon Measurement Consensus
A group of 12 international hotel companies including Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott is trying to create a single methodology for calculating carbon footprints and emissions.
Carbon measurement ...
Anheuser-Busch Supplies Recycled Water to Residents, Other Companies
A project by Anheuser-Busch InBev is using recycled water from one of its plants to support local public housing, in an initiative that the ...
Sub-$15 LED Bulb Unveiled
Lighting Science Group and Dixon Technologies have revealed a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb that they say will be the first to sell ...
Ontario, Magna Investing $441m in EVs
Magna International and the Canadian province of Ontario have announced an investment of C$432 million ($441 million) in electric vehicles.
Some C$48.4 million of the ...
Renewable Energy on the Radio
Educating the public is important for any project, and even more so for industries people know little about. To garner support, ...
Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya
This is the second in a series of articles from the winners of the 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Benefit Corps, LEED, Maine in an EU First
New research from California, Oregon and Washington shows that homes with LEED or other third-party energy efficiency certifications sell faster and net higher ...
Cheese Waste Turned into Plastic
Researchers in Catalonia, Spain, have invented a process that turns cheese waste into recyclable plastic food packaging.
This new plastic is made using whey protein - a ...
Contract Briefing: Xiolink, Siemens, Endesa, Ala. Corrections
Xiolink, a provider of private cloud computing and managed infrastructure, has selected Modius’s OpenData Enterprise Edition to monitor, maintain, and provide analytics ...
Open Office Environments Promote Ethical Behavior
Open office environments promote ethical behavior, according to 80 percent of respondents who participated in an independent study by Jones Lang ...
Volkswagen Plans $1.45 Billion Renewables Investment
Automaker Volkswagen is planning on investing almost 1 billion Euros ($1.45 billion) in renewable energy, according to a report by the Financial Times Deutschland (via Reuters).
The ...
