http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/delta-airlines-buys-oil-refinery-to-control-fuel-prices/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/delta-airlines-buys-oil-refinery-to-control-fuel-prices/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:40:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75571 Delta Airlines has agreed to buy a refinery from oil giant ConocoPhillips in an effort to reduce its $300 million-a-year jet fuel bill. The airline announced Tuesday that its subsidiary Monroe Energy will buy a Phillips 66 refinery near Philadelphia for $150 million. Under the deal, the airline will receive $30 million in state funds [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/delta-airlines-buys-oil-refinery-to-control-fuel-prices/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ge-renames-converteam-efficiency-business/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ge-renames-converteam-efficiency-business/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:45:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68586 GE has rebranded Converteam, the French process control and automation business it acquired last September, renaming it Power Conversion. GE said the Power Conversion business will help it maximize its expertise and expand its presence in the energy efficiency, electrification and automation sector, which is valued at $30 billion and growing above global GDP. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/ge-renames-converteam-efficiency-business/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/aep-to-buy-efficiency-firm-bluestar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/aep-to-buy-efficiency-firm-bluestar/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:17:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68011 American Electric Power has reached an agreement to acquire BlueStar Energy Holdings, a utility and provider of energy efficiency services – just eight weeks after BlueStar announced an acquisition of its own. As well as providing electric supply for retail customers in Ohio, Illinois and other deregulated electricity markets, BlueStar also provides energy efficiency and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/aep-to-buy-efficiency-firm-bluestar/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/ecova-to-buy-lpb-energy-management/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/ecova-to-buy-lpb-energy-management/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:40:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67930 Energy and sustainability management company Ecova has announced its intent to acquire LPB Energy Management. Ecova says the acquisition will solidify its leadership position in the energy and sustainability market and will expand the company’s overall capabilities for utility expense management. The acquisition will also grow Ecova’s client base to nearly 700 commercial companies and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/ecova-to-buy-lpb-energy-management/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/siemens-buys-energy-management-firm-pace-global/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/siemens-buys-energy-management-firm-pace-global/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:21:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67857 Siemens has completed the acquisition of Pace Global Energy, a company that combines strategic enterprise consulting with energy and carbon management. Pace Global will integrate within the Siemens Building Technologies division, but will continue to operate as a separate operating unit. Timothy Sutherland will continue to lead the operating unit after the acquisition, and Pace [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/siemens-buys-energy-management-firm-pace-global/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/dnv-kema-combine-forces-on-energy-consulting-and-certification/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/dnv-kema-combine-forces-on-energy-consulting-and-certification/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67459 Risk management firm DNV has acquired a 74.3 percent share in KEMA, creating a combined consulting, testing and certification company targeting the clean energy, sustainability, power generation, transmission and distribution sectors. The companies say they will combine services to form one service offering for the global energy sector, covering the entire energy value chain from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/dnv-kema-combine-forces-on-energy-consulting-and-certification/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/08/p2-buys-beyond-compliance-expands-software-offering/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/08/p2-buys-beyond-compliance-expands-software-offering/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:45:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66435 P2 Energy Solutions has added regulatory and compliance software to its offerings with the purchase of Beyond Compliance, a provider of automated compliance management products. Beyond Compliance’s health, safety and environmental offerings help companies manage regulatory, safety and corporate compliance by improving the workflow between field operations and corporate offices, the two companies say. BC’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/08/p2-buys-beyond-compliance-expands-software-offering/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/22/ecova-to-buy-energy-management-firm-prenova/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/22/ecova-to-buy-energy-management-firm-prenova/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:12:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65651 Ecova, a sustainability management company formerly known as AdvantageIQ, has announced that it plans to acquire Prenova, an enterprise energy management firm. Ecova plans to be the sole funder of the purchase, which should be neutral to its 2012 earnings, and it expects to close the transaction by the end of this year. The company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/22/ecova-to-buy-energy-management-firm-prenova/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/18/efficiency-company-bluestar-buys-trubrite/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/18/efficiency-company-bluestar-buys-trubrite/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:13:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65465 BlueStar Energy Solutions, a provider of energy efficiency and demand response services, has acquired TruBrite Energy Management. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition builds upon BlueStar’s energy management offerings, which includes lighting controls, design and retrofits, energy monitoring and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) controls. BlueStar also acts as an independent retail electricity [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/18/efficiency-company-bluestar-buys-trubrite/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/merck-cuts-ghgs-outlines-post-merger-goals/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/merck-cuts-ghgs-outlines-post-merger-goals/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:34:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62771 Merck’s sales and acquisition-adjusted GHG emissions fell by six percent between 2009 and 2010, from 2.21 and 2.08, according to the company’s 2010 global corporate responsibility report, its first in accordance with GRI principles since its 2009 merger with Schering-Plough. The pharmaceutical firm reported that its total energy consumption fell from 27.5 to 25.7 MMBTU [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/merck-cuts-ghgs-outlines-post-merger-goals/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/27/standards-compliance-briefing-cadmium-jewelry-standard-weee-ieee-smartgrid-portal/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/27/standards-compliance-briefing-cadmium-jewelry-standard-weee-ieee-smartgrid-portal/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:17:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62406 The U.S. jewelry industry, still reeling from revelations that children’s products contained dangerous amounts of cadmium, is pushing back against strict limits passed by many states, The Associated Press reported.  The industry says that unless the its new voluntary standard is adopted as a national standard, the patchwork of state rules will cause chaos for [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/27/standards-compliance-briefing-cadmium-jewelry-standard-weee-ieee-smartgrid-portal/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/04/29/total-buys-majority-stake-in-sunpower/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/04/29/total-buys-majority-stake-in-sunpower/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:55:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=53255 In a landmark deal for the solar industry, French oil major Total SA will spend $1.37 billion to buy a controlling stake in SunPower Corp. The San Jose, Calif.-based SunPower is one of the few companies that is successfully competing for market against Chinese panel makers. The deal is a major step for a solar [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/04/29/total-buys-majority-stake-in-sunpower/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/29/ge-expands-efficiency-offerings-with-3-2bn-converteam-acquisition/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/29/ge-expands-efficiency-offerings-with-3-2bn-converteam-acquisition/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:35:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=51761 GE’s energy division announced today that it will buy a roughly 90 percent, $3.2 billion stake in French electrification and automation company Converteam, expanding the industrial giant’s involvement in the electrical efficiency market. GE will buy the equity from a controlling shareholder group that includes management, Barclays Private Equity and LBO France. Converteam senior management [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/29/ge-expands-efficiency-offerings-with-3-2bn-converteam-acquisition/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/27/schneider-electric-snaps-up-summit-energy-for-268m/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/27/schneider-electric-snaps-up-summit-energy-for-268m/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:25:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=51665 Schneider Electric has announced that it will acquire Summit Energy, a $65 million provider of outsourced energy procurement and sustainability services, for $268 million. The acquisition will play a critical role in strengthening Schneider Electric’s energy management services portfolio, which will now offer customers energy procurement, market intelligence, data management, risk management and sustainability consulting [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/03/27/schneider-electric-snaps-up-summit-energy-for-268m/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/13/deloitte-expands-sustainability-offerings-acquires-clearcarbon-domani/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/13/deloitte-expands-sustainability-offerings-acquires-clearcarbon-domani/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:07:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=46181 Taking steps to expand in what it has identified as a “key growth area,” Deloitte has acquired the assets of ClearCarbon Consulting, Inc. and DOMANI Sustainability Consulting, LLC, which will be integrated into Deloitte’s sustainability services. “As an emerging offering, the acquisitions of ClearCarbon and DOMANI will further strengthen Deloitte’s ability to help clients drive [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/12/13/deloitte-expands-sustainability-offerings-acquires-clearcarbon-domani/feed/ 1