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‘Inexact’ Computer Chip 15 Times More Energy Efficient

‘Inexact’ Computer Chip 15 Times More Energy EfficientResearchers have designed an "inexact" computer chip (pictured) that they say is up to 15 times more energy efficient than today’s chip technology. The ...

May 25, 2012

EL Pro Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%

Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%Technology firm Texas Instruments' emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its ...

May 25, 2012

Matt Brewing Cuts Steam Use, Energy Costs

Matt Brewing Cuts Steam Use, Energy CostsThe company behind Saranac brand beers has installed a steam pressure management system that has reduced steam use by about a third, while saving water ...

May 25, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Wind PTC, Plastic Bag Ban, BP Penalty, Shipping Fuels

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Wind PTC, Plastic Bag Ban, BP Penalty, Shipping FuelsHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. President Obama stumped for an extension ...

May 25, 2012

New York Power Authority Discusses Conservation and Sustainability

New York Power Authority Discusses Conservation and Sustainability New York Power authority executives John Suloway and Ed Alkiewicz discuss with HydroWorld.com the utility's Little Beaver Island habitat improvement project, ...

May 25, 2012

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell PowerProctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...

May 25, 2012

Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency Challenge

Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency ChallengeDaikin McQuay is the first manufacturer to meet the US Energy Department's rooftop unit challenge, an initiative announced in January 2011 that ...

May 25, 2012

ExxonMobil, Chevron Investors Call For Fracking Risk Disclosures

ExxonMobil, Chevron Investors Call For Fracking Risk DisclosuresChevron and ExxonMobil shareholders have filed proposals asking the companies to disclose risks to their operations and finances from hydraulic fracturing. Shareholder advocacy group As You ...

May 24, 2012

Four Things Your Company Needs to Know about the Carbon Disclosure Project

Four Things Your Company Needs to Know about the Carbon Disclosure ProjectIt's that time of year again when thousands of companies start preparing their annual Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Report. ...

May 24, 2012

Burning Down the House: The Shocking Economics of Energy

Burning Down the House: The Shocking Economics of EnergyImagine if Mitt Romney's sons burned through their entire family fortune in less time than it takes to watch Titanic in 3D. That would ...

May 24, 2012

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps Newcomers

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps NewcomersGoogle, Pfizer and Fox Entertainment Group are among the 54 companies joining the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps program for the first time this year. The ...

May 24, 2012

Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy

Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean EnergyGoldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area ...

May 24, 2012

Most Retailers Using Energy Management in Over Half Their Stores, Report Says

Most Retailers Using Energy Management in Over Half Their Stores, Report SaysSome 63 percent of retailers now have an energy management system in at least 50 percent of their stores, according to a report by retail ...

May 24, 2012

Shaw Industries, Kilian Reveal Chemical Substitution Successes

Shaw Industries, Kilian Reveal Chemical Substitution SuccessesGerman sign manufacturer Kilian Industrieschilder and carpet firm Shaw Industries are among the companies that have found environmentally friendly substitutes for problematic or dangerous chemicals ...

May 24, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: ZigBee, EMAS, ISO 14001, LEED

Standards & Compliance Briefing: ZigBee, EMAS, ISO 14001, LEEDHere's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 7 items. The ZigBee Alliance says there are now more ...

May 24, 2012

Fleet Roundup: SAE vs. CHAdeMO, Tesla, Waste Industries, Volvo

Fleet Roundup: SAE vs. CHAdeMO, Tesla, Waste Industries, VolvoThe battle over DC fast-charge standards heated up at a recent California State Senate public committee meeting. A GM representative asked the state ...

May 24, 2012

Timberland Hunts Down Sustainable Store Materials

Timberland Hunts Down Sustainable Store Materials A look at how Timberland finds reclaimed materials for its retail stores

May 24, 2012

Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for Events

Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for EventsAccor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon ...

May 23, 2012

EL Pro Alcoa Sustainability Report: 4.5% Drop in Water Intensity, but Landfilling up 10%

Alcoa Sustainability Report: 4.5% Drop in Water Intensity, but Landfilling up 10%Last year saw aluminum products supplier Alcoa cut its normalized water use by 4.5 percent from 2010 levels, but increase the amount of waste it ...

May 23, 2012

Del Monte Foods, Others Join KKR’s Green Portfolio Program

Del Monte Foods, Others Join KKR’s Green Portfolio ProgramPrivate equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts is adding seven of its portfolio companies, including Del Monte Foods, healthcare products firm Capsugel and telecommunications firm ...

May 23, 2012