http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hydrogen-plant-to-save-air-products-exxonmobil-facilities-15-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hydrogen-plant-to-save-air-products-exxonmobil-facilities-15-energy/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:51:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69794 Air Products has cut the ribbon on a hydrogen manufacturing facility that uses excess gas from a neighboring ExxonMobil refinery when making its product. Hydrogen manufactured at Air Products’ Rotterdam, Netherlands, facility (pictured) is then used by the refinery for the desulphurization of oil products and in the manufacture of petrochemicals. Processes applied at the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/hydrogen-plant-to-save-air-products-exxonmobil-facilities-15-energy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/equis-environmental-data-gets-groundswell-visual-boost/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/equis-environmental-data-gets-groundswell-visual-boost/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:10:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69767 EarthSoft’s EQuIS (Environmental Quality Information System) environmental workflow data management platform will integrate with Groundswell Technologies’ Waiora web-based monitoring and visualization platform, the companies said. This development gives EQuIS users the ability to generate advanced environmental and water resource management graphics. Capabilities include real-time contours and groundwater storage changes in 2D/3D/4D, playback loops, and multivariate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/equis-environmental-data-gets-groundswell-visual-boost/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/lack-of-eco-clothing-hampers-sales/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/lack-of-eco-clothing-hampers-sales/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69711 Consumers would increase sustainable apparel purchasing if only they could find it, according to a survey by Ryan Partnership Chicago and Mambo Sprouts Marketing. Some 69 percent of consumers considered sustainability at least sometimes when purchasing clothing in 2011 and shoppers intend to double their eco-apparel purchases this year, according to the 2012 Styling Sustainability survey. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/lack-of-eco-clothing-hampers-sales/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/stapleselectric-delivery-trucks-cost-9-12-less-to-operate-mit-finds-with-staples-data/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/stapleselectric-delivery-trucks-cost-9-12-less-to-operate-mit-finds-with-staples-data/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69659 Electric delivery trucks can cost between nine and 12 percent less to operate than their diesel cousins, according to an MIT study using data from Staples. The paper by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, to be published in the proceedings of last month’s IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/stapleselectric-delivery-trucks-cost-9-12-less-to-operate-mit-finds-with-staples-data/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/nike-dyecoo-in-waterless-dyeing-team-up/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/nike-dyecoo-in-waterless-dyeing-team-up/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69629 Nike Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. By using recycled carbon dioxide, DyeCoo’s technology eliminates the use of water in the textile dyeing process. The name “DyeCoo” was inspired by the process of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/nike-dyecoo-in-waterless-dyeing-team-up/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/tva-power-savings-could-come-from-energy-efficient-appliances/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/tva-power-savings-could-come-from-energy-efficient-appliances/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69635 The mass installation of such energy efficiency measures as compact fluorescent lighting and heating and cooling systems could effectively flatten Tennessee’s power demand for the next 18 years, according to research commissioned by utility Tennessee Valley Authority. The research by Global Energy Partners estimated the region’s achievable savings potential at 3,256 to 7,494 gigawatt-hours by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/tva-power-savings-could-come-from-energy-efficient-appliances/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69480 Using durable construction materials in maintenance and renovation projects can lessen a building’s the long-term carbon footprint, according to Texas A&M University research. The research, by architecture Ph.D student Manish Dixit, compared the relationship of energy used in maintenance and renovation processes, or “recurrent embodied energy,” to the building’s service life and life cycle energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:53:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69417 Siemens Government Technologies Inc. is to build the U.S. Army’s largest solar photovoltaic system at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic power generating system is part of a wider $16.8 million contract to implement energy-conserving upgrades. U.S. Bancorp, the U.S.’s fifth-largest commercial bank, is planning to invest hundreds [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/energy-managers-efficiency-not-taken-seriously-by-top-brass/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/energy-managers-efficiency-not-taken-seriously-by-top-brass/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:43:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69200 Some 31 percent of British energy managers say energy efficiency is not being taken seriously by their bosses, according to a report by Siemens. But the feeling is not replicated at boardroom level – 83 percent of directors believe that energy management matters are being paid enough attention, according to the Siemens Green League report, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/energy-managers-efficiency-not-taken-seriously-by-top-brass/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/poll-financial-short-termism-hitting-sustainability-drive/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/poll-financial-short-termism-hitting-sustainability-drive/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:20:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69109 Financial short-termism presents a critical barrier to businesses’ transition to sustainability, according to a U.N.-backed poll by consultancies GlobeScan and SustainAbility. The latest edition of the Sustainability Survey reveals that a very large majority – some 88 percent of the 642 sustainability experts polled – see pressure for short-term financial results as a barrier to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/poll-financial-short-termism-hitting-sustainability-drive/feed/ 2