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University of Texas Taps Locus’ ePortal for Compliance

University of Texas Taps Locus’ ePortal for ComplianceThe University of Texas at El Paso has selected software company Locus Technologies' ePortal platform to provide an integrated system for monitoring and managing its ...

May 21, 2012

Submetering Market ‘Will Grow to $1.5B in 2020′

Submetering Market ‘Will Grow to $1.5B in 2020′The worldwide market for submetering technology and services totals $771 million and will grow to $1.58 billion in 2020 at a compound ...

May 21, 2012

Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure Energy

Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure EnergyCampus Crest Communities has partnered with SolarCity to install more than 9,000 solar panels on student housing facilities in Greeley, Colo.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Las ...

May 21, 2012

Ten Steps to Quality Supplier Relations

Ten Steps to Quality Supplier RelationsProbing the 2012 regulatory landscape, quality and risk managers want to know, "Specifically, how do we start a program of compliance?" The answer ...

May 21, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: G8 Summit, Wastewater Treatment, Electricity Capacity Prices

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: G8 Summit, Wastewater Treatment, Electricity Capacity PricesHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items. President Obama and G8 Summit world leaders ...

May 21, 2012

The Many Moving Pieces of California’s Cap and Trade Program

The Many Moving Pieces of California’s Cap and Trade ProgramThe calendar says May 2012, so what does that mean for California's attempts to implement a first-in-the-nation, economy-wide Cap and Trade Program? ...

May 21, 2012

Owens Corning CSO Discusses Bloom Energy

Owens Corning CSO Discusses Bloom Energy Frank O'Brien-Bernini, chief sustainability officer for Owens Corning, discusses Bloom Energy.

May 21, 2012

Going Beyond Compliance: Best-in-Class Environmental Performance

Going Beyond Compliance: Best-in-Class Environmental PerformanceJoin Environmental Leader on Wednesday, May 23rd, 8am Pacific/11am Eastern for a webinar discussing how to reach beyond environment, health and safety regulations ...

May 18, 2012

US Imposes 31% Duty on Chinese Solar Panels

US Imposes 31% Duty on Chinese Solar PanelsThe US government has imposed tariffs of around 30 percent on solar panels imported from China, sparking charges of "trade protectionism" from Chinese government officials ...

May 18, 2012

EL Pro Intel Sustainability Report: Tech Giant Commits to 10% GHG Cut

Intel Sustainability Report: Tech Giant Commits to 10% GHG CutIntel has pledged to reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent on a per-chip basis by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, and announced ...

May 18, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS Review

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS ReviewHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said that ...

May 18, 2012

Machine Lifecycle and Sustainability

Machine Lifecycle and Sustainability HESCO and Rockwell Automation present an overview of machine lifecycle and sustainability.

May 18, 2012

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to ComeIBM has won a contract to develop and install smart building technology in 50 of the federal government's most energy-consuming buildings, and the resulting data ...

May 18, 2012

EL Pro Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy

Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable EnergyApple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year. The announcement, which ...

May 18, 2012

Walmart Announces 27 Solar Projects Totalling 10.5 MW

Walmart Announces 27 Solar Projects Totalling 10.5 MWWalmart has announced plans to install solar photovoltaic arrays on 27 of its Massachusetts stores as early as August, adding on-site generation to more than ...

May 17, 2012

Legrand Cuts Energy Use by 20 Percent, Beating DOE Goal by 8 Years

Legrand Cuts Energy Use by 20 Percent, Beating DOE Goal by 8 YearsLegrand has reduced its energy use by more than 20 percent, in its first year participating in the Department of Energy's Building Buildings initiative. The electrical ...

May 17, 2012

Mining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′

Mining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′Worldwide investment by the mining industry in renewable energy and energy conservation will reach about $8.4 billion by 2016 and nearly $20 billion ...

May 17, 2012

Investor Coalition Pushes Shale Gas Industry to Clean Up Fracking

Investor Coalition Pushes Shale Gas Industry to Clean Up FrackingA coalition of 55 investment firms and institutional investors is urging the shale gas industry to adopt best practices to clean up hydraulic fracturing, a ...

May 17, 2012

Ultracapacitors Give Power Lift to Automated Guided Vehicles

Ultracapacitors Give Power Lift to Automated Guided VehiclesThe commercial and consumer vehicle markets have made significant inroads in cleaning their technology and improving the performance and lifespan of their energy ...

May 17, 2012

Innovation a Part of BASF’s DNA

Innovation a Part of BASF’s DNAA key element of future-proof brands is innovation. As someone with a particular interest in building tough, resilient brands of the future, ...

May 17, 2012