Products & Planning
Kmart, Supervalu, 6 Other Supermarkets Drop APP Toilet Paper over Forest Concerns
Kmart, Kroger, BI-LO, Harris Teeter, Supervalu, Weis Markets, Brookshire Grocery Company and Delhaize Group (owner of Food Lion) have all decided to stop carrying ...
Windows 8 Targets Application Efficiency
Microsoft's Windows 8 (pictured) will increase energy efficiency in the operating system's applications, according to two of the product's developers.
One example of this new ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
Tesco is trialing a packaging strip developed by It'sFresh! Ltd. in an effort to make food last longer and prevent waste.
The U.K. supermarket giant will ...
Lighting Brief: Soraa, Cree and Marvell
California-based lighting startup Soraa has launched an LED lamp that it says emits more light per LED material and can handle more electric current per area than its competitors products. The Soraa LED MR16 lamp ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, LEED, FSC Chain of Custody, ESG Sovereign Ratings
Mitsubishi's 75-inch LaserVue television was named Energy Star Most Efficient for 2012, placing it among the top energy-efficient televisions 55-inches or larger sold in ...
Mitsubishi Ends Honda’s 8-Year Reign on Green Car List
The Mitsubishi i-MIEV has unseated the Honda Civic Natural Gas from its throne and become the first electric car in 12 years to ...
Rechargeable Lawnmowers Launched
Recharge Mowers has launched a line of emission-free rechargeable lawnmowers.
The Recharge Mower G2 electric rechargeable riding mower can cut up to 2 acres on a ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutral
NSF International now offers chemical reviews in accordance with Clean Production Action's (CPA) GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals program. The Greenscreen scores chemicals from one through ...
O2 Sustainability Goals: 100% Renewables, an End to Bundled Chargers
O2 will use 100 percent renewable energy and will no longer offer chargers free with mobile phone purchases, as part of a three-year sustainability ...
Siemens Launches Drive Train Savings Estimator
The Drive Technologies division of Siemens Industry Inc. has launched its online Energy Savings Estimator, a tool that allows companies using drives, motors, ...
EPA Green-Lights EcoDual Fuel Truck Conversion Kit
EcoDual LLC, a provider of dual fuel conversion systems for heavy duty diesel trucks, has achieved authorization from the EPA to begin installing its systems ...
Ensave, Ecology and Environment Launch Farm Energy Audits
EnSave and partner Ecology and Environment have launched an audit service for farm energy uses including tillage, harvesting, and waste management.
The Landscape Agricultural Energy ...
Oracle VP Urges Event Organizers to Take Action
The event industry is the second-biggest generator of waste in the U.S. and event organizers must make a start, however small, to address their ...
Super Bowl Host Committee Prez Talks Sustainability
Super Bowl Host Committee President Allison Melangton discusses recycling efforts at the stadium and other sustainability efforts.
DuPont Film ‘Cuts Energy and Waste’
Appliance manufacturer Miele is among the first to use new DuPont packaging film that both saves energy and reduces waste, the companies say.
The ...
Ecologix Launches Fracking Water Treatment System
Ecologix Environmental Systems, an Atlanta-based wastewater treatment company specializing in the oil and gas industry, has designed a mobile integrated treatment system for hydraulic fracturing ...
Renewables Briefing: Siemens and Army, Bancorp Bets on Renewables, and Wind Power Getting Cheaper
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 ...
Power Assure Launches Data Center Management System
Data center energy management firm Power Assure Inc., has announced an integrated data center power monitoring and analytics system that it says improves the reliability and energy-efficientcy of data centers....
Warm Winter Hurting Some Businesses, Boosting Others
Apparel makers and retailers, ski resort operators and natural gas producers are feeling the pinch from abnormally warm winter temperatures in the U.S., ...
Lighting Briefing: Philips, Cummings Properties, Noribachi
Royal Philips Electronics saw a 70 percent increase in LED lighting sales in 2011, excluding LED chips, reports Optics.org. In the final quarter of ...
