http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/around-the-web-nike-google-nissan-bushs-green-library-wwf/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/around-the-web-nike-google-nissan-bushs-green-library-wwf/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27653 Today’s news from around the Web. Google Says It Doesn’t Want to Be a Utility NY Times How Much of China’s Emissions Mess Is Really Ours? WSJ Benchmarking Tool Aims to Help Semiconductor Facilities Improve Energy Efficiency IndustryWeek Plans for the Green George W. Bush Presidential Center Released inhabitat Nissan chief: Electric car adoption to be gradual AP How Nike Considered Uses Innovation and Collaboration [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/around-the-web-nike-google-nissan-bushs-green-library-wwf/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/building-an-energy-efficient-data-center-using-virtualization-technology/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/building-an-energy-efficient-data-center-using-virtualization-technology/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27535 Electrical power usage has always been a large and increasing cost of operating a data center. Over the last decade, as applications have grown more sophisticated and servers more powerful, digital data has grown at an exponential rate and the deployment of storage systems has proliferated. Add to this the wired and wireless networks connecting millions [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/building-an-energy-efficient-data-center-using-virtualization-technology/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/subaru-touts-energy-environmental-initiatives/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/subaru-touts-energy-environmental-initiatives/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27549 Video from Subaru contains some interesting data and information on the automaker’s sustainability programs. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/subaru-touts-energy-environmental-initiatives/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/nike-tops-annual-climate-action-scores/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/nike-tops-annual-climate-action-scores/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:47:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27485 Nike has topped Climate Counts’ third annual corporate climate performance scorecard with 83 points (out of a possible 100) for the second year in a row. Stoneyfield Farm followed closely with 81 points. Unilever received 80 points. The climate performance scorecard ranks 90 companies in 12 sectors. The survey finds for the first time that all [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/nike-tops-annual-climate-action-scores/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/around-the-web-health-care-energy-shell-nbc/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/around-the-web-health-care-energy-shell-nbc/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:01:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27476 Today’s news from around the Web: Will the Health Care Bill Hurt Renewable Energy? BusinessWeek Shell pushes for unfettered carbon trading markets Houston Chronicle Making commercial buildings greener, environmentally friendly Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mapping a floating swath of plastic waste CNN Obama: Rally the world for climate deal next month AP Japan steelmakers buy less CO2 offsets than thought Reuters Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/around-the-web-health-care-energy-shell-nbc/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/water-conservation-a-target-for-corporations-investors/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/water-conservation-a-target-for-corporations-investors/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27319 The notion that water is the next oil, in terms of global supply pressures, continues to gain prescience in light of steps to better manage water, as well as to profit by hoarding it. Two examples come to bear in Texas. The Lower Colorado River Authority, a utility that services central and south Texas, as well as [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/water-conservation-a-target-for-corporations-investors/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/sustainable-tips-to-save-small-business-owners-money/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/sustainable-tips-to-save-small-business-owners-money/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:49:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27314 In recent years, the notion of a “green economy” has gathered steam. The conversation accelerated when the economy worsened and unemployment rose and suddenly, a green economy was seen by many as a pathway out of the current economic situation. Studies in 2008 found that 2 million jobs in two years could be created from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/sustainable-tips-to-save-small-business-owners-money/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/smart-grid-renewable-power-opportunities-for-utilities/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/smart-grid-renewable-power-opportunities-for-utilities/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:02:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27311 This panel discussion was held during the 3rd annual Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum held at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Panelists included Mark Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer at APEX Wind, Mark Case, SVP BGE Strategy and Regulatory Affairs at Constellation, and Matt Kastantin, Senior Business Development Manager at EnerNOC. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/smart-grid-renewable-power-opportunities-for-utilities/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/around-the-web-green-jobs-nam-pg-nuclear-reprocessing/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/around-the-web-green-jobs-nam-pg-nuclear-reprocessing/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:01:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27308 What British business wants from Copenhagen The Times Mass. struggles to turn green tech into green jobs Chicago Tribune NAM Speaks Softly on Climate — Does It Carry a Big Stick? NY Times ColdWater Tide: Provoking the Ah-Ha Moment at Procter & Gamble TriplePundit Australia excludes farms from carbon scheme Reuters Rainforests could be traded on world market BBC China and U.S. Energy Giants [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/around-the-web-green-jobs-nam-pg-nuclear-reprocessing/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/al-gore-gives-greenbuild-keynote/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/al-gore-gives-greenbuild-keynote/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27220 Here’s part of Al Gore’s keynote address at the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual convention. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/al-gore-gives-greenbuild-keynote/feed/ 0