Awards

DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency ...

DOE Awards $338M for Geothermal R&D

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $338 million in Recovery Act funding for geothermal research and development. The grants were awarded to 123 ...

Federal Grants to Spur Clean-Tech, Smart Grid Innovations

The Obama Administration has released billions of dollars under the federal stimulus act to drive technological innovation in the areas of clean technologies and smart-grid networks. The ...

TX, NY and MD Schools Top EPA’s Green Power Schools Ranking

Schools in New York, Texas and Maryland top the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's inaugural ranking of the top 20 primary and secondary schools nationwide that ...

Council on Foreign Relations Goes LEED

The Council on Foreign Relations' new building in Washington, D.C., took extra steps to attain LEED Gold status by the U.S. Green Building ...

VSP Vision Care HQ Cuts Energy Use 27%

All four buildings on VSP Vision Care's Rancho Cordova, Calif., campus have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star for superior energy efficiency. Three ...

Colleges Get Sustainability Report Card

The Sustainable Endowments Institute has released its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card comparing 322 schools across the U.S. on how "green" they are, reports ...

IBM, Intel, HSBC, Unilever, Xerox Top Covalence Ethical Rankings

IBM garnered the top spot in Covalence's ethical ranking of multinational companies. The ranking looks at 541 companies across 18 sectors. This year, Covalence added two ...

Paper, Cardboard Packagers Launch ‘Responsible Package’ Initiative

Fiber-based packaging firms are attempting to highlight sustainable aspects of their products via a new campaign, The Responsible Package. Meanwhile, ...

CRO Awards Eight CEOs for Corporate Sustainability

Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) magazine has released the winners of its third annual Responsible CEO of the Year Awards. Organizations represented include Hess Oil, Green ...

U.S. Postal Service Earns Top Environmental Award

The U.S. Postal service has won the first Environmental Achievement of the Year award presented by Postal Technology International magazine, thanks to several sustainable initiatives ...

HP, Dell, J&J, Intel and IBM Top Newsweek’s Inaugural Green Rankings

Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, Intel and IBM are the top five leaders in Newsweek's inaugural environmental rankings of America's 500 largest corporations. The Green Rankings ...

AmerenUE, PepsiCo Honored for Renewable Energy PR

The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has recognized AmerenUE, PepsiCo, Bonneville Environmental Foundation and Ed Holt as Green Power Market Development award winners. The four ...

Feds Add $300M to Boost Commercial Trucking Sector

The nation's supply chain is getting an energy-efficient shot in the arm that will make transporting goods more cost-effective, energy efficient and environmentally friendly. A series ...

Denny’s Goes Green in Joliet

The new Denny's restaurant in Joliet, Illinois, is the restaurant chain's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified restaurant, reports the Chicago Tribune. One ...

Whole Foods U.S. Supermarkets Earn Organic Certification

Whole Foods Market has announced that each of its 273 U.S. stores has been individually certified organic by CCOF, a non-profit, USDA-accredited third-party organic certifier. Whole ...

Upgrades Net 40% Energy Savings for Oregon Office Building

Environmentally-friendly building upgrades at Columbia Square, a 313,000-square foot office building and flagship property of Melvin Mark Companies in Portland, Ore., have yielded a ...

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

To help consumers sort out sometimes false and misleading environmental claims, Green Seal has launched its Green Seal certification for personal care products after 18 ...

REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments' (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design. Judges awarded the highest ...

ASHRAE Launches Prototype Building Energy Label

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has released its prototype building energy labeling program at its 2009 Annual Conference in Louisville, ...