Business Services
Green Meetings and Events Guidelines Drafted
To help businesses conduct more environmentally conscious meetings and events, a new set of guidelines has been drafted by members of the Convention Industry Council.
The council's Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Panel on Green ...
Small Businesses Can Benefit From Lighting Retrofits Too
The example of a Pennsylvania pet store saving $200,000 over 25 years after a lighting retrofit is ample evidence that not only major facilities can reap ...
Xerox, Accenture, CSC Atop List of Green Outsourcing Vendors
For companies looking to outsource business services and minimize impact on the environment, a new list shows the top 50 green outsourcing vendors.
The Black Book ...
Sprint Supports Smart Grid Initiatives
Driven in part by the Obama Administration's focus on energy independence and smart-grid initiatives, Sprint is now strengthening its portfolio to supply electric utilities with advanced ...
Chicago Partners with RecycleBank To Increase Recyclables
In its quest to increase the city's recycle rate, the city of Chicago has teamed up with RecycleBank, a recycling rewards program that encourages additional ...
FedEx Installs 2.4MW Rooftop Solar Array, Largest in U.S.
FedEx Ground is building a 2.4 megawatt solar array atop its distribution facility in Woodbridge, N.J., providing up to ...
Autodesk, Tririga Race to Give Away Software
Two separate announcements signal the willingness of software providers to gain market share for their clean tech and carbon tracking software - even if that means ...
Software Solutions Ease Sustainability Management and Reporting
As more companies face the daunting task of reporting on a variety of environmental performance criteria, they will be getting a helping hand thanks to a ...
Lack of Guidance, Metrics, Incentives Impede Environmental Cleanup
Aimed at site owners, remediation businesses and other industry services providers, the Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF) has released a white paper that delivers an ...
Stimulus Funds Boost Trane’s Energy-Efficiency Business
Aimed at lowering the amount of energy needed to power the blowers and distributors of commercial and institutional air conditioning systems, Trane has rolled out its ...
Carbon Management Drives Need for New Business Solution
A new information systems category, Carbon Management Solutions (CMS), is rapidly emerging as businesses try to understand their carbon footprint and the importance of carbon as an ...
Paper-saving Software Proliferates
The release of the newest version of a paper-saving software follows on the heels of a Blackberry application for calculating the eco-footprint of paper ordering.
GreenPrint Version ...
Point Carbon Pushes Into North America
Point Carbon, a leading energy and environmental market analysis firm, has launched its first power trading analytics tool for the North America market. This Web based ...
Green Buildings – Boon or Liability?
Much hay has been made about the benefits of green building. However, a recent report from Harvard Law School points to potential liability issues with ...
Save Money by Monitoring Resource Consumption
Startup Hara Software Inc. has rolled out its software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that can help companies save millions of dollars by enabling them to monitor and manage ...
Renewable Energy Standard May Save $200B In Annual Energy
Energy efficiency and renewable energy standards could save U.S. consumers $200 billion a year by 2030.
There also is an equal opportunity for the commercial and industrial ...
LA Office Towers Achieve Existing Building Gold LEED Status
Watt Plaza, a complex of two 23-story office towers in Century City, Calif., is the first Los Angeles-area office building to achieve Gold ...
IBM, Ricoh Expand Sustainable Printer Offerings
InfoPrint, a joint venture of IBM and Ricoh, has launched a new series of color printer with enhanced sustainability features.
The new printers feature standard duplex printing ...
Web Tool Analyzes Sustainability Strategies
A new software tool evaluates greenhouse gas emissions, carbon footprint and baseline energy use to help companies and organizations analyze their sustainability strategies.
The Web-based TEAL ...
European Climate Exchange Foresees Carbon Trade Doubling
European Climate Exchange says it expects the amount the amount of carbon credits traded on its platform to double this year.
European Climate Exchange expects the volume ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
