Business-to-Business

Siemens Fixing Security Holes in Industrial Control Systems

Siemens Fixing Security Holes in Industrial Control SystemsSiemens is working to patch security holes found in its industrial control systems that are widely used to manage - and improve the energy efficiency ...

December 27, 2011

EL Pro Rockcastle Regional Hospital Installs Green Earth Solar Array

Rockcastle Regional Hospital Installs Green Earth Solar ArrayRockcastle Regional hospital in Kentucky and Green Earth Solar have installed a 60.9 kW solar array on the roof of the hospital's Outpatients Services Center. The ...

December 23, 2011

Veolia, Others Using Carbon Footprint ‘Game’ to Set Bonuses

Veolia, Others Using Carbon Footprint ‘Game’ to Set BonusesA number of companies in the U.K. including waste management firm Veolia are using a computer program to base staff bonuses on their carbon footprint, ...

December 21, 2011

EL Pro FedEx to Fund Transportation Projects in Mexico, Brazil, India

FedEx to Fund Transportation Projects in Mexico, Brazil, IndiaFedEx will provide $1.4 million over two years to EMBARQ - the World Resources Institute’s sustainable transport arm - to provide technical expertise on sustainable ...

December 21, 2011

Network Rail, DB Schenker to Furnish Offices by Rail

Network Rail, DB Schenker to Furnish Offices by RailU.K. rail infrastructure owner Network Rail is aiming to reduce the carbon emissions associated with a relocation of its national center by shipping all of ...

December 21, 2011

CSR Standards Higher at Companies than Suppliers

CSR Standards Higher at Companies than SuppliersCorporations set higher social responsibility standards for themselves than for their travel suppliers, according to a survey by business travel payment and data management firm ...

December 21, 2011

ACEEE Report Calls for Haulage Trailer Efficiency Guidelines

ACEEE Report Calls for Haulage Trailer Efficiency GuidelinesTrailer efficiency should be the first item on the list when the EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration next consider fuel efficiency and greenhouse ...

December 20, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: VDI 4707, European Parliament, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, e-Stewards, LEED

Standards & Compliance Briefing: VDI 4707, European Parliament, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, e-Stewards, LEEDFour double deck high-speed elevators from ThyssenKrupp Elevator installed in the 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center have received the VDI 4707 energy efficiency class A rating. ...

December 20, 2011

Futuremark Paper Inks Deals with Hearst, Pepsi, Others

Futuremark Paper Inks Deals with Hearst, Pepsi, OthersHearst Magazines, PepsiCo and the Sierra Club are among a list of new clients now using FutureMark Paper Company's recycled paper. Other organizations newly signed by ...

December 19, 2011

Ignazio Messina & Co, Hamworthy Krystallon Install First Commercial Marine Scrubber

Ignazio Messina & Co, Hamworthy Krystallon Install First Commercial Marine ScrubberThe first of four Ignazio Messina & Co.-owned vessels installed with marine scrubbing technology from manufacturer Hamworthy Krystallon has come on line. Linea Messina is the first ...

December 19, 2011

Chiquita Joins Tar Sands Oil Boycott

Chiquita Joins Tar Sands Oil BoycottFruit producer Chiquita Brands has become the latest company to stop using oil sourced from Canada's tar sands, following a campaign by environmental group ForestEthics, ...

December 19, 2011

Gevo, Coke Team Up on Eco-Bottles

Gevo, Coke Team Up on Eco-BottlesRenewable chemicals and biofuels firm Gevo Inc. has reached an agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to supply renewable para-xylene for the beverage giant's bottles. The para-xylene ...

December 16, 2011

Trane Launches GE Software-Based Data Center Management Tool

Trane Launches GE Software-Based Data Center Management ToolHeating and cooling product manufacturer Trane has launched an intelligent building automation platform that uses GE software. Tracer XT was developed in response to data center customer ...

December 13, 2011

IMW Launches Mobile CNG Fueling Station

IMW Launches Mobile CNG Fueling StationIMW Industries, a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., has launched a new self-contained, mobile compressed natural gas fueling station designed for small to mid-size vehicle ...

December 13, 2011

EL Pro Del Monte Taps Locus for Energy Management

Del Monte Taps Locus for Energy ManagementDel Monte Foods has selected Locus Technologies' ePortal platform to provide an integrated system for monitoring and managing its energy use, water, and other sustainability efforts. The ...

December 13, 2011

Emerson Launches Data Center Management Hardware

Emerson Launches Data Center Management HardwareEmerson Network Power has introduced the Avocent Universal Management Gateway, a product it calls the first data center appliance to enable true real-time, integrated monitoring, access ...

December 12, 2011

EL Pro Battery Rooms Can Be Hotbeds of Waste

Battery Rooms Can Be Hotbeds of WasteSix out of the eight most common sources of waste in warehouses can be found in the battery room, according to Harold Vanasse, vice president of ...

December 9, 2011

Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and Tyree

Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and TyreeRefrigerated warehousing and distribution services company Millard and commercial energy project firm Groom Energy have completed the installation of an LED lighting retrofit at Millard's Allentown, ...

December 7, 2011

EL Pro Leaders in Energy Management Software Named

Leaders in Energy Management Software NamedCA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM and Verisae have emerged as the leading providers of enterprise-scale energy management software, according to a study from analysis firm Verdantix. Green ...

December 6, 2011

Renewables Briefing: NextEra, Google, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Boeing and SolarCity

Renewables Briefing: NextEra, Google, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Boeing and SolarCityA NextEra Energy Resources LLC wind farm in Oklahoma providing energy to Google is operational, according to McClatchy-Tribune Regional News. The 100.8 MW Minco II Wind ...

December 5, 2011