Business-to-Business

Texas Children’s Hospital Installs Aircuity’s OptiNet

Texas Children’s Hospital Installs Aircuity’s OptiNetTexas Children's Hospital has installed Aircuity's ventilation efficiency system OptiNet in its Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute building. The installation helped the building achieve silver-level ...

November 30, 2011

EnergySavvy Launches Program Optix; Signs City of San Francisco, LEAP

EnergySavvy Launches Program Optix; Signs City of San Francisco, LEAPSoftware company EnergySavvy has put its Program Optix product - aimed at utilities running energy efficiency drives - on general release, and signed the City of ...

November 30, 2011

GaBi 5 Software Launched by PE International

GaBi 5 Software Launched by PE InternationalSustainability consulting company PE International has launched the newest version of its life-cycle assessment program GaBi. GaBi 5 models every element of a product or system from ...

November 29, 2011

Barrier Plastics Launches Vessel Alternative to HDPE, Metal

Barrier Plastics Launches Vessel Alternative to HDPE, MetalBarrier Plastics Inc. has released the Baritainer, a sustainable nylon vessel that it calls an alternative to fluorinated HDPE or metal packaging. Baritainers, which are made using Quoral ...

November 29, 2011

CSCI: Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to Efficiency

CSCI: Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to EfficiencyMeasuring, monitoring and responding to system energy use are key to optimizing the overall energy performance of network systems, according to a white paper released by ...

November 28, 2011

USGBC Launches App Lab

USGBC Launches App LabThe U.S. Green Building Council has launched its online App Lab as part of its LEED Automation Program. The App Lab is a searchable catalog of third-party-developed ...

November 23, 2011

Dominion, Power Assure to Attach Data Centers to Smart Grid

Dominion, Power Assure to Attach Data Centers to Smart GridVirginia utility Dominion Power has invested $1 million in data center power management software company Power Assure as the companies begin a partnership to integrate data ...

November 23, 2011

Motorola, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg Sign up to Windmade Label

Motorola, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg Sign up to Windmade LabelMajor global companies including Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank and Bloomberg have produced or have pledged to procure at least 25 percent of their operations’ power consumption ...

November 21, 2011

Cascades Releases Recycled, Low-Chemical Paper Towel

Cascades Releases Recycled, Low-Chemical Paper TowelPaper towel producer Cascades Tissue Group has launched a highly-absorbent paper towel that can be produced using 100 percent recycled fiber and less chemicals than other ...

November 21, 2011

Perkins+Will, WM Launch Building Material Database, Recycling Tracker

Perkins+Will, WM Launch Building Material Database, Recycling TrackerDesign firm Perkins+Will has launched a free, universally accessible database aimed at educating people on building materials that are, or are suspected of being, hazardous to ...

November 18, 2011

Navy Launches Algae-Powered Destroyer

Navy Launches Algae-Powered DestroyerThe U.S. Navy sent a destroyer ship powered by algae-based fuel on a 20-hour trip Wednesday, the largest alternative fuel test it has undertaken to date. Some ...

November 18, 2011

Siemens: ‘World’s Most Efficient’ Gas Turbine Set For US Manufacture

Siemens: ‘World’s Most Efficient’ Gas Turbine Set For US ManufactureSiemens has just opened a U.S. facility that will produce what the company is calling the world's most efficient gas turbines, reports Greentechmedia. The 340-megawatt H ...

November 17, 2011

Building IQ Releases Energy Demand Software

Building IQ Releases Energy Demand SoftwareEnergy management software company BuildingIQ has launched ManagerIQ, the latest in its line of predictive energy optimization products. PEO tools predict energy demand and adjust a building's ...

November 17, 2011

Modular Data Centers Make Business and Environmental Sense, Report Says

Modular Data Centers Make Business and Environmental Sense, Report SaysPre-engineered and prefabricated data centers now make environmental and economic sense, according a report by environmental IT research consortium The Green Grid. According to Deploying and ...

November 16, 2011

Hydrotex Products Help Nestle Increase Injection Molding Efficiency

Hydrotex Products Help Nestle Increase Injection Molding EfficiencyLubricant manufacturer Hydrotex has used its products to reduce component failure and improve energy efficiency in Nestle Waters North America's injection molding units. The program aimed ...

November 16, 2011

Kimberly-Clark Taps EnerNOC for Demand Response

Kimberly-Clark Taps EnerNOC for Demand ResponseKimberly-Clark Inc. has joined a network of facilities using EnerNOC Inc. technology to provide demand response capacity to the Ontario Power Authority. The household products manufacturer will ...

November 16, 2011

GE Processes Low-Quality Waste Gas for Power

GE Processes Low-Quality Waste Gas for PowerA Chinese steel mill will use waste gas from its blast furnace and coke oven to generate power using a GE 9E gas turbine and a new ...

November 11, 2011

PwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability Consultants

PwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability ConsultantsOnly a handful of firms - Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers being the most prominent - have excelled when providing major companies with corporate-wide sustainability visions, according to ...

November 10, 2011

Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business Model

Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business ModelNoesis Energy is to start giving away its energy management software, then charging customers for additional services related to the products. The company is hoping this "freemium" ...

November 10, 2011

Experts Split on Conflict Between Sustainability and Growth

Experts Split on Conflict Between Sustainability and GrowthSome 40 percent of sustainability experts believe sustainability is "inherently" incompatible with economic growth, while just 43 percent see no conflict, according to research by consultancies ...

November 9, 2011