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/2009/11/19/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/2009/11/16/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/2009/11/12/sustainable-property-management-reducing-carbon-and-cost/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/sustainable-property-management-reducing-carbon-and-cost/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:46:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26916 Many organizations are facing increasing cost challenges and pressure to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. One area of opportunity they’re beginning to recognize for both cost and CO2 emission reductions is their real estate portfolios. Buildings, particularly older structures, are a major consumer of energy — for heating and cooling, for lighting, for powering all types [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/sustainable-property-management-reducing-carbon-and-cost/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/greening-the-factory-floor/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/greening-the-factory-floor/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:13:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26887 At the higher levels in the manufacturing enterprise the facilities (office building and plant HVAC, administrative, employee services like cafeterias, etc., packaging and shipping) dominate. As we move down through the production systems and their associated consumables (with their energy, water, materials, compressed air, part and material delivery and removal, maintenance, etc.) and further down to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/greening-the-factory-floor/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/greening-the-automotive-supply-chain/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/greening-the-automotive-supply-chain/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:32:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26769 In the last decade there has been a significant increase in public awareness of the need to conserve energy, recycle waste, and make lifestyle choices that are environmentally friendly. Many companies have jumped onto the “green” bandwagon, adopting slogans or advertising campaigns that emphasize the company’s proactive involvement in the environmental movement. The automobile industry is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/greening-the-automotive-supply-chain/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/a-roadmap-for-a-renewable-energy-partnership/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/a-roadmap-for-a-renewable-energy-partnership/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:29:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26448 Partnerships can greatly accelerate the pace at which sustainability innovations are incorporated into the supply chain. Often, these collaborations are created precisely to tackle a sustainability challenge for which there are no known solutions. Partnerships that successfully break new ground tend to follow a roadmap that ensures the benefits of collaboration go well beyond [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/a-roadmap-for-a-renewable-energy-partnership/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/29/forest-carbon-core-to-climate-change-deal/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/29/forest-carbon-core-to-climate-change-deal/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:40:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26138 As the Copenhagen talks progress, negotiators must not miss the opportunity to ensure that forests become a vital part of the post-2012 climate change framework. Efforts to mitigate dangerous climate change revolve around the overarching goal of holding the average increase in global temperatures to well below 2°C. With deforestation accounting for approximately 20 percent of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/29/forest-carbon-core-to-climate-change-deal/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/arpa-e-deserves-support/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/arpa-e-deserves-support/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:59:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=24121 In October 1957, at the height of Cold War passion, the U.S. scientific and military establishment watched as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. Surprised, and stung at being beaten into space, the U.S. government responded in several ways, one of which was to create, within a matter of months, the Advanced Research [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/arpa-e-deserves-support/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/vcs-and-carbonfix-tops-in-review-of-forestry-carbon-standards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/vcs-and-carbonfix-tops-in-review-of-forestry-carbon-standards/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:30:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=24116 The voluntary carbon market has evolved tremendously since its early days and now provides a multitude of standards to certify the carbon credits and guarantee that the carbon credits are real, additional, verifiable, permanent and unique. Forestry carbon credits are in high demand at the moment, especially from the U.S. The compliance market has been unable [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/vcs-and-carbonfix-tops-in-review-of-forestry-carbon-standards/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/18/coordinated-sustainabilty-intelligence-generates-potential-tax-benefits/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/18/coordinated-sustainabilty-intelligence-generates-potential-tax-benefits/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:34:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=24107 An evolution in green IT is under way as it rounds the bend from a siloed cost-reduction strategy to an enabler of corporate responsibility and sustainability. In this next wave of green IT, smart companies are elevating green IT to the enterprise level and focusing on sustainability intelligence – the information in green IT [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/18/coordinated-sustainabilty-intelligence-generates-potential-tax-benefits/feed/ 0