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Toronto to get Mega-green Office Complex
The sprawling former headquarters of Sears Canada is about to undergo one of the biggest green building retrofits on record in North America. The government of Ontario, ...
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 ...
Intel Cuts Emissions by 27% in 2008
Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation has cut its global-warming emissions by 27 percent in 2008, compared to its 2007 baseline, keeping the company on track to meet its ...
Military Seeks Fuel Efficiency With Ships and Electric Vehicles
Navy ships saved more than $79 million in fuel costs during the first and second quarters of fiscal year (FY) 2009 through the i-ENCON program, reports the ...
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 ...
McDonald’s Counters Criticism With Green Marketing Effort
Fast food giant McDonald's is trying to show consumers its "greener" side with a new institutional marketing effort, "Global Best of Green." The full report ...
Cadiz Signs ‘Green Compact’ with NHI
Renewable resources company Cadiz Inc. has inked an agreement with Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) to ensure the sustainable management of the largest privately-owned portion of ...
Ubiquitous Post-it Note Goes Sustainable
Post-it Notes, the sticky pads on everyone's desks and refrigerators, have been certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). The 3M product has received SFI's Chain-of-custody Certification ...
U.S. Government Wastes $440M on Printing
The U.S. federal government wastes $440.4 million on printing annually, or more than $1 million each day, according to a new study from Lexmark International and ...
Unsold Sustainable Palm Oil Prompts WWF to Grade Buyers
With new figures showing that only 1 percent, or about 15,000 tons, of sustainable palm oil available on the market is being purchased, the World Wildlife Fund ...
To Conserve Water, China Raises Prices
The Chinese capital of Beijing will increase water prices this year as it aims to restrict total water consumption to 3.58 billion cubic meters according to China ...
Whirlpool Sets Smart-Grid Compatibility Goal for 2015
Whirlpool Corp. wants to make all of its electronically-controlled appliances smart-grid compatible by 2015. Citing the company's leadership in energy and water efficiency, Bracken Darrell, president of ...
Cox to Reduce Carbon Footprint 20% by 2017
Cox Enterprises Inc., a leading communications, media and automotive services company, has announced plans to reduce its companywide carbon footprint 20 percent by 2017, which is ...
Unilever Adding Sustainably-sourced Tea, Palm Oil, Tomatoes
As part of its plans to roll out Rainforest Alliance-certified teas worldwide by 2015, Lipton is making the United States its next market for the ...
Texas Wind Farm Protects Migrating Birds with Radar
A wind farm in southern Texas, situated on a migratory flight path used by millions of birds each autumn and spring, is pioneering the use of radar ...
Google Clears Fields With Goats
Google is renting goats to keep fields at its Mountain View headquarters clear of weeds and brush. "This spring we decided to take a low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and ...
ConAgra Facility Cuts Water Use 34%
ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., re-instituted its Sustainable Development Awards program, this year recognizing projects that, in their overall effect, slashed carbon emissions by more ...
Aviation Industry Focuses on Fuel Conservation
The aviation industry is working on fuel conservation measures as a key way to reduce carbon emissions and costs. The biggest improvements are coming from new technologies that ...
Philadelphia Strives to Be America’s No. 1 Green City
Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter and the mayor's Office of Sustainability have released a comprehensive plan to make Philadelphia the greenest city in the United States by ...
Cadillac Dealer Retrofits Lighting With 2-Year Payback
Organizations including car dealerships and airplane hangars are saving thousands of dollars by retrofitting their existing lighting fixtures with energy-efficient replacements. In many cases, lighting retrofits pay ...
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