Consumption

EL Pro Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%

Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%Technology firm Texas Instruments' emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its ...

May 25, 2012

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell PowerProctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...

May 25, 2012

Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for Events

Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for EventsAccor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon ...

May 23, 2012

Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark

Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star BenchmarkMelon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in ...

May 23, 2012

Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15%

Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15%The Japanese government is pushing its industrial sector and citizens in certain parts of the country to reduce the amount of energy they use, in ...

May 22, 2012

Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte Says

Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte SaysBusinesses are driving efforts to cut energy consumption even as the economy recovers, and plan to cut ...

May 22, 2012

Top Environmental Services Firms Named

Top Environmental Services Firms NamedAECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix. Green Quadrant ...

May 21, 2012

O2 Measures Lifecycle of Mobile Voice, Data Emissions

O2 Measures Lifecycle of Mobile Voice, Data Emissions O2 has measured the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. The UK-based telecom ...

May 21, 2012

Submetering Market ‘Will Grow to $1.5B in 2020′

Submetering Market ‘Will Grow to $1.5B in 2020′The worldwide market for submetering technology and services totals $771 million and will grow to $1.58 billion in 2020 at a compound ...

May 21, 2012

Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure Energy

Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure EnergyCampus Crest Communities has partnered with SolarCity to install more than 9,000 solar panels on student housing facilities in Greeley, Colo.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Las ...

May 21, 2012

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to ComeIBM has won a contract to develop and install smart building technology in 50 of the federal government's most energy-consuming buildings, and the resulting data ...

May 18, 2012

Telecom Industry to Shift More Capital to Energy Efficiency

Telecom Industry to Shift More Capital to Energy Efficiency The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a ...

May 15, 2012

Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products Launched

Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products LaunchedWalmart stores equipped with WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controllers have reduced outdoor water use an average of 39 percent since they were installed in ...

May 14, 2012

Excessive Water Use ‘Threatening Business in Major Economies’

Excessive Water Use ‘Threatening Business in Major Economies’Unsustainable water use is threatening agriculture, other business and populations in China, India and the US, according to a study by risk analysis company Maplecroft....

May 11, 2012

Kraft Cuts Packaging with Lifecycle Analysis

Kraft Cuts Packaging with Lifecycle AnalysisKraft Foods cut the amount of plastic packaging in its YES Pack salad dressing by 60 percent using a lifecycle analysis system, the ...

May 8, 2012

Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013

Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according ...

May 8, 2012

Lime Energy, Central Hudson Contract to Provide 5,000 Commercial Lighting Retrofits

Lime Energy, Central Hudson Contract to Provide 5,000 Commercial Lighting RetrofitsCentral Hudson Gas & Electric is implementing a commercial lighting program, under a four-year contract with Lime Energy ...

May 3, 2012

EL Pro Abbott Sustainability Report: Three 2015 Targets Met Four Years Early

Abbott Sustainability Report: Three 2015 Targets Met Four Years EarlyGlobal health care company Abbott Laboratories reached its 2015 goals for carbon dioxide emissions, water intake and waste output in 2011, while increasing year-on-year sales ...

May 3, 2012

Delta Airlines Buys Oil Refinery to Control Fuel Prices

Delta Airlines Buys Oil Refinery to Control Fuel PricesDelta Airlines has agreed to buy a refinery from oil giant ConocoPhillips in an effort to reduce its $300 million-a-year jet fuel bill. The ...

May 2, 2012

EL Pro Hershey Sustainability Report: Sets Goals to Cut Water 10%, GHGs 13%

Hershey Sustainability Report: Sets Goals to Cut Water 10%, GHGs 13%Hershey used its second corporate sustainability report yesterday to publish a set of new sustainability goals including reducing its waste by a quarter, achieving a ...

May 2, 2012