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CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with ...

November 20, 2009

Green Buildings Do Double Duty: Reduce Energy Use, Lower Financial Risk

The potential for energy use reductions in old and new buildings is significant, according to a report from KPMG. The study finds that energy ...

November 18, 2009

PepsiCo to Reduce Water, Energy Use 20% by 2015

PepsiCo has saved more than 750,000 megawatt hours of energy and more than 7.5 billion liters of water as a result of gains in energy and ...

November 9, 2009

Thales Cuts Energy Use 10%, CO2 Emissions 4%

By using cleaner energy and employee's efforts to reduce energy consumption, Thales has achieved a ten percent reduction in fossil fuel consumption and a 3.8 ...

October 14, 2009

United Airlines Saves 1B Pounds of Fuel over Four Years

By using the latest flight techniques to conserve fuel, reduce noise and keep the air cleaner by reducing emissions, United Airlines has saved 1 billion ...

September 30, 2009

Businesses Find New Ways to Save Energy, Cost in Data Centers

Whether it's a novel technique to cool data centers like the one tested by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, installation of new hardware chosen by Skyservice Airlines, ...

September 24, 2009

To Thwart Lack of Natural Resources, Go Full-circle in Supply Chain

By 2020, demand for natural resources will outstrip supply, resulting in higher and more volatile pricing in the consumer industry, according to a new research report. ...

September 17, 2009

Apple’s New OS Could Save $10 million Annually in Energy

Apple computer users who upgrade to the Snow Leopard operating system can expect to save about 10 percent in electricity a year. Considering Apple's annual sales ...

September 4, 2009

FedEx Office, Office Depot Get Top Grades for Paper Practices

Office retail stores FedEx Office and Office Depot earned top grades in the latest Green Grades office supply report card that ranks retailers and wholesalers/distributors ...

August 27, 2009

Climate Change, Water Availability to Impact Utilities

Nearly all electric utilities claim that climate change will result in power outages, higher costs and changes in usage in the midst of growing demand ...

August 20, 2009

Delhaize Cuts Energy use by 3.5%, Eliminates CFCs

Delhaize Group (DG), a Belgium-based international food retailer, has reduced energy use companywide by 3.5 percent, and has eliminated the use of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) at ...

August 7, 2009

Smart Meters Get Mixed Reviews

As smart electricity meter programs start to roll out globally, there are some grumblings about a lack of standards and government regulation, as well as the ...

July 31, 2009

Emerson Data Center Has Solar, is 31% More Efficient

Emerson's new $50 million data center is 31 percent more efficient than other similar versions, thanks to precision cooling ...

July 28, 2009

Hall Wines Site Gets 35% of Energy from Solar

The St. Helena location of Hall Wines is getting 35 percent of its electricity from on-site solar arrays. With that, and other sustainable features, the ...

July 17, 2009

WM Move to Grade Suppliers on Sustainability Affects Other Retailers

Wal-Mart is set to announce a new sustainability index that will grade various suppliers and products by a range of environmental and sustainable factors. The move, to ...

July 15, 2009

Microsoft, Oracle, NSA Plan for Green Data Centers

Two leading software providers, Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp., along with the National Security Agency, are moving ahead with their "green" data center plans, although Oracle's ...

July 14, 2009

Alcatel-Lucent Delivers “Green” DSL with Less Power Use

Enabling service providers to deliver services over installed copper cabling, Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled the fourth version of its high-capacity and eco-efficient digital subscriber line (DSL) ...

July 6, 2009

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Building on its smart-grid initiative announced in May, Cisco Systems has unveiled its Smart Connected Buildings solution, at Cisco Live in San Francisco, ...

July 3, 2009

Energy Star Homes Save $250M on Utility Bills in 2008

Nearly 17 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2008 earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Energy's Energy Star label, up from 12 percent in 2007, ...

July 3, 2009

Core4 Says Data Center Coolers Slash Energy, Water Costs

Making data centers more energy efficient is a daunting task for any IT department but it may be a bit easier with the next-generation data center ...

June 23, 2009

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