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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Carbon Management Drives Need for New Business Solution

A new information systems category, Carbon Management Solutions (CMS), is rapidly emerging as businesses try to understand their carbon footprint and the importance of carbon as an ...

Dow Corning Adopts Eco ‘Megatrend’ Strategy

Dow Corning is shifting its focus to more research and development of "solutions linked to global megatrends such as the drive for efficiency, increased focus on ...

45% of Firms Adopting Green IT Strategies, Budgets Rising

Nearly all senior-level IT executives are at least discussing a green information technology (IT) strategy, while 45 percent have already implemented green IT initiatives, according to ...