http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:05:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77383 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 2011 corporate sustainability report. TI attributes this to a number of facilities running under capacity – which the company says requires a similar amount of energy to fully loaded operations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 06:58:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77288 Proctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones powered by hydrogen fuel cells. New York-based Plug Power, which has Walmart, Sysco and Coca-Cola as customers, will supply the technology. P&G’s manufacturing facilities in California, North Carolina and Louisiana will be the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accor-launches-carbon-footprint-calculator-for-events/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accor-launches-carbon-footprint-calculator-for-events/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:22:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77188 Accor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon footprint of an upcoming event. Accor, which operates meeting and seminar venues in about 2,000 hotels, yesterday unveiled its “carbon optimizer” tool at the IMEX Frankfurt trade show. The carbon optimizer [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accor-launches-carbon-footprint-calculator-for-events/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/winning-app-helps-commercial-buildings-get-energy-star-benchmark/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/winning-app-helps-commercial-buildings-get-energy-star-benchmark/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 06:14:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77224 Melon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in the US government’s Energy for Apps competition. The Melon app delivers an Energy Star score and suggest next steps to improve efficiency and reduce waste, once a building manager supplies basic [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/winning-app-helps-commercial-buildings-get-energy-star-benchmark/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77067 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 an attempt to avoid summer blackouts. The country is facing a shortage of electric power after shutting down all 50 of its nuclear power plants in the wake of the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/japan-urges-industry-to-cut-energy-use-15/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/nine-out-of-ten-businesses-have-energy-goals-deloitte-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/nine-out-of-ten-businesses-have-energy-goals-deloitte-says/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 07:40:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77072 Businesses are driving efforts to cut energy consumption even as the economy recovers, and plan to cut energy use nearly 25 percent over three to four years, according to a survey from the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions. The annual survey, reSources 2012, found nine out of 10 companies have set goals on electricity use [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/nine-out-of-ten-businesses-have-energy-goals-deloitte-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/top-environmental-services-firms-named/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/top-environmental-services-firms-named/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:43:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76985 AECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix. Green Quadrant Environmental Services Providers said the seven companies stood out in a field of 20 environmental services firms assessed in the study because of their national reach; ability to provide end-to-end project [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/top-environmental-services-firms-named/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:35:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76959 O2 has measured the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. The UK-based telecom giant, which has more than 22 million customers, says its the first network operator to have its carbon footprint independently verified by the Carbon Trust. The majority of O2′s carbon footprint is linked to the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/submetering-market-will-grow-to-1-5b-in-2020/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/submetering-market-will-grow-to-1-5b-in-2020/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:55:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76989 The worldwide market for submetering technology and services totals $771 million and will grow to $1.58 billion in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 9.4 percent, according to a new Pike Research report. North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific collectively amount to 85 percent of the global market, with the remaining 15 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/submetering-market-will-grow-to-1-5b-in-2020/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/contract-wins-solarcity-pv-delta-and-doe-allure-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/contract-wins-solarcity-pv-delta-and-doe-allure-energy/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:43:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76939 Campus 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 Cruces, N.M. The “purpose-built” student housing developer says the initiative will provide more than 2.3 million kWh of renewable power annually, offset the housing complexes’ electricity consumption by about 50 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/contract-wins-solarcity-pv-delta-and-doe-allure-energy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/ibm-to-monitor-50-federal-buildings-save-taxpayers-15m-with-more-to-come/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/ibm-to-monitor-50-federal-buildings-save-taxpayers-15m-with-more-to-come/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 07:14:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76840 IBM 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 could help reduce operating costs across the General Service Administration’s entire inventory of nearly 182 million square feet. The GSA, which awarded the contract to IBM, says this initiative will [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/ibm-to-monitor-50-federal-buildings-save-taxpayers-15m-with-more-to-come/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/telecom-industry-to-shift-more-capital-to-energy-efficiency/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/telecom-industry-to-shift-more-capital-to-energy-efficiency/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:30:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76523 The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a $194 billion market, according to a Pike Research report. The forecast investment, 65 percent of which will go into mobile networks, has been driven by commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the falling cost [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/telecom-industry-to-shift-more-capital-to-energy-efficiency/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/walmart-cuts-outdoor-water-use-with-weathertrak-devices-three-products-launched/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/walmart-cuts-outdoor-water-use-with-weathertrak-devices-three-products-launched/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 06:20:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76453 Walmart stores equipped with WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controllers have reduced outdoor water use an average of 39 percent since they were installed in 2008, the companies have announced. HydroPoint Data Systems supplied 631 of its WeatherTRAK controllers at select Walmart stores. The systems, which are designed to eliminate landscape water waste, harmful run-off and costly [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/walmart-cuts-outdoor-water-use-with-weathertrak-devices-three-products-launched/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/excessive-water-use-threatening-business-in-major-economies/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/excessive-water-use-threatening-business-in-major-economies/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:30:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76322 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. The Water Stress Index calculates the water stress of over 168 countries by evaluating renewable supplies of water from precipitation, streams and rivers against domestic, industrial and agricultural use. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/excessive-water-use-threatening-business-in-major-economies/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:40:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75960 Kraft Foods cut the amount of plastic packaging in its YES Pack salad dressing by 60 percent using a lifecycle analysis system, the company has announced. Kraft’s LCA centers around its Eco-Calculator, a proprietary tool that figures the percentage of post-consumer recycled material in a given package design, along with the amount of energy and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/feed/ 0