Efficiency

Study Quantifies Carbon Mitigation of Green Roofs

Study Quantifies Carbon Mitigation of Green Roofs

Extensive adoption of green roofs in a million-person city could capture 55,000 tons of CO2 annually, according to a two-year study from Michigan State University. Prior to ...

October 5, 2009

Hoval Urges Sales Force to Drive Prius

Hoval Urges Sales Force to Drive Prius

Hoval, a UK supplier of renewable energy heating products, is encouraging its 30-some regional sales engineers to drive the Toyota Prius. Hoval executives say ...

October 5, 2009

Steelcase, Whirlpool Top Furniture, Appliance Climate Ratings

Steelcase, Whirlpool Top Furniture, Appliance Climate Ratings

Steelcase, Herman Miller and Masco lead the latest Climate Counts rating of furniture suppliers (above), while Whirlpool, LG, Bosch/Siemens and AB ...

October 2, 2009

Bill Would Pave Way For Green Taxi Fleets

Bill Would Pave Way For Green Taxi Fleets

New legislation would allow cities to create local regulations mandating energy efficiency and emissions standards for taxi fleets. Previous efforts by cities, including New York City, to ...

October 1, 2009

EPA to Require Large Emitters to use ‘Best Technologies’ to Reduce Emissions

EPA to Require Large Emitters to use ‘Best Technologies’ to Reduce Emissions

In a move that could galvanize industrial opposition to cap and trade, the EPA is proposing that large emitters use the "best available" technologies to minimize ...

September 30, 2009

Tesco Adopts Carbon Accounting Software

Tesco Adopts Carbon Accounting Software

Tesco, which has 4,000 supermarket locations in 14 nations, has adopted a new carbon accounting software to help it meet its goal ...

September 30, 2009

Navistar Unveils All-Electric Commercial Truck

Navistar Unveils All-Electric Commercial Truck

A new light-duty commercial truck suitable for urban deliveries and other work could help companies save fuel and prevent emissions. Navistar ...

September 30, 2009

Alberta Ice Arena Lowers Energy Consumption 28% With LEDs

Alberta Ice Arena Lowers Energy Consumption 28% With LEDs

By switching to high bay LED lighting, the Bowden Ice Arena in Alberta was able to decrease the amount of energy used on lighting by 28 ...

September 28, 2009

What’s so ‘Free’ About Free Cooling?

What’s so ‘Free’ About Free Cooling?

There is a lot of discussion lately regarding "free cooling." It seems you cannot pick up a trade publication without reading about how company XYZ ...

September 27, 2009

Canon, Motorola Unveil Eco-Friendly Products

Canon, Motorola Unveil Eco-Friendly Products

Business and consumer electronics manufacturers are answering the call for more environmentally-friendly products. Some of the most recent products to take the environment into consideration are ...

September 25, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers Cuts Carbon Emissions by 10%

PricewaterhouseCoopers Cuts Carbon Emissions by 10%

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has reduced its carbon footprint 10 percent in fiscal year 2008, decreasing its carbon emissions by more than 30,000 metric tons. The ...

September 25, 2009

American Life Green Roof to Cut Cooling Costs 20-30%

American Life Green Roof to Cut Cooling Costs 20-30%

A vegetative roof atop the headquarters of American Life and Accident Insurance Co. of Kentucky will reduce heating and cooling needs by 20-30 percent. The green roof, ...

September 24, 2009

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

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

49% of Boomers Want ‘Green’ Homes, But Only 12% Would Pay More

49% of Boomers Want ‘Green’ Homes, But Only 12% Would Pay More

The green building sector could get a shot in the arm as legions of Baby Boomers ease into retirement. While survey respondents indicate a ...

September 23, 2009

Office Depot Helps Large Customers Understand ‘Greenness’ of Purchases

Office Depot Helps Large Customers Understand ‘Greenness’ of Purchases

Office Depot is stepping up its transparency in products it sells that have environmental attributes, including a special program for larger customers that helps explain the "greenness" of the customers' overall purchases. The program relies ...

September 23, 2009

HP Sets Goal of 40% Energy Reduction for Products by 2011

HP Sets Goal of 40% Energy Reduction for Products by 2011

HP has raised its goal for reducing energy consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions from its products. The new goal calls for a 40 percent reduction ...

September 22, 2009

Climate-related Business Could Top $2 Trillion by 2020

Climate-related Business Could Top $2 Trillion by 2020

Global revenues from energy efficiency, renewables and other climate-related sectors could top $2 trillion by 2020, up from $530 billion last year, according to HSBC Global Research. The $530 billion last year was the result ...

September 22, 2009

For Better Green Buildings, U.S. Can Learn from EU, Aussies

For Better Green Buildings, U.S. Can Learn from EU, Aussies

The United States can reduce its energy consumption and create more "green" jobs by adopting some of the strategies used by the European Union (EU) and ...

September 22, 2009

Green Wall Lowers Temperature 25%

Green Wall Lowers Temperature 25%

North America's ...

September 22, 2009

IBM Makes Cities and Utilities Smarter with New Technologies

IBM Makes Cities and Utilities Smarter with New Technologies

Moving forward with its strategy for a Smarter Planet, IBM is helping cities and utilities become smarter by providing new technologies and tools to help them ...

September 21, 2009

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