Efficiency

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Green Wall Lowers Temperature 25%

North America's ...

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 ...

eBay to Emit 15% Fewer GHGs by 2012

E-commerce powerhouse eBay plans to reduce its 2012 greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent, when compared to its 2008 emissions. This news ...

DOE to Fund $454M Energy Retrofit Program

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding a $450-million energy upgrade program that could save businesses and households $100 million annually in utility bills. Announced by U.S. ...

Desktop Computing Power Savings on the Rise

In a year-to-year comparison, IT managers note that the use of power management tools and manual shut-downs of equipment during extended non-use periods are rising. Also, about 57 percent of IT managers purchase Energy Star devices ...

Green Buildings Combine Healthy Living with Energy Savings

Whether it's a commercial or residential green building project that is designed from the ground up to be eco-friendly or an energy-efficient retrofit, developers are realizing ...