http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/carbon-positive-launches-energy-management-for-ports/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/carbon-positive-launches-energy-management-for-ports/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69732 Carbon Positive has launched what it calls the first program specifically to help ports adopt long-term strategies for energy and carbon management. The maritime consultancy launched the Carbon Positive Programme for Ports, which it says will help ports manage their energy and natural resource requirements and reduce their carbon footprint, ultimately contributing to carbon emissions [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/carbon-positive-launches-energy-management-for-ports/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/standards-compliance-briefing-greenscreens-global-sustainable-tourism-council-watersense-carbonneutral/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/standards-compliance-briefing-greenscreens-global-sustainable-tourism-council-watersense-carbonneutral/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:19:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69535 NSF International now offers chemical reviews in accordance with Clean Production Action’s (CPA) GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals program. The Greenscreen scores chemicals from one through four, defining progressively safer chemicals, one for chemicals of high concern and four for a chemical with low hazard, allowing for hazard reduction and potential substitution, NSF said. The Global [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/standards-compliance-briefing-greenscreens-global-sustainable-tourism-council-watersense-carbonneutral/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69424 Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state – but the deal may not help existing customers such as Alcoa. Effective immediately, Santee Cooper is offering new industrial customers a 45 percent discount in the first year, 30 percent [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/industrial-energy-program-surpasses-expectations/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/industrial-energy-program-surpasses-expectations/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:28:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69357 A program to save energy at industrial facilities in the Pacific Northwest produced more than 28 average MW in verified energy savings in fiscal year 2011, according to program partner Cascade Energy. The savings found through the Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Smart Industrial (ESI) program far surpass expectations. BPA industrial sector lead Jennifer Eskil said [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/industrial-energy-program-surpasses-expectations/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/demand-grows-for-standardized-testing-in-the-ultracapacitor-industry/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/demand-grows-for-standardized-testing-in-the-ultracapacitor-industry/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:12:55 +0000 Chad Hall http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69320 What are compliance standards and why do they exist? Across many industries, compliance standards have been created so buyers are assured that the products they buy comply with certain conditions that regulate performance, endurance and safety. Such standards are widely adopted across national and international regions. Some standards are developed for specific regions, such as [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/demand-grows-for-standardized-testing-in-the-ultracapacitor-industry/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14001-e-stewards-r2-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14001-e-stewards-r2-leed/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:27:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69331 U.K.-based sustainable roofing provider International Construction Bureau (ICB) has earned the accreditations ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, adding to ICB’s ISO 9001, and all three ISO cetifications were awarded to its sister company ICB (Solar) which provides solar PV systems, the company announced. Portland, Ore.-based Iberdrola Renewables announces that its 536-MW gas-fired Klamath Cogeneration Plant [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14001-e-stewards-r2-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/schneider-electric-launches-cisco-product-pairings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/schneider-electric-launches-cisco-product-pairings/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69272 Energy management firm Schneider Electric is broadening its range of energy management tools designed to marry up with Cisco products. The company will demonstrate these future product parings at Cisco Live, Cisco’s European I.T. and communications conference. Pairings include Schneider Electric StruxureWare for Data Centers Suite Cisco UCS Manager Plug-In – a product pairing aimed [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/schneider-electric-launches-cisco-product-pairings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/top-trends-in-data-center-energy-management/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/top-trends-in-data-center-energy-management/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:50:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69161 The way large enterprises, government agencies and managed service providers analyze and utilize energy in their data centers will undergo some fairly substantial changes over the next five years. Some organizations are already struggling with increased power demands in the face of constrained capacity caused by both inefficient equipment and stranded power.  The situation is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/top-trends-in-data-center-energy-management/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/ca-technologies-updates-data-center-it-energy-software/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/ca-technologies-updates-data-center-it-energy-software/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69202 CA Technologies has announced new and enhanced offerings in its CA ecoSoftware, designed to further extend the company’s support for data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and IT energy management. The company says the improved capabilities in CA ecoMeter 3.0, as well as the new CA ecoDesktop, can help IT and facilities staff gain greater availability, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/ca-technologies-updates-data-center-it-energy-software/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/lng-ferry-to-manage-energy-use-with-abb-software/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/lng-ferry-to-manage-energy-use-with-abb-software/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69143 A cruise ferry fueled by liquefied natural gas will use ABB software to manage its energy use. STX Finland is building the NB 1376 at its Turku, Finland shipyard, and will deliver the ferry to Viking Line in 2013. A 214-meter vessel with a top speed of 22 knots and a capacity of 2,800 passengers, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/lng-ferry-to-manage-energy-use-with-abb-software/feed/ 0