Environmental Awards
Environmental awards are given out by Government agencies such as the EPA and private corporations each year. These awards recognize innovations that lead to greater sustainability and energy efficiency. Examples of the awards include the EPA’s Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award, the EPA’s National Building Competition Award, Platts Global Energy Awards, the award for the GE ecomagination challenge: Powering the Grid.
Green Bay Plant Goes ‘Zero Landfill’
The maker of Wet-Nap towelettes has announced its Green Bay, Wis. Manufacturing plant will no longer send most of its industrial waste into landfills. ...
Roundup – H20 Innovation, PG&E, ArcelorMittal
Energy Department Lags in Saving Energy
NY Times
"Toilet To Tap" With H2O Innovation
WSJ
Utilities May Shut Smaller, Dirtier Plants Under U.S. EPA ...
Kraft Reduces Waste 30%
Kraft Foods announced that it has succeeded in reducing the net amount of waste it produces by 30 percent in the last five years, ...
Roundup – Burger King, Xanterra, Janssen
Burger King Corp. Receives the 2010 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award
MarketWatch
Xanterra leaves smaller trace
Sustainable Industries
Reusable Bag E.Coli Scare: Industry Exaggeration?
Triple ...
FAA CLEEN Awards $125 Million in New Contracts
The FAA has announced it has awarded $125 million in new contracts with GE Aviation, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, Boeing and Rolls Royce to develop ...
Roundup – Dell, Georgia Pacific, Ritz-Carlton
Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles
NY Times
Dell offers free computer recycling
Just Means
5 Green Data Center Startups You Need to Know...
Gerdau Ameristeel Cuts Energy Use 18%
Gerdau Ameristeel has reduced its energy usage at its Knoxville, Tennessee plant by 18 percent and reduced its natural gas use by 47 percent after ...
Roundup – Wal-Mart, EcoEmissions, EPA
Green Business Blog Carnival #2
Sustainablog
Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Award Winners Announced
gogreenplus.org
Court Freezes Bids to Return Greenhouse Gas 'Endangerment' ...
Roundup – Pro Mach, Food Lion, Panduit
Pro Mach Receives 2010 Green Award for Sustainable Packaging Machinery Solutions
BusinessWire
Food Lion Sees Slight Energy Savings in Cascade Refrigeration
Supermarket News
Panduit ...
Roundup – Coca-Cola, Toyota, Kenworth
Coca-Cola facility recognized for sustainability goals
Waste Recycling News
Cleantech meets green building
Sustainable Industries
Toledo reinvents itself as a solar-power innovator
USA Today...
DesignGroup Earns Autodesk Award
DesignGroup won Autodesk’s BIM Experience Award for extending the use of building information modeling (BIM) to sustainable design, and for the application of a ...
KPMG, PwC UK, and Unilever Tops CR Index
KPMG, Unilever and PricewaterhouseCoopers (UK only) have earned the Platinum Plus rating in this year's Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility (CR) Index. These ...
CSR Reporting Improves Co Performance, GRI Hands Out Awards
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and United Nations Global Compact announced an agreement today to align their work in advancing corporate responsibility ...
Roundup-Worlds Largest Turbine, YKK AP, Wal-Mart, Truck R&D
Global Design Firm Perkins+Will Issues FSC Equal + Better Stance on Wood
BusinessWire
Gamesa Technology Builds World's Largest Wind Turbine
Dallas Business Journal
YKK AP America Achieves Green Approved Certification
BusinessWire
Wal-Mart’s ’Green’ Muscle ...
Sustainable Sites Selects Pilot Projects
The Sustainable Sites Initiative has selected pilot projects to test a national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, New Orleans’ Lower ...
Kimberly-Clark Improves on Waste, Slides on Energy
Kimberly-Clark made progress on its efforts to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills per metric ton of production, but increased ...
HP, Microsoft Among Winners of Green Enterprise Awards
The Uptime Institute announced the winners of its 2010 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) awards at the Fifth Annual Uptime Institute Symposium on Monday. The Uptime Institute is an independent think tank and research ...
Hilton Hotel Installs Water Recycling System
Hilton Americas-Houston, a 24-story convention hotel in Houston, Texas with over 1200 guest rooms, plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 260 metric tons, according to a report in the Houston ...
Library Lights Way Toward Sustainable Future
A recent article and Q&A published in Library Journal outlined the steps taken by Louise L. Schaper to make ...
Industrial Sector Gets $18 Million for Energy-Efficiency Projects
