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.
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
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Gamesa Technology Builds World's Largest Wind Turbine
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YKK AP America Achieves Green Approved Certification
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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
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 48 research and development projects as the winners of the agency's Industrial Energy Efficiency Grand Challenge. The ...
Federal Government Poised to Boost Energy-Efficient Building Stock
The Obama Administration can use more than 30 existing federal programs worth $72 billion to enhance energy efficiency in commercial buildings and multifamily housing ...
Intel Tops Ranking of EPA Fortune 500 Green Power Purchasers
Intel retains its leadership position as the Environmental Protection Agency's largest green power purchaser among Fortune 500 companies with a purchase of more than ...
InfoWorld Selects 15 Green IT Winners
InfoWorld has selected this year's winners of its Green 15 Awards that show how companies of all sizes are using information technology as part of ...
EPA Grants nearly $80 million to Clean-up Brownfields Properties
Communities across the nation are receiving $78.9 million in federal brownfields grants to clean-up abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other ...
UPenn Tops EPA’s Ranking of College Green Power Purchasers
The Ivy League, led by the University of Pennsylvania, topped the Environmental Protection Agency's College and University Green Power Challenge that recognizes collegiate athletic conferences ...
NEC, Kohl’s, Frito-Lay, Harrahs Earn EPA WasteWise Awards
NEC, Frito-Lay, The Walt Disney Company, Allergan, Kohl's, Krueger and Harrah's are some of the 71 universities, government agencies, and private companies being recognized by the U.S. ...
Cisco HQ Reduces Water Use by 42 million gallons
Cisco's water conservation measures have reduced the network equipment giant's water consumption at its San Jose, Calif., campus headquarters by about 42 million gallons annually, or ...
Convention Center, Engine Plant and Airport Terminal Claim LEED Certifications
Despite a declining interest in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, a convention center in Vancouver, an engine ...
Hanes Aims for 30% Renewable Energy Use, 15% Emissions Cut
Aimed at saving more energy, using less materials and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Hanes has released a set of global environmental performance goals that includes ...
Whole Foods, Starbucks Top Sustainable Retail Design Awards
Whole Foods Market in Lincoln Park, Chicago, took the top prize for Project of the Year at the second annual A.R.E. Sustainability Awards, focused on sustainable ...
Variable Frequency Drives Help TowerJazz Cut Annual Energy Use 9M kWh
TowerJazz, a global specialty semiconductor foundry, has reduced its annual energy usage at its Newport Beach, Calif., facility by 9 million kilowatt-hours, which is the ...
Holiday Inn Express, Bardessono Boast Energy Efficiency, Renewables
Two more hotels -- the Holiday Inn Express and Suites Saint-Hyacinthe and Bardessono -- can add their brands to the roster of environmentally-friendly lodging as more ...
