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.
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
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 ...
EPA Energy Star Leaders Saved $48M in 2009 Across Commercial Building Portfolios
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Leaders prevented the emissions of more than 220,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and saved more than $48 ...
HEI Aims High with $6.5M Hotel Energy Management Program
HEI Hotels & Resorts has invested more than $6.5 million in energy management programs at its hotels and resorts in the U.S. since 2005, helping ...
EPA Lauds Coors, Kodak, Gap, 5 Others for GHG Reductions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing eight companies for meeting their long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals as part of the EPA's Climate ...
DOE Invests $18M into Small Business Clean Energy Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $18 million in funding from the stimulus act to small businesses for the development and deployment of clean ...
Replenish Energy Wins Cleantech Open Expo’s Global Ideas Award
Replenish Energy Enterprises, a spin-off from Bio-Lípidos of Puerto Rico that applies an innovative microalgae fuel program to reduce the island’s dependence on imported oil for power generation, has won the Cleantech Open Expo's Global ...
Around the Web – Starbucks, EcoFactor, UPS, Brownfields, Eco-Labels
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DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient
DOE Awards $338M for Geothermal R&D
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $338 million in Recovery Act funding for geothermal research and development. The grants were awarded to 123 ...
