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/2012/02/02/carbon-tracking-declines-among-energy-firms-survey-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/carbon-tracking-declines-among-energy-firms-survey-finds/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69350 A surprising 68 percent of energy and utility industry professionals say they have no system in place to track and report on carbon emissions, up from 58 percent last year, according to a survey by Enviance. And despite their lack of tracking system, more than three-fifths of the 237 professionals surveyed at the EUEC energy, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/carbon-tracking-declines-among-energy-firms-survey-finds/feed/ 0 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/2012/01/27/varian-slashes-redesign-time-for-rohs-reach-compliance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/varian-slashes-redesign-time-for-rohs-reach-compliance/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:25:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69037 Varian Medical Systems, a $2.6 billion manufacturer of medical devices and software, is reducing its time to implement engineering changes from 18 to five days with two sustainability products from SAP. Using the SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management application with product compliance functionality and the SAP Product Life Cycle Management application, Varian says it’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/varian-slashes-redesign-time-for-rohs-reach-compliance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/calgon-launches-products-to-control-mercury-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/calgon-launches-products-to-control-mercury-emissions/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:49:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69050 Calgon Carbon Corporation has launched an advanced line of its Fluepac products aimed at controlling mercury emissions in the coal-fired electric power generation market. The new line, which includes the Fluepac MC+ Ultra, Fluepac MC Maxx and Fluepac ST, can reduce carbon injection rates by 50 to 70 percent below that of standard products, while [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/calgon-launches-products-to-control-mercury-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/standards-compliance-energy-star-superior-energy-performance-step-sustainable-travel-pas-20502011/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/standards-compliance-energy-star-superior-energy-performance-step-sustainable-travel-pas-20502011/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:48:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68787 Verbatim Americas, a member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings group, has earned Energy Star qualification of its new line of PAR-type retrofit LED lamps. Verbatim’s qualified LED retrofit lamp product line includes five lamps ranging in output from 500 lumen and 9 watts to 1000 lumen and 17 watts. According to the company, the lamps consume [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/standards-compliance-energy-star-superior-energy-performance-step-sustainable-travel-pas-20502011/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/app-others-commit-to-green-targets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/app-others-commit-to-green-targets/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:05:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68725 A group of 77 paper businesses including Asia Pulp & Paper have signed an initiative committing themselves to energy-saving and emission-reduction targets set by the Chinese central government. The targets – based on the Chinese government’s 12th Five Year Plan year plan that runs from 2011 to 2015 – include reducing the industry’s average comprehensive [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/app-others-commit-to-green-targets/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/policy-enforcement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/policy-enforcement/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:50:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68627 A European Commission analysis said that raising the EU’s 2020 emission reduction target to 30 percent may be less costly than previously reported. The cost of going to 30 percent, previously estimated at about $42 billion, is likely lower due to the economic downturn and resulting lower emissions, and costs for richer and poorer EU nations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/policy-enforcement/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/eu-passes-weee-recast-requires-up-to-85-e-waste-recycling/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/eu-passes-weee-recast-requires-up-to-85-e-waste-recycling/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:30:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68640 The European Parliament has passed more stringent targets under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, requiring member states to collect 65 to 85 percent of their e-waste by 2019. The new rules amend the Directive 2002/96/EC, in force since February 2003, which provides for the creation of e-waste collection programs. Under the new [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/20/eu-passes-weee-recast-requires-up-to-85-e-waste-recycling/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-minnesota-farming-conservation-indian-telecom-targets-rohs-2/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-minnesota-farming-conservation-indian-telecom-targets-rohs-2/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:25:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68561 JPMorgan Chase has earned LEED Platinum for the renovation of the 50-year-old building that houses its global headquarters in Manhattan, and the company says that it is the world’s largest renovation project to achieve platinum status. Features of the building include a 54,000 gallon tank in the cellar to collect rainwater for toilets and irrigation, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/19/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-minnesota-farming-conservation-indian-telecom-targets-rohs-2/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/certainteed-cuts-energy-water-use-landfill-waste/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/certainteed-cuts-energy-water-use-landfill-waste/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:40:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68423 Building products manufacturer CertainTeed has reduced energy consumption by 15 percent and water usage by 24 percent over the past four years. The Valley Forge, Penn., company has also decreased the amount of waste going to landfills from its facilities by 33 percent. During 2010 and 2011, approximately 6,000 CertainTeed employees received various types of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/certainteed-cuts-energy-water-use-landfill-waste/feed/ 0