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/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69480 Using durable construction materials in maintenance and renovation projects can lessen a building’s the long-term carbon footprint, according to Texas A&M University research. The research, by architecture Ph.D student Manish Dixit, compared the relationship of energy used in maintenance and renovation processes, or “recurrent embodied energy,” to the building’s service life and life cycle energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:30:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69115 Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to address global warming. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Adaptation Private Sector Initiative contains details both on how companies can make [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/sc-johnson-relaunches-ingredients-web-site/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/sc-johnson-relaunches-ingredients-web-site/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:10:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69079 Household cleaning products manufacturer SC Johnson is now listing the ingredients contained in its products and the roles they play in a newly-relaunched web site. The enhanced version of the web site also contains FAQs about products and links to alternate sites containing ingredient information and educational materials. The company will also publish a list of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/sc-johnson-relaunches-ingredients-web-site/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/chevys-to-carry-ecologic-label/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/chevys-to-carry-ecologic-label/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:27:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69036 Chevrolet vehicles sold in the United States are to carry the Ecologic environmental label. The labels will carry information on environmental aspects related to vehicle manufacturing and assembly, fuel-saving features such as aerodynamics or low-rolling resistance tires and the recycling rates of a vehicle. Claims are audited by third-party sustainability agency Two Tomorrows. Chevrolet says [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/chevys-to-carry-ecologic-label/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/report-retrofits-more-green-than-new-builds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/report-retrofits-more-green-than-new-builds/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:14:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68987 Renovating old buildings is better for the environment than building new structures, according to a report by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. According to The Greenest building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse, renovating an existing historic office building in Chicago reduces the building’s impact on climate change by up to 12 percent [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/report-retrofits-more-green-than-new-builds/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/annual-electric-efficiency-budgets-jump-25/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/annual-electric-efficiency-budgets-jump-25/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:25:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68106 U.S. ratepayer-funded electric efficiency budgets increased from $5.4 billion in 2010 to $6.8 billion in 2011, according to a report by The Edison Foundation’s Institute for Electric Efficiency. According to Summary of Ratepayer-Funded Electric Efficiency Impacts, Budgets, and Expenditures (2010 – 2011), From 2007 to 2011, the average annual growth rate for electric efficiency budgets [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/annual-electric-efficiency-budgets-jump-25/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:20:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68094 Lufhansa is ending trials using biofuels to power flights, because it can’t find reliable supplies, Reuters reports. The final flight in the trial program will see a Boeing 747-400 fly from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C., on 12 January 2012. It will be the company’s first biofuel-powered transatlantic flight. But Reuters reported that the company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/lufthansa-to-end-biofuel-trials/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/aceee-report-sees-rapid-growth-in-home-efficiency-programs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/aceee-report-sees-rapid-growth-in-home-efficiency-programs/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:54:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67946 There has been a rapid growth in the number and budgets of natural gas energy efficiency programs for U.S. homes, according to a report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. A National Review of Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Programs says that nationwide the budgets for these programs reached $942 million in 2010, up [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/06/aceee-report-sees-rapid-growth-in-home-efficiency-programs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/03/ford-volkswagen-set-environmental-targets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/03/ford-volkswagen-set-environmental-targets/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:30:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67706 Automaker Ford has committed to reducing its water usage per vehicle by 30 percent by 2015 against a 2009 baseline, while Volkswagen has announced that it intends to reduce the environmental impacts of its factories by 25 percent by 2018, compared to 2010 levels. Ford’s latest water reduction initiatives are designed to build on its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/03/ford-volkswagen-set-environmental-targets/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/sustainability-driving-caviar-comeback/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/sustainability-driving-caviar-comeback/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:11:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67482 Caviar, due to the scarcity of the fish that produce it, was once the preserve of the super-wealthy, but sustainable practices are bringing the luxury food back into plentiful supply, reports ABC 7 news. Only eggs from sturgeon can be called caviar, but the fish was almost wiped out at the turn of the century [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/sustainability-driving-caviar-comeback/feed/ 1