Environmental Design
Environmental design includes articles that address products and buildings designed to be more eco-friendly. They are designed to be sustainable, more energy efficient and output fewer carbon dioxide emissions. Information is included on the use of environmental design innovations such as improved aerodynamics and the incorporation of alternative energies like solar and wind power.
Standards & Compliance Briefing: SCS Biofuel, Energy Star Health Care, EMerge, Climate Action Reserve
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items.
Scientific Certification Systems said that it is the first US certification body to be accredited by the International ...
Mars Drinks Unveils Recyclable Packaging, Cuts Carbon 40%
Mars Drinks North America is releasing two teas for its Flavia single-serve brewing system in recyclable packs, reports Packaging World.
English Breakfast and Earl ...
Net Zero Transit Center Uses Geothermal, Solar, Biomass
A newly opened Boston transit hub promises to achieve net-zero energy through geothermal, solar and wood biomass power.
Engineering firm Arup built the $15.4 million John ...
Empire State Building Lights to Cut Energy 75%; Lightfair Kicks Off
The Empire State Building has unveiled plans to install an external lighting system that will use 75 percent less energy than its predecessor, as lighting ...
Siemens Rolls Out EMS Extensions at Michaels Craft Stores
Michaels Stores, the largest arts and crafts retailer in the U.S., recently rolled out a series of extensions to its installation of Siemens' Site Controls ...
Ford Tries to Turn Currency Into Car Parts
Ford is hoping to make green greener as it tests decommissioned U.S. paper currency, and a range of other recycled materials, for potential use in ...
‘Father of LEED’ Slams Energy Dashboards
Building energy dashboards often miss - or mask - the root cause of a building's energy-efficiency problems, and there needs to be a radical shift ...
Hasbro to Improve Product-to-Package Ratio by 15%
Toy manufacturer Hasbro Inc. has announced plans to reduce materials used in product packaging for many of its popular global brands, including My Little Pony, ...
Google Plans Thermal Storage System for Data Center
A Google data center planned for Changhua County, Taiwan, is to use a thermal storage system, Data Center Knowledge reports.
Thermal storage systems, typically made ...
Green Approach to Data Centers ‘Gaining Ground’
The proportion of IT professionals that say green initiatives are a key reason behind their data center consolidation efforts has risen from 34 percent ...
Siemens Installing Energy, Carbon Saving Steel Furnace for Tyasa; First Demand Response Customer Goes Live
Siemens is installing an energy-saving electric arc furnace for turning scrap iron into steel at a plant owned by steel manufacturer Tyasa in Ixtaczoquitlan, in ...
Autodesk CEO Discusses Sustainability
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass discusses the future of sustainable design.
Harper Launches Green Modeling Tool for Carbon Fiber Manufacturers
Thermal processing products firm Harper International has launched Beacon, a program allowing carbon fiber manufacturers to evaluate the carbon footprint of their manufacturing process and ...
Envirogen Launches Compact Coal Mining Water Treatment Product
Water treatment products firm Envirogen Technologies Inc. has launched a new small-footprint fluidized bed reactor system designed to treat low flows of selenium-laden coal ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: International Water Stewardship, Federal GHG Reporting, ZigBee, LEED, Greenroads
The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) released the first draft of its International Water Stewardship Standard at the World Water Forum in ...
Hydroformed Car Parts are Lighter, Cheaper, Study Says
Hydroforming metals produces lighter vehicle parts in a less expensive way than state-of-the-art stamping and welding processes, according to research by pressure sequence hydroforming company ...
Dell, Fujitsu, HP Using Intel’s Energy-Saving Xeon Chip
Dell, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard are among a host of IT vendors using Intel's newly-released energy-saving Xeon processor E5-2600 series, reports Zdnet.
The processor series is ...
How All Professional Roles Contribute to Sustainability
In my last article, I wrote about how environmental sustainability can relate to any educational background or functional group in a company. ...
Bridgestone Targets Guayule Shrub as Rubber Source
Bridgestone Group is to conduct research dedicated to developing the guayule shrub as a commercially viable, renewable source of high-quality natural rubber for the company's ...
Standards & Compliance: NSF/ANSI Fabrics, Volvo 50001, Green Globe
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics says it is the first company to declare compliance under the NSF/ANSI 336 Sustainable Assessment for Commercial Furnishings Fabrics. Two of ...
