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EPA Orders Review of Air Pollution at BP Refinery
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Indiana to re-examine several sources of air pollution at BP's Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the ...
CA, MA and CT Tops in Energy Efficiency
The current economic downturn is not derailing state-level efforts to improve their energy efficiency in areas such as buildings, industry and transportation systems, according to ...
Oregon Buildings Upgrade Energy Efficiency
The city of Portland, along with Portland Community College (PCC) and other county facilities, are receiving $7.2 million in federal stimulus money for energy-efficient building upgrades ...
GE, Whirlpool, Others Launch Smart Green Grid Initiative
GE, Whirlpool Corp. and other technology and utility businesses have established a new collaborative effort aimed at demonstrating the ...
Feds Create Framework for Property Tax Financing of Renewables
More businesses should be able to take advantage of property tax financing to fund installation of renewable energy, as well as energy ...
P&G Cuts CO2 Emissions and Water In Half Since 2002
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has reduced (per unit of production) water consumption by 52 percent, energy usage by 48 percent, CO2 emissions by ...
EPA Puts WaterSense Label on First Commercial Building Product
Flushing urinals that use 50 percent less water than standard models will be the first commercial building product to get the Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense label. ...
Tesco’s UK Import Warehouse to be 100% Biomass Powered
UK retailer Tesco plans to tap into a 295 megawatt biomass power plant in Teesport, England, to supply 100 percent of the energy needs ...
CSC Targets 30% Energy Reduction
CSC, a global IT services provider, has taken steps over the past year to ensure a sustainable environment by focusing on programs such as energy reduction, ...
Study Finds Servers Waste $25B a Year
One of the biggest causes of energy and information technology (IT) operational waste is millions of servers at the world's largest IT departments that don't do ...
Intelligent Lighting Controls Deliver ROI in 3 Years
More building owners and managers are considering intelligent lighting systems to cut energy use because lighting, on average, accounts for approximately one-quarter of a building's overall ...
Council on Foreign Relations Goes LEED
The Council on Foreign Relations' new building in Washington, D.C., took extra steps to attain LEED Gold status by the U.S. Green Building ...
USPS to Cut GHG Emissions 20%, Energy Use 30%
The U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to establish a baseline for future annual evaluations to help meet ...
Catholic Health Taps Into Wind for NY Facilities
About 10 percent of the electricity used at facilities operated by Catholic Health in New York will be derived from wind energy. Under a ...
Downtown Seattle Buildings Benefit from Renewable Fuel Facility
About 200 buildings in downtown Seattle and First Hill will be heated by a renewable fuel boiler. The boiler, run by Seattle Steam, ...
Quaker Oats Installs Steam Boilers to Cut Fuel 20%
The Quaker Oats Bridgeview Division food manufacturing plant has installed two Miura Boiler LX200 gas-fired steam boilers to reduce fuel and water consumption, increase energy ...
Renewables More Viable at Commercial Buildings After DC Power Standard
Businesses are now able to more easily adopt renewable energy sources and energy-saving devices with the introduction of the first DC power standard for commercial buildings. ...
Thales Cuts Energy Use 10%, CO2 Emissions 4%
By using cleaner energy and employee's efforts to reduce energy consumption, Thales has achieved a ten percent reduction in fossil fuel consumption and a 3.8 ...
In Clean Water Act Violations, Chevron, SFO Fuel to Spend $1M at SF Airport
After Clean Water Act violations related to a jet fuel storage facility at the San Francisco International Airport, $1 million in improvements will be ...
VSP Vision Care HQ Cuts Energy Use 27%
All four buildings on VSP Vision Care's Rancho Cordova, Calif., campus have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star for superior energy efficiency. Three ...
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