North America
Legrand Cuts Energy Use by 20 Percent, Beating DOE Goal by 8 Years
Legrand has reduced its energy use by more than 20 percent, in its first year participating in the Department of Energy's Building Buildings initiative.
The electrical ...
Waste Management Expands CNG Fleet
Waste Management will add 35 compressed natural gas-powered vehicles to its Houston fleet by the end of 2012, the company said, and will soon open ...
North America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2 Emissions
North America's geological formations have the capacity to store 500 years of carbon dioxide emissions, according to an atlas produced by the United States, Canada ...
Higher MPG Standard Likely to Bring $4.8bn in Profits for Automakers, Study Says
The global auto industry will likely earn an extra $4.76 billion, or 5.3 percent, in profits in 2020 due to proposed U.S. gas mileage and ...
Offset Supply to Drive Western Climate Initiative, Analysts Say
Offset supply will be the main long-term allowance price driver after California and Quebec link their emissions trading programs next year to form ...
Coal Power Plants to Increase Capacity, GBI Says
The consumption of coal in North America is expected to grow to 940.4 million metric tons (MMt) over the next eight years, as a result ...
Honda, Hyundai, Nissan and Subaru Join Suppliers Partnership for the Environment
Honda, Hyundai, Nissan and Subaru are the four latest automobile manufacturers to become members of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment, joining current members ...
BNSF Rail Customers Prevented Over 30m Metric Tons of CO2 in 2011
BNSF reports that its customers avoided 30 million metric tons of CO2 emissions in 2011 by shipping their freight by rail instead of moving their ...
LG Launches Efficient HVAC Products
LG Electronics has announced energy efficiency improvements to to its HVAC products at the International Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Expo in Chicago.
The Multi V ...
Honda NA Hits Another CO2 Goal, a Year Late
Last year Honda met its 2010 goal of a 20 percent cut to CO2 from power equipment production, with a 27.2 percent drop from ...
Carbon Trading to Double in North America This Year
Carbon trading in North America is poised to double this year with the inauguration of carbon markets in California and Quebec, and the total ...
Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.
L'Oreal USA's North Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing facility's solar array installation is fully operational. The 13 kW solar array will provide 18,000 kWh of electricity annually, ...
Put a Price on Industrial Water Use, Report Urges Government
A federal advisory body has recommended that the Canadian government put a price on water used by industry, the Toronto Star reports.
In ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports
The provisions in the new 2012 International Green Construction Code were completed during a final hearing at the International Code Council's meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. The ...
Canadian Lodge Upgrades to UF Water Treatment; EPA Fines DuPont
Water resources management and wastewater treatment company Tri-Tech Holding signed a $690,000 contract to provide an ultra-filtration (UF) water treatment system to Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge ...
Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business Model
Noesis Energy is to start giving away its energy management software, then charging customers for additional services related to the products.
The company is hoping this "freemium" ...
Green Building Briefing: Green Hospitals, North America’s ‘Most Sustainable Building’ and Bird Collisions
In many hospitals heating accounts for more energy use than any other system, while imaging equipment and hot water use much less energy than was previously ...
Solar Briefing: SPI 2011 News, University of Gothenburg, Standard Solar, Samba Energy
Canadian Solar has used the 2011 Solar Power International conference in Dallas to launch its Intelligrated Power module series. The Intelligrated CommercialAC is ...
CN Buys 200 EcoTherm Containers
Freight firm Canadian National Railway has purchased 200 super-insulated EcoTherm containers for the transport of cold-sensitive goods.
The company now has a fleet of 500 EcoTherm containers.
EcoTherm ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Conflict, Wisconsin Wind Rules, Coal Ash Pushback
The State Department allowed a company with close financial ties to TransCanada to perform a crucial environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, ...
