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/2012/01/24/lg-launches-efficient-hvac-products/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/lg-launches-efficient-hvac-products/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:20:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68804 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 III – the third generation of LG’s flagship Multi V series – now offers an Integrated Energy Efficient Ratio of up to 21.8, LG announced. The range also has [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/lg-launches-efficient-hvac-products/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/honda-na-hits-another-co2-goal-a-year-late/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/honda-na-hits-another-co2-goal-a-year-late/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:45:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68805 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 2000 levels, according to its 2011 North American environmental report. The goal was the fifth of six CO2 targets that the company set for itself to meet in 2010. The first [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/honda-na-hits-another-co2-goal-a-year-late/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/carbon-trading-to-double-in-north-america-this-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/carbon-trading-to-double-in-north-america-this-year/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:38:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68216 Carbon trading in North America is poised to double this year with the inauguration of carbon markets in California and Quebec, and the total value of the Western Climate Initiative is set to surpass that of the eastern Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, according to Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. The news service said the volume of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/carbon-trading-to-double-in-north-america-this-year/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/30/solar-briefing-loreal-carmanah-san-diego-and-cogenra-and-defense-dept/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/30/solar-briefing-loreal-carmanah-san-diego-and-cogenra-and-defense-dept/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:58:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65954 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, enough to power all of the plant’s outdoor lighting requirements. Carmanah Technologies Corporation has designed, supplied and installed a nominal 250 kW solar rooftop photovoltaic array at a commercial [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/30/solar-briefing-loreal-carmanah-san-diego-and-cogenra-and-defense-dept/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/18/put-a-price-on-industrial-water-use-report-urges-government/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/18/put-a-price-on-industrial-water-use-report-urges-government/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:24:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65450 A federal advisory body has recommended that the Canadian government put a price on water used by industry, the Toronto Star reports. In Charting a Course,  the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy argues that a price on water will reduce intake by industry, leading to better water conservation and efficiency. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/18/put-a-price-on-industrial-water-use-report-urges-government/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/standards-compliance-briefing-green-construction-code-wm-certifications-leed-airports/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/standards-compliance-briefing-green-construction-code-wm-certifications-leed-airports/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:37:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65250 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 new code will be available Spring 2012 and can be viewed here. The EPA and Natural Resources Canada announced an agreement that will create a harmonized platform for measuring [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/15/standards-compliance-briefing-green-construction-code-wm-certifications-leed-airports/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/11/canadian-lodge-upgrades-to-uf-water-treatment-epa-fines-dupont/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/11/canadian-lodge-upgrades-to-uf-water-treatment-epa-fines-dupont/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:58:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65062 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 at Jasper Town, Alberta, Canada. The 1920s-era lodge currently has an ultra-violet (UV) reactor installed along with chlorination as a water treatment system. The UV disinfection process consumes more [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/11/canadian-lodge-upgrades-to-uf-water-treatment-epa-fines-dupont/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/10/noesis-energy-reveals-freemium-business-model/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/10/noesis-energy-reveals-freemium-business-model/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:32:53 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65000 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” model will develop a “community of suggestions” around the gratis software upon which it can base new chargeable services, Cnet reports. If it can get enough customers to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/10/noesis-energy-reveals-freemium-business-model/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/04/green-building-briefing-green-hospitals-north-americas-most-sustainable-building-and-bird-collisions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/04/green-building-briefing-green-hospitals-north-americas-most-sustainable-building-and-bird-collisions/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:42:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64717 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 thought, according to an energy study at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, located in Vancouver, Wash. The study’s authors – University of Washington’s Integrated Design Lab and Eugene, Ore.,-based [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/04/green-building-briefing-green-hospitals-north-americas-most-sustainable-building-and-bird-collisions/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/19/solar-briefing-spi-2001-news-university-of-gothenburg-standard-solar-samba-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/19/solar-briefing-spi-2001-news-university-of-gothenburg-standard-solar-samba-energy/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:05:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=63787 Canadian Solar has used the 2011 Solar Power International conference in Dallas to launch its Intelligrated Power module series. The Intelligrated CommercialAC is the first three-phase grid-ready AC solar module and inverter combination designed specifically for commercial installations, the company says. LG Electronics is showcasing its new high-efficiency solar modules and cell technology at the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/19/solar-briefing-spi-2001-news-university-of-gothenburg-standard-solar-samba-energy/feed/ 0