Products & Planning
PPG Launches Low-Emissivity Glass
PPG Industries has launched Sungate 600 glass, a passive, low-emissivity glass that is designed to help homes retain furnace and solar heat, especially in cold, ...
Lawyers Warn of Fuel Cell ‘Black Boxes’
From the c-suite perspective, a $250,000 fuel cell is essentially a "black box" posing significant operational risk, two lawyers have warned in the latest issue ...
C3 Unveils Version 3 Energy and Emissions Software
C3 has launched version three of its Energy and Emissions Management software.
C3 Version 3 is an integrated suite of applications that manage enterprise-wide energy ...
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 ...
CO2 to Stay Below 2005 Levels, U.S. to Wean Itself from Foreign Oil, EIA Predicts
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will remain below 2005 levels through 2035 as increased oil, natural gas and renewable energy production reduces U.S. reliance on ...
Fleet Briefing: Chevy Volt Declared Safe, Fisker Recall, OnStar, Mercedes, Honda
GM's electric Chevy Volt has been declared safe after months of testing into the risk of post-crash fires posed by its lithium-ion battery. The National ...
NetLED Launches Wi-Fi LED Fluorescent Tube Replacement
NetLED has released a 40W LED light panel designed to replace a fluorescent tube and controllable by computer, smartphone or tablet device.
Using the networking software, ...
EnTouch Launches Energy Monitor with Remote Access
EnTouch Controls has launched the GM8 Universal Energy Monitor, which works with its EnTouch Energy Management System (pictured) to provide facility energy data for small ...
Nissan, ABB to Use EV Batteries for Electrical Storage; Coda Launches Energy Arm
EV makers are moving in on the energy storage market, with Nissan North America and ABB partnering to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs, ...
Clorox Puts Ingredient Lists in the Palm of Consumers’ Hands
Clorox has launched a smartphone application to help consumers look up the ingredients of its household and commercial products.
The Clorox Ingredients Inside ...
Bombardier to Use Maxwell Ultracapacitors for Energy Storage
Train manufacturer Bombardier is to install Maxwell Technologies' ultracapacitors in a braking energy recuperation system.
Each stationary "wayside" EnerGstor unit incorporates a Maxwell ultracapacitor array ...
UT Employees Kick the Can
The University of Texas is testing a program to reduce waste ...
Kaiser Permanente Switches to PVC- and DEHP-Free IV Bags
Kaiser Permanente announced today that it is converting its IV medical equipment to alternatives free of PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals that the ...
GE Renames Converteam Efficiency Business
GE has rebranded Converteam, the French process control and automation business it acquired last September, renaming it Power Conversion.
GE said the Power Conversion business ...
Alcoa Releases Low-Weight Truck Wheels
Aluminum fabricator Alcoa has launched a new series of wide base that wheels are the lightest 14" aluminum wheels on the market.
The new 58 lbs ...
Southwest Airlines Interior to Cut 635lb Per Plane
Southwest Airlines has unveiled a redesigned cabin that it says reduces aircraft weight while cutting waste.
The cabin's seats achieve weight savings of nearly six ...
Group Pressure Could Form Green Consumers
Green marketing should focus on how consumers respond to social pressure from those around them, rather than trying to force individual consumers to change ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Apple Supply Chain Audits, Council for Responsible Sports, e-Stewards
Apple, Inc. released information on 229 supply-chain audits of compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, along with the names of its suppliers and manufacturing ...
Detroit Auto Show Briefing: Toyota, Honda, Acura, PG&E, BMW, Hyundai
Toyota has debuted the 2012 Prius c (pictured), which it says offers the highest city fuel efficiency of any vehicle without a plug, at ...
Masdar Picks C3 Energy Software; Ecometrica Secures Funding
Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, is using C3 energy management technology to monitor energy production and consumption, water, transportation efficiency, waste production and recycling ...
