Products & Planning
Dystar Launches Textile Industry Supply Chain Tools
DyStar Textile Services has launched a range of programs designed to help audit and recommend sustainable options for the textile industry supply chain.
DyStar's Sustainable Textile Service ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GHG Protocol for Products, Cradle to Cradle, B Lab, Climate Registered
BT has become the first company in the world to have product carbon footprints independently verified by the Carbon Trust to the new ...
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 ...
AECOM Launches Costing Software for Remediation Projects
Aecom has released the newest version of its Remedial Action Cost Engineering and Requirements, or Racer, software - a cost-estimating program developed for environmental ...
Lighting Brief: Amerlux, Lighting Science, Acuity Brands, Blue Phoenix
Amerlux has released its second generation of Evoke 2.9 G2 LED downlights in round and square profiles for retail, commercial and residential applications. The luminaires ...
Sustainability’s Role in Industry and Commerce
Jeff Malakoff, Managing Director at ecoMarkets Advisory Services, discusses sustainability and its role in industry and commerce in a CFO Studio ...
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 ...
Over 90 Universities Curbing Bottled Water Sales; Borealis, BioMass Launch Packaging
Brown, Harvard, the University of Vermont and about 90 other educational institutes are banning sales or restricting use of plastic water bottles due to student ...
Pentair Electronic Purification System ‘Cuts Wastewater 90%’
Pentair says its latest electronic water-purification system can provide retail, car washes and laboratories with safe, soft, bottled-quality water, with 90 percent less ...
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 ...
Verdiem Adds International Energy Rate Coverage to IT Management Software
Verdiem has released IT energy management software Surveyor 6 Spring Edition, with new global location-based functionality. The software's new features were developed for multinational companies ...
Networking Key to Mainstreaming Sustainability, AMEE Says
Interconnecting environmental data systems is the key to driving sustainability into the mainstream, according to cloud-based software provider AMEE.
Cloud-based environmental management services provide users a ...
Vigia Launches Remote Tire Pressure Gauge
Tire pressure product manufacturer Vigia Canada has released a tool that allows truck drivers and fleet managers to check tire pressure via an in-cab display ...
DC Mayor Signs Sustainability Pledge
Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray visited American University to sign a sustainability pledge with the presidents of each of the district's ...
GEMI, Veolia Launch Water Tools
Green business alliance the Global Environmental Management Initiative has launched free sustainable water management tools the GEMI Local Water Tool and the GEMI LWT for ...
Ford Focus Electric Certified Most Fuel-Efficient at 110 MPGe
The EPA has certified the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, which boasts a 110 miles per gallon equivalent in-city rating, as America's most fuel-efficient five-passenger vehicle.
Focus ...
Aircuity Launches Building Management System
Air systems efficiency firm Aircuity has launched building management system Aircuity Advisor Services.
Advisor Services consists of a set of software-based tools designed to provide information ...
Mage Solar Launches Powertec Plus Modules
Mage Solar is launching a new power class of its premium efficiency solar modules.
The company's Powertec Plus modules feature allowable tolerances of up to +5 ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Basel and R2, Fuel Economy, Greenguard Select, LEED, B Corp
The Basel Action Network's e-Stewards Certification for electronics recyclers now includes the earlier EPA-developed R2 (Responsible Recycling) practices. E-Stewards certifications already require adherence to the ...
Water Management in Apartment Buildings
Andre Boerema, of Sydney Water, discusses water use in apartment buildings at the Smart Green Apartments Forum run by the City ...
