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/2012/02/10/uss-largest-ground-source-heat-pump-set-for-ball-state/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/uss-largest-ground-source-heat-pump-set-for-ball-state/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:29:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69798 Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., is on the cusp of turning on what it says will be the largest ground source heat pump in the U.S., if not the world. The pump will cut the University’s carbon footprint roughly in half, the school says. It will also eradicate almost all of its $3 million [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/uss-largest-ground-source-heat-pump-set-for-ball-state/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/soffe-cuts-lighting-costs-65-with-retrofit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/soffe-cuts-lighting-costs-65-with-retrofit/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:12:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69750 The M.J. Soffe Company, a manufacturer of active apparel, expects to cut lighting costs by 65 percent with an energy efficiency project at its Fayetteville, N.C. headquarters. The subsidiary of Delta Apparel has engaged Piedmont Service Group to upgrade 2,500 lighting fixtures during the next four months. Piedmont will install LED lights in conference rooms [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/soffe-cuts-lighting-costs-65-with-retrofit/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69424 Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state – but the deal may not help existing customers such as Alcoa. Effective immediately, Santee Cooper is offering new industrial customers a 45 percent discount in the first year, 30 percent [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/tarlton-taps-progressive-for-retrofit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/tarlton-taps-progressive-for-retrofit/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:20:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68885 Progressive Lighting & Energy Solutions is to undertake an energy efficiency improvement project for Tarlton Properties, located in Menlo Park, Calif. The project includes the installation of building efficiency controls and a lighting retrofit at the 47-acre, 13-building business park. Progressive, in participation with Pacific Gas & Electric, secured funding through a combination of third [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/tarlton-taps-progressive-for-retrofit/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/12/ibm-1e-verdiem-best-in-breed-for-pc-power-management/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/12/ibm-1e-verdiem-best-in-breed-for-pc-power-management/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:15:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68269 1E, IBM and Verdiem should always be on the shortlist for companies seeking PC power management products, according to a report by technology consultants Ovum. In Selecting a PC Power Management Solution Vendor, Ovum said the three vendors represent the leading products in the marketplace, widely accepted as “best of breed,” and have established commanding [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/12/ibm-1e-verdiem-best-in-breed-for-pc-power-management/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/doe-retail-building-guide-can-halve-energy-costs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/doe-retail-building-guide-can-halve-energy-costs/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:03:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68206 The Department of Energy has released a guide that it says will help owners of retail stores achieve 50 percent energy savings, compared to the building energy code used in many parts of the U.S. The publication, the third installment in the DOE’s series of 50% Advanced Energy Design Guides, is designed for architects, engineers, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/doe-retail-building-guide-can-halve-energy-costs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/making-the-financial-case-for-green-initiatives/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/making-the-financial-case-for-green-initiatives/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:42:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66525 For many green executives the biggest barrier to the adoption of sustainability initiatives remains the reluctance of financial directors to approve green investments where they remain uncertain about the level of returns on offer. This Business Green webinar explores the lessons learned by those green executives who have managed to secure financial backing for their [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/making-the-financial-case-for-green-initiatives/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/08/odva-announces-network-energy-monitoring-product/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/08/odva-announces-network-energy-monitoring-product/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:59:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66423 ODVA, the body that defines standards for computer networks, has announced an energy object that it says makes it easier to get energy use information on networked devices. The energy object forms part of updates to the specifications governing the four types of networks under ODVA’s remit: EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet. The object allows [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/08/odva-announces-network-energy-monitoring-product/feed/ 0 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/2011/11/16/sustainability-culture-saves-dupont-billions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/16/sustainability-culture-saves-dupont-billions/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:57:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65310 Upwards of 40 percent of industry’s energy efficiency improvement opportunities can be realized through low or no-cost projects rooted in corporate culture change, according to a white paper from DuPont. In Optimizing the Success of Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement Programs By Driving Culture Change, global practice leaders Davide Vassallo and Chris Smith, both of DuPont [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/16/sustainability-culture-saves-dupont-billions/feed/ 6