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Sun, UPS, Nationwide, HP Among Uptime Green IT Award Winners

Sun, UPS, Nationwide, HP Among Uptime Green IT Award Winners
The Uptime Institute, a research-based think-tank and advisor on business and technology issues related to computing and energy efficiency, ...

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money

State Farm, Others Revamping Fleets And Business Practices To Save Money
As gas prices rise, companies are driving for bigger energy savings in every corner, USAToday reports. Companies and business ...

Verizon Uses Software, Thin Clients To Cut Energy Consumption

Verizon Uses Software, Thin Clients To Cut Energy Consumption
Over the past year, Verizon Wireless has deployed 1E WakeUp, which ensures that all PCs, whether on or off, ...

Sony Recycling Pays off

Sony Recycling Pays off
Sony is gathering the plastic shells of old Sony TVs from recycling plants, collecting excess Styrofoam from its production ...

Trane Cuts Costs With Lighting Retrofit

Trane Cuts Costs With Lighting Retrofit
Air conditioning manufacturer Trane has saved over $30,000 in energy costs with a lighting retrofit at its Vidalia, Ga., ...

P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees

P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships has announced the latest group of Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency: P&G-Gillette in Boston, Massachusetts cut energy ...

ecoEnvelopes Reusable Envelope Gets USPS Approval

ecoEnvelopes Reusable Envelope Gets USPS Approval
The US Postal Service has approved ecoEnvelopes' line of reusable envelopes, certifying that the design meets the qualifications ...

Honeywell Expands Energy-Efficiency Program for Motels

Honeywell Expands Energy-Efficiency Program for Motels
Honeywell has been awarded a $4.5 million contract extension for its energy-efficiency program Cool Control Plus, currently ...

Hobie Cat Cuts Energy Costs 20% With Lighting Retrofit

Hobie Cat Cuts Energy Costs 20% With Lighting Retrofit
Hobie Cat has completed a lighting retrofit that will save about $24,000 in annual energy costs. The Oceanside, Calif. company ...

HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System

HP To Build 1-Megawatt Solar Power System
HP will install a large-scale solar power system at its San Diego facility and buy windpower to run a number ...

Rockefeller Center Launches Major Green Initiatives

Rockefeller Center Launches Major Green Initiatives
Rockefeller Center is getting a green makeover this holiday season that includes solar panels, LED Christmas tree lights, a green roof, ...

Direct Marketer’s Recycle Bins Save $500,000 Per Year

Direct Marketer’s Recycle Bins Save $500,000 Per Year
Direct mail and marketing firm PEP-Direct says it will save approximately $500,000 a year working with International Paper Products Corp. ...

Sun, 10 Other IT Firms To Build Energy-Saving Underground Data Center

Sun, 10 Other IT Firms To Build Energy-Saving Underground Data Center
Sun Microsystems and 10 other IT firms plan to build an underground data center in Japan, Nikkei reports. It will consume ...

GE Says Metal Preparation Process Saves Roper Money, Water

GE Says Metal Preparation Process Saves Roper Money, Water
Roper Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric that manufactures cooking appliances, has reduced its annual water consumption by more than ...

Verizon Dips Toe Into Solar

Verizon Dips Toe Into Solar
Verizon says it's installing 140 solar panels at its central office building in Tampa Florida. The project is expected to generate ...

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?
Airports are looking for ways to make escalators more energy efficient. Power Efficiency Corporation, which focuses on efficiency technologies for electric ...

Pier 1 Installs CFLs In 120 California Stores

Pier 1 Installs CFLs In 120 California Stores
PG&E's Energy Fitness Program, which analyzes a company's lighting use and replaces fixture housings, is helping some big companies make big ...

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money

Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Initiatives Costing Marketers Money
Wal-Mart's sustainability initiative to downsize packaging is costing manufacturers money, AdAge reports. It could cost Procter & Gamble, part ...

Chevron Completes $13.6 Million Energy Efficiency Project For Colorado

Chevron Completes $13.6 Million Energy Efficiency Project For Colorado
Upgrades to 20 state buildings in Colorado are expected to reduce energy costs at the facilities by 25 to 30 percent, saving ...

EPA: Energy Efficiency Measures Could Save U.S. Data Centers $4 Billion

EPA: Energy Efficiency Measures Could Save U.S. Data Centers $4 Billion
A new EPA report shows that data centers in theĀ U.S. have the potential to save up to $4 billion in annual electricity ...

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Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Comments on the Language of Marketing Sustainability. In today's culture of over-parsed lexicon, where we argue the meaning of ... continue »

Timberland’s Journey to Quarterly CSR Reporting
Peak Carbon
Consumers Understand Greenwash, So Why Can’t The Communications Industry?
Environmental Compliance: Initiatives Broaden, Budgets Up - Complete Apps Still Few in Number
Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green

Fewer Willing To Pay Premium For Green

According to a green survey from Rackspace Hosting (PDF), 44 percent of respondents are willing to pay more for green products ...

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EIA Projects 50% Growth In World Energy Use By 2030
Fuel Prices, Environment Drive Consideration Of Hybrids
Most Americans Have Made Lifestyle Changes To Help The Environment
Climate Change And Public Health

Climate Change And Public Health

Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, M.D. is interviewed by EnviroTV about the connection between climate change and public health....

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Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips
Clean Diesel Talked Up At Mid America Trucking Show
Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Says Thin Clients Will Save $500,000

Parse The Greens, Pass The Spectacle

Canada Ad Watchdog Releases Green Marketing Guidelines

Emissions

Ball Aims To Reduce GHG 16 Percent by 2012

Branson Plans Zero Carbon Resort, Launches Eco-Consulting Group

Wal-Mart’s New Milk Jug Cuts Costs, Customers Cry Over Spilt Milk

Hi-Tech

Novomer Makes Sacrificial Binder From Recycled CO2

‘Old’ IT Doesn’t Have To Mean ‘Inefficient’

Sony At Top, Nintendo, MS At Bottom Of Greenpeace Electronics Rankings

Efficiency

Commute Program Helps Juniper Employees Reduce Trips

AASHE Releases Annual Review of Sustainability in Higher Education

Harvard, Yale, Others Embrace Green Design

Manufacturing

EPA Web Site Provides Importing, Exporting Environmental Rules

GHG Emissions Up At Owens Corning, Energy Use Down

Maintaining Product Quality Alongside Environmental Performance

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Harrah’s Pitching Carbon Offsets

Denver International Carbon Offset Program Fails To Take Off

Passengers Will Pay For New EU Airlines Emissions Rules

CSR Reports

IBM Launches Green Consulting Service

Baxter Aims To Reduce GHG Emissions By 45% By 2015

JohnsonDiversey Saves Customers Over 1B Gallons Of Water In 2007

Major Players

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Could Help Industry Cut Emissions

Dell Power Supply First To Receive ‘80 Plus Gold’ Certification

Dow Raising Prices, Again

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