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SAP HQ, Larimer Office Tower Achieve LEED Platinum Certification

SAP HQ, Larimer Office Tower Achieve LEED Platinum CertificationSAP has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for its North American headquarters, touted as Pennsylvania's ...

August 18, 2010

Lighting Retrofits to Cut DHL’s Utility Costs 50%, CO2 Emissions 52%

Lighting Retrofits to Cut DHL’s Utility Costs 50%, CO2 Emissions 52%DHL has launched a Lighting Retrofit Program at its Global Forwarding unit in the Americas region to help the company improve CO2 efficiency five percent by ...

August 17, 2010

PC Power Management Solution Delivers Energy Savings, CO2 Emission Cuts

PC Power Management Solution Delivers Energy Savings, CO2 Emission CutsNew Boundary Technologies is offering businesses a free 30-day trial of its Web-based PwrSmart Service, a PC power management solution that is said to ...

August 12, 2010

LED Lighting Retrofit to Save Hawaii Hospitals $1.2M

LED Lighting Retrofit to Save Hawaii Hospitals $1.2MHawai'i Pacific Health (HPH), comprised of four nonprofit hospitals and 44 outpatient clinics and service sites, expects to save more than $1.2 million thanks to ...

August 10, 2010

EL Pro PepsiCo CSR: Reduces Per Unit Energy Use in Beverage Plants by 16%

PepsiCo CSR: Reduces Per Unit Energy Use in Beverage Plants by 16%PepsiCo has saved more than more than 12 billion liters of water through efficiency improvements, compared to a 2006 baseline, bringing the beverage company closer ...

August 10, 2010

Fairmont Hotels Save More Than $800,000 Annually

Fairmont Hotels Save More Than $800,000 AnnuallyThe Canadian Fairmont Hotels & Resorts chain is saving more than $800,000 annually by implementing several climate change projects across four hotels, reports The ...

August 9, 2010

HSBC Saves $1M in Energy Costs

HSBC Saves $1M in Energy CostsHSBC has reduced its energy costs by $1 million and energy use by 7,267,865 kWh by implementing a companywide initiative to increase IT efficiency across ...

August 5, 2010

GE Unveils ‘Truesense’ Platform For Cooling Water Systems

GE Unveils ‘Truesense’ Platform For Cooling Water SystemsGE has introduced a new technology platform called TrueSense that the company says increases water savings in the monitoring and control of cooling water systems, ...

August 4, 2010

AFCEA Cuts Data Center Power and Cooling Costs by 50%

AFCEA Cuts Data Center Power and Cooling Costs by 50%The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA International) has reduced its physical and carbon footprint by transitioning its data center infrastructure into a ...

August 2, 2010

Cox Cuts Paper Use by more than 3 Tons with Oracle Software

Cox Cuts Paper Use by more than 3 Tons with Oracle SoftwareCox Communications has significantly reduced its carbon footprint with the help of Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Imaging and Process Management software solutions. ...

August 2, 2010

Stop & Shop to Cut Energy Use 7% with Solar Energy

Stop & Shop to Cut Energy Use 7% with Solar EnergyStop & Shop has completed the installation of solar panels on eight of its stores in Mass., Conn. and N.J., which will reduce the energy ...

July 30, 2010

Brea to Cut City’s Energy Use 40%

Brea to Cut City’s Energy Use 40%The city of Brea, California, expects to reduce the city's energy use by 40 percent with the start of an energy efficiency and solar project ...

July 29, 2010

Russian City Saves $26,000 Annually with LED Street Lighting

Russian City Saves $26,000 Annually with LED Street LightingThe city of Kemerovo in Siberia is converting the city's street lighting to LED technology, which is expected to save the city €20,000 or about ...

July 29, 2010

IT Sector Reduces Energy Costs by $2B, CO2 Emissions by 32 Million Tons

IT Sector Reduces Energy Costs by $2B, CO2 Emissions by 32 Million TonsThe IT sector has reduced annual CO2 emissions associated with IT equipment by more than 32 million metric tons worldwide since 2007, which translates into ...

July 27, 2010

Naval Base Lighting Retrofits Save Nearly $60,000 Annually

Naval Base Lighting Retrofits Save Nearly $60,000 AnnuallyThe Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) California is saving nearly $60,000 annually on the base's energy bill thanks to lighting retrofits at two separate sites. ...

July 27, 2010

Cargo Ships Run Slower to Save Fuel

Cargo Ships Run Slower to Save FuelThe world's largest cargo ships are now adopting "super-slow steaming" at speeds of 12 knots (about 14 mph), which is significantly slower than the ...

July 26, 2010

USPS Cuts Energy Use by Trillions of BTUs since 2005

USPS Cuts Energy Use by Trillions of BTUs since 2005The U.S. Postal Service is more than two thirds of the way to reaching its goal to reduce energy use by 30 percent ...

July 23, 2010

EL Pro Smithfield Foods CSR Report: Commits to Reduce Energy and Water Use, Solid Waste 10% by 2016

Smithfield Foods CSR Report: Commits to Reduce Energy and Water Use, Solid Waste 10% by 2016Smithfield Foods has committed to meet several new environmental goals, which include reducing energy and water resources and solid waste, each by 10 percent compared ...

July 23, 2010

High-Rise Building Lighting Retrofit Saves $160,000 Annually

High-Rise Building Lighting Retrofit Saves $160,000 AnnuallyWestwood Gateway Towers in Los Angeles is saving more than $160,000 annually, or 35 percent per year, in energy costs, thanks to a retrofit ...

July 22, 2010

Sun World Yields 20% Fuel Savings through Smart Farming

Sun World Yields 20% Fuel Savings through Smart FarmingSun World International, an agribusiness based in Bakersfield, Calif., is using IBM analytics technology to help the company implement more cost effective and energy-efficient ...

July 22, 2010