Sustainable Facilities
Sustainable facilities focuses on efforts to make facilities such as office buildings, warehouses, and hospitals more sustainable. More sustainable buildings reduce the environmental impacts of energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste. Articles include discussion of LEED certification, energy efficiency, recycling, the greening of buildings and reduction of carbon footprints.
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ZigBee, EMAS, ISO 14001, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 7 items.
The ZigBee Alliance says there are now more ...
Timberland Hunts Down Sustainable Store Materials
A look at how Timberland finds reclaimed materials for its retail stores
Water Tech Market for Food and Drink to ‘Almost Double’ by 2020
The global water technology market in the food and beverage sector is set to almost double in size by 2020 as concerns over water scarcity ...
Sustainable Architectural Coatings ‘Will Grow Market Share’
Consumer awareness, government regulations and the widespread acceptance of energy efficiency standards for buildings are driving the development of ...
IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come
IBM has won a contract to develop and install smart building technology in 50 of the federal government's most energy-consuming buildings, and the resulting data ...
Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy
Apple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year.
The announcement, which ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, UL and Eco-Institut, ISO 50001, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The EPA and DOE's Energy Star program has ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade, Alliance for Wireless Power, ISO 14001
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The American Wind Energy Association's Windpower 2012 Conference ...
GM Aims for Third LEED with Water Recycling, Solar, Composting
General Motors is building an engine plant in southern Brazil equipped with numerous sustainable features including solar energy and water recycling ...
Free Online Tool Helps Manufacturers Assess Sustainability Efforts
UL Environment, the environmental services unit of Underwriters Laboratories, has launched a free web-based tool to help manufacturers assess their corporate sustainability efforts.
The ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Responsible Jewellery Council, R2 Milestone, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items.
The Responsible Jewellery Council has certified its first ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, 'Crucifixion,' Ozone Standards, Greywater
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
Corporate sustainability reporting may drop out of ...
Survey: Sustainability an ‘Important Factor’ in Supply Chain Choices
Seventy-two percent of US companies say sustainability influences their purchasing decisions and is an important factor when selecting a service provider, according ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, Energy Star, SFI, eRecyclingCorps, IEEE
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items.
Brookfield Canada Office Properties said that its Exchange ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: EV Roadmap, Criteria for Destinations, e-Stewards, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes seven items.
ANSI has released its Standardization Roadmap for ...
Lennox Boosts Efficiency of Cooling Units
Lennox has added a new all-aluminum condenser coil to its energy efficient Energence rooftop cooling units, slashing the amount of refrigerant required by nearly half.
The ...
ConAgra Awards Cut 43,600 Metric Tons of Carbon
This year's entries to ConAgra Foods' internal Sustainable Development Awards collectively reduced carbon emissions by more than 43,600 metric tons.
Projects entered also eliminated 61,000 tons ...
Past, Present and Future of LEED for Existing Building Operations and Maintenance
As the foundation of the US Green Building Council's certification, LEED for New Construction certification (LEED NC) was designed as a one-time effort ...
Sustainability at Lafarge’s Harbour Plant
Here's a look at sustainability at Lafarge Canada's Harbour plant, situated very near to a metro Vancouver residential community.
Dignity Healthcare Taps Medline Industries for Dye-Free Plastic
Dignity Health has become the first health system in the U.S. to switch to dye-free patient plastics.
Under the new initiative, Dignity Health will replace everyday ...
