Sustainable Manufacturing
Sustainable manufacturing is the processing of resources into products with minimal negative environmental impact. Products are manufactured through processes that prevent ghg’s, conserve energy and natural resources, and that are non-hazardous to employees and consumers.
Verizon Aims to Triple Alt Fuel Fleet by 2015
Verizon increased its number of alternative fuel vehicles more than six-fold last year, according to the company’s 2010-11 corporate responsibility report, ...
Industrial Energy Efficiency Presentation From Carbon Trust
Henrietta Stock, a technology acceleration manager at Carbon Trust, discusses Industrial Energy Efficiency.
Enzymes: Essential, Biobased Building Blocks for a More Sustainable World
Few consumers check the labels on household products to see where their goods were made, and perhaps even fewer are familiar with how ...
Pocketing Millions: Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Drive to Reuse
Some of the best little surprises in New England where I live occur with the change of seasons. Instinctively searching the pockets ...
Unilever’s Polman Discusses Emissions Reductions
Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, explains how the company has been able to reduce its CO2 emissions by ...
Dry Conveyor Lubricants Save Water for Food & Beverage Companies
Ecolab's DryExx, a silicon-based lubricant used for moving bottles, cans and other containers down plastic conveyor lines, is cutting water use and saving money ...
To Measure Efficiency, Tailor Metrics to their Users
The key to measuring corporate energy efficiency is to quickly identify the business units where a simple energy index will be reliable, and ...
Considering the Energy of Labor, Part II
Or, Carbs vs. Kilowatts
We'll keep charging forward with the discussion about the value of human labor in manufacturing and ...
Sprint Unveils Zero E-Waste Goal
Sprint Nextel plans to collect 100 percent of its own e-waste for reuse and recycling by 2017, as one of four goals in the ...
OptoEMU Energy Monitoring Appliance Supports New Ways to Analyze Energy Data
Opto 22 says it has expanded the communications and integration capabilities of its OptoEMU sensor energy monitoring appliance (pictured) -- adding Modbus/TCP and OPC ...
GE Aviation Saves $1 Million and 15 Million kWh of Electricity
GE Aviation has reviewed the results of 16 energy reduction strategies at two Rutland, Vermont, facilities with members of the state’s Efficiency Vermont team. The ...
GM Landfill-Gas Powered Plant Saves $1.1 Million in Energy Costs
General Motors Orion assembly plant in Orion, Michigan, is powering 40 percent of production of the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano with landfill gas ...
Energy Efficiency, Lifecycle Management and IT Purchasing
Lifecycle management and energy efficiency are key factors when purchasing IT equipment, says Jeremy Willis of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Lightfair Briefing: Philips, Cree, Switch, Marvell
Here’s a roundup of news from Lightfair International, the trade show and conference winding up today in Philadelphia.
Philips has unveiled ...
Considering the Energy of Labor – Part 1
Or, looking at all the actors
The last posting ended up with a short discussion about automation vs. manual ...
Resource Dieting 2.0
Or, you are what you eat?
The discussion on reducing resource consumption along with energy and other consumables continues. We ...
Yvon Chouinard Discusses Sustainable Business, Patagonia
Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard recounts how Patagonia grew from a retail climbing equipment business operating out of the back of his van to a successful global business based on sustainability and social responsibility principles....
GE Cuts Factories GHG Emissions 80% by Switching to Cyclopentane
GE Appliances & Lighting says it has become the first full-line appliance manufacturer in the U.S. to adopt cyclopentane – a ...
Energy Star Industry Challenge Hits 14 Percent of Goals, Participant Pool Small
The U.S. EPA has released results from an energy efficiency challenge addressed to manufacturers, the "Energy Star Challenge for Industry," an initiative begun ...
Going on a Resource Diet
In a recent article I was building an argument to try to place products in a space defined ...
