http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/more-green-products-and-services-available-for-office-landscaping/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/more-green-products-and-services-available-for-office-landscaping/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17461 Businesses wanting to adopt “greener” landscaping in their office complexes increasingly will find more products and companies offering such solutions. Landscape maintenance companies are implementing eco-friendly practices. As an example, Team Innovative Inc. uses an inverter inside its equipment trailer to charge reusable batteries while getting power from a battery charged by the truck, reports Kitsap [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/more-green-products-and-services-available-for-office-landscaping/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/sab-miller-targets-25-reduction-in-water-used-in-brewing/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/sab-miller-targets-25-reduction-in-water-used-in-brewing/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:14:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17458 By 2015, SAB Miller, which markets more than 200 brands of beer and is the world’s largest bottler of Coca-Cola products, hopes to reduce by 25 percent the amount of water used to brew each hectoliter of beer. Currently, the $25 billion company uses 4.6 hectoliters of water per hectoliter of beer produced. The goal is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/sab-miller-targets-25-reduction-in-water-used-in-brewing/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/cisco-wants-to-transform-energy-demand-and-use-with-smart-buildings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/cisco-wants-to-transform-energy-demand-and-use-with-smart-buildings/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:37:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17448 Building on its smart-grid initiative announced in May, Cisco Systems has unveiled its Smart Connected Buildings solution, at Cisco Live in San Francisco, as a key component for delivering its vision for Smart+Connected Communities. The networking equipment giant also rolled out the first Smart Connected Building solution, the Network Building Mediator, which will interconnect and enable [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/cisco-wants-to-transform-energy-demand-and-use-with-smart-buildings/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/fuel-cell-systems-to-power-30-of-coca-cola-ny-facility/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/fuel-cell-systems-to-power-30-of-coca-cola-ny-facility/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:33:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17432 UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, announced it will supply two of its new PureCell Model 400 fuel cell systems to Coca-Cola Enterprises’ production facility in Elmsford, N.Y. The two fuel cell systems will generate energy and heat for 30 percent of the facility’s operations, according to UTC Power, based in South Windsor, Conn. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/fuel-cell-systems-to-power-30-of-coca-cola-ny-facility/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/energy-star-homes-save-250m-on-utility-bills-in-2008/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/energy-star-homes-save-250m-on-utility-bills-in-2008/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17424 Nearly 17 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2008 earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Energy’s Energy Star label, up from 12 percent in 2007, indicating that both home builders and home buyers continue to invest in energy-efficient homes. Energy-efficient features including properly installed insulation, high-performance windows and high-efficiency heating and cooling can reduce home [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/energy-star-homes-save-250m-on-utility-bills-in-2008/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/consumers-prefer-100-natural-label-over-organic/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/consumers-prefer-100-natural-label-over-organic/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:48:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17430 In a study of consumer opinions of marketing claims, survey respondents identified most with the “100 percent natural” claim, according to research conducted by the Shelton Group. The EcoPulse survey found that 60 percent of Americans say they’re looking for greener products. Consumers said they were searching for greener products mostly in the following three product categories: Home [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/consumers-prefer-100-natural-label-over-organic/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/black-veatch-hq-to-showcase-sustainability/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/black-veatch-hq-to-showcase-sustainability/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17418 Architecture firm Black & Veatch’s new global headquarters will showcase sustainability standards that architects may incorporate into new designs for customers. The Overland Park, Kan., building site has been leased by the company since 1976. Now it is purchasing the building for $60 million with an eye towards a green retrofit. The purchase is boosted by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/03/black-veatch-hq-to-showcase-sustainability/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/green-seal-adds-first-us-standard-for-personal-care-products/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/green-seal-adds-first-us-standard-for-personal-care-products/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:33:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17382 To help consumers sort out sometimes false and misleading environmental claims, Green Seal has launched its Green Seal certification for personal care products after 18 months in development. Touted as the first U.S. standard to address the health, environmental, and labeling concerns of infants, children and adults, consumers can use the standard as a guide to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/green-seal-adds-first-us-standard-for-personal-care-products/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/electronics-firms-face-off-against-mandated-recycling-programs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/electronics-firms-face-off-against-mandated-recycling-programs/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17405 From smaller electronics companies to national electronics organizations, a war is being waged against the various state regulations that mandate manufacturers provide recycling of consumer electronics. With the recent conversion to digital television programming, more and more older television sets are being put on the curb. To reduce environmental damage from electronics waste, governing bodies from Washington [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/electronics-firms-face-off-against-mandated-recycling-programs/feed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/rei-founding-farmers-north-face-win-are-sustainability-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/rei-founding-farmers-north-face-win-are-sustainability-awards/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17356 REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments’ (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design. Judges awarded the highest honors to projects that balance comprehensive sustainability programs with good design. REI’s Round Rock, Texas, store won the Project of the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/02/rei-founding-farmers-north-face-win-are-sustainability-awards/feed/