Jessica Lyons Hardcastle, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

Pike Research: Smart Energy Revenue $420 Billion by 2015

June 11, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Total revenue from smart energy and smart energy storage reached $222.35 billion in 2011, according to a report by Pike Research. By 2015, the cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts, total market value will be $420 billion — an increase of 90 percent in just four years. Pike Research says the ... Read more »

PG&E Becomes a Better Buildings Ally; C3 Commits to Green Button Initiative

June 8, 2012June 7, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Pacific Gas and Electric Company says it will provide energy efficiency programs that will reach 30 million square feet of its commercial customers by 2015 as a Better Buildings Challenge Utility Ally. The US Department of Energy estimates that the energy to operate the buildings in which people work, shop ... Read more »

Nike, Random Hacks of Kindess Partner on Online Sustainable Materials Tool

June 8, 2012March 14, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nike has partnered with Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) in the Open Challenge for Sustainable Materials, an initiative that asks apparel designers and developers to use sustainable materials listed on the Nike Sustainable Materials Index and build a new database about the suppliers. RHoK, an umbrella organization of hackers founded ... Read more »

‘Intelligent Efficiency’ Could Cut US Energy Use 22%, ACEEE Says

June 7, 2012June 7, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US could reduce its energy use by up to 22 percent by using a systems-based approach to increase efficiency, according to a report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The nonprofit calls this approach “intelligent efficiency,” and says the key to understanding it is to stop ... Read more »

Fleet Roundup: Honda Fit EV, Nissan DeltaWing, Audi Axes A2

June 7, 2012June 6, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The 2013 Honda Fit EV has received a combined adjusted EPA mile-per-gallon-equivalency rating of 118 MPGe and a consumption rating of 29 kWh per 100 miles — the best-ever consumption rating awarded by the EPA. The Fit EV battery can be recharged in less than 3 hours from a low-charge ... Read more »

OC Transpo Garage LED Retrofit Cuts Costs 43%

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

OC Transpo, the transit service provider for Ottawa and Carleton, Canada, has cut its lighting costs by 43 percent at its St. Laurent garage, following an LED retrofit by Energy Ottawa. The project included replacing inefficient light fixtures and installing sensors that can turn off some lighting when the garage ... Read more »

Asia Pulp & Paper Pledges ‘Sustainable Forest Management’

June 6, 2012June 7, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Asia Pulp & Paper has pledged that by 2020 all of its suppliers will be certified under the voluntary Indonesian sustainable forest management scheme. The Roadmap comes two weeks after the company, the world’s third-largest pulp and paper producer, said it will suspend natural-forest clearing on its own plantations in ... Read more »

Fleet Roundup: Mazda, Audi, Renewable Energy Group, AeroVironment

June 5, 2012June 4, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mazda Motorsports will supply racing versions of its SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engines (pictured) to customer teams competing in GRAND-AM’s GX Class for advanced/clean technologies, beginning with the 2013 season. The SKYACTIV-D reduces fuel consumption up to 20 percent, reduces internal engine friction by 20 percent and reduces weight by 10 ... Read more »

Global Carbon Market Up 11%; Carbon Emissions No. 3 Among Utilities’ Environmental Concerns

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Carbon emissions rank third—up from sixth last year—among electric utilities’ top environmental concerns, according to a Black & Veatch Corp report. For the sixth straight year, water supply issues were second only to carbon emissions legislation as the top environmental concern in the industry. Black & Veatch conducted its sixth ... Read more »

Faith Leaders Tell Walmart to Match Competitors Best Buy, Staples and Office Depot’s E-Waste Policies

June 4, 2012June 4, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Environmental activists and local clergy from all 50 states have called on Walmart to change its e-waste recycling policies. The “Open Letter to Walmart on Stewardship of Electronic Waste,” signed by more than 100 priests, pastors, rabbis, lay leaders, faith-based activists and theologians, asks the retail giant to match its ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Siemens and Florida A&M, Cambridge and General Mills, Rosebud Mining and WSP

June 4, 2012June 4, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Florida A&M University (pictured) has awarded Siemens a $12.2 million contract expected to save the university about $1.2 million in equivalent guaranteed annual energy savings. The 18-month project, which began in May, includes a partially decentralized steam plant heating system, a solar-thermal heating system for the swimming pool, building automation ... Read more »

IBM, Recology Drive San Francisco Toward Zero-Waste Status

June 1, 2012June 1, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

IBM is collaborating with resource recovery company Recology to help San Francisco achieve zero waste by 2020. The city’s diversion rate already totals 78 percent, which Recology says is the highest in the US. Recology uses IBM’s technology to determine types and quantities of materials in San Francisco’s waste stream, ... Read more »

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