Leon Walker, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

GE Launches UPS Static Transfer Switches

May 8, 2014 by Leon Walker

GE’s Critical Power business is introducing a new line of three-phase static transfer switches and single-phase static transfer switches for critical infrastructure applications. The new GE Zenith STS-3 static transfer switches provide power source redundancy in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system architectures to increase product mean time between failure between the power source ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: BMW, Ryder System, Kroger

May 8, 2014May 7, 2014 by Leon Walker

The international media launch of the electric BMW i8 in Los Angeles will include the presentation of a solar carport concept developed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA. The port uses high-grade glass-on-glass solar modules for the generation of electricity and is made principally out of bamboo. Agility Fuel Systems has launched a behind-the-cab ... Read more »

SunShare Wins 1 MW Colo. Solar Garden Contract

May 7, 2014 by Leon Walker

Manitou Springs, Colo., is to power up to 100 percent of its city facilities’ energy needs from community solar provided by solar firm SunShare. The energy will be generated by nearly 3,000 solar panels in SunShare’s newest solar garden awarded by resident-owned Colorado Springs Utilities. The 2 MW community solar garden, the largest in the ... Read more »

PwC: Biofuels Funding Future Looks Bright

May 6, 2014May 7, 2014 by Leon Walker

The role of venture capital funding in future biofuels production is “much higher” than expected, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. Some 54 percent of biofuels industry respondents to PwC’s 2014 Biofuels Market Insights Survey say venture capital will be a source of biofules funding in the next 12 to 24 months. However, corporate ... Read more »

Induction, ‘Cathode Ray’ Bulbs Set For Launch

May 6, 2014August 2, 2019 by Leon Walker

The lighting market is about to welcome two new products that use two very different energy-efficient bulb technologies in a bid to end consumers’ obsession with incandescent lighting, reports The New York Times. The two products are Finally and Vu1. Finally creates light through induction – a technology that is used ... Read more »

GE, Huawei, Baosteel Top Green Company Ranking

May 6, 2014May 5, 2014 by Leon Walker

Telecommunications company Huawei Technology, iron and steel firm Baosteel Group, and General Electric have taken the top spots in the China Entrepreneur Club’s annual lists of China’s greenest companies. The China Top 100 Green Companies list is now in its fifth year. The 2014 list was selected from over 1,300 large-sized Chinese operations. Applications from ... Read more »

FuelCell Energy Wins 7 MW of Conn. Contracts

May 5, 2014 by Leon Walker

Some 7 MW of FuelCell Energy power plants are to be installed in-and-around Bridgeport, Conn. One 2.8 MW DFC3000 fuel cell power plant (model, pictured) is to be installed in Bridgeport as part of a distributed renewable power generation project that also includes a solar array. A second, identical plant, is ... Read more »

Canada Ups Rail Tanker Safety Standards

May 5, 2014May 8, 2014 by Leon Walker

The Canadian government has issued rules phasing out the type of puncture-prone tank-car that was involved in a fatal train crash last summer in Quebec. The directive forces railroads to stop the use of, or refit, the least crash-resistant, older-model DOT-111 tank cars from dangerous goods service within three years. The ... Read more »

LEDs Leading Outdoor Lamp Type ‘Within Decade’

May 2, 2014August 2, 2019 by Leon Walker

Over the next 10 years LEDs will become the leading lamp type for outdoor installations, according to a report from Navigant Research. Worldwide shipments of luminaires with LED lamps for outdoor and parking applications will grow from 4.1 million annually in 2014 to nearly 14 million in 2023, according to Outdoor ... Read more »

Improving Indoor Air Quality the Easy Way

May 2, 2014May 2, 2014 by Leon Walker

The natural first step most building managers take when they suspect that their building is causing health problems is to find the root cause and remove, replace or fix the problem. However, there are often more direct and less costly ways to attack poor indoor air quality, LEED trade magazine ... Read more »

ACEEE: Leverage Efficiency in Emissions Standard

May 1, 2014 by Leon Walker

Energy efficiency could be used in an upcoming standard by the EPA to reduce CO2 levels with no net cost to the economy, according to a report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The standard, currently under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget and ... Read more »

Resilinc Launches CSR Module for SupplyIntel

May 1, 2014April 30, 2014 by Leon Walker

Supply chain resiliency firm Resilinc has launched SupplyIntel CSR Module to help companies protect against labor, ethics, and environmental compliance and sustainability problems in their supply chains. Most companies have internal corporate policies regarding use of child labor or slave labor, bonded labor, sweat shops and working conditions, minimum pay and employee ... Read more »

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