News and Articles on Sustainable Manufacturing and Design

Companies Measure the Carbon Footprint of Consumer Products

March 8, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Consumer products are beginning to display details about their environmental impact, like the amount of greenhouse gases produced in making, transporting and selling them, The New York Times reports. British supermarket chain Tesco has proposed...

EPA’s Performance Track Adds 55 New Facilities

March 7, 2007 by Paul Nastu

From leading food and beverage companies to a major automobile manufacturer, 55 new facilities have joined the National Environmental Performance Track. The partnership program recognizes facilities that set three-year goals for continuous improvements in environmental performance beyond their...

EPA Cuts Diesel Locomotive and Vessel Pollution

March 2, 2007 by Paul Nastu

EPA is proposing a new rule to reduce air pollution from locomotive and marine diesel engines. The Clean Air Locomotive and Marine Diesel Rule would set stringent emission standards and require the use of advanced technology to reduce emissions. When fully implemented, the initiative would cut particulate matter emissions from these engines by 90 percent and nitrogen oxides emissions by

GAO: Missed Deadlines for Efficiency Standards Will Cost $28 Billion

March 2, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Department of Energy has missed all 34 congressional deadlines for setting energy efficiency standards for the 20 product categories with statutory deadlines that have passed, the U.S. Governemnt Accountability Office reports. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimates that delays in setting standards...

Honda to Spend $165 Million for Greener Facilities

February 28, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

p>Honda will spend $165 million by 2009 to make two of its coating facilities in North America more environmentally friendly...

Applied Materials Increases Renewable Energy Purchase

February 28, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Applied Materials says it will purchase 8,220,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually from wind and solar generation sources in California in lieu of energy from nonrenewable sources. The annual amount represents approximately 12 percent of the energy used in the companyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Santa Clara facilities and will reduce...

Mattel Joins World Environment Center

February 28, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Mattel has joined the World Environment Center to address such issues as implementing sustainability practices throughout the companyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s global supply chain. Ã¢â‚¬Å“We believe our participation with the World Environment Center will further extend our ability to achieve sustained improvements in manufacturing and other key business processes by working with other global leaders,Ã¢â‚¬? said Jeff Denchfield, MattelÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Senior Director of Global

HP, IBM, Microsoft, Others Launch Hi-Tech Energy Efficiency Initiative

February 27, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, AMC, SprayCool, Rackable Systems, VMware, and Sun Microsystems have launched an initiative called The Green Grid that aims to develop standards, measurement methods, processes and technologies to improve the energy efficiency of high technology products...

DOE Legislation Would Fast Track Energy Efficiency Standards

February 27, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The U.S. Department of Energy has sent legislation to Congress that would significantly speed up the process to establish energy efficiency standards. The proposed legislation requests authority to...

McDonald Packaging Lighting Retrofit Reduces Power Consumption 24%

February 26, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A lighting retrofit project at California-based McDonald Packaging has resulted in a 24 percent reduction in power consumption...

New Leaf Paper Manufactures with 100% Renewable Energy

February 26, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

All of New Leaf Paper inventory items are now being manufactured with renewable energy, making it the first paper company in the U.S. to do so, the company reports. New Leaf Paper inventory products being manufactured with 100 percent wind energy include Reincarnation Matte, Primavera Gloss, Sakura 100 Silk, Everest, New Leaf Imagination 100, New Leaf EcoMatte and New Leaf

Yahoo Develops Web Site for CFL Campaign 18Seconds

February 23, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Yahoo, Wal-Mart, Environmental Defense, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy, along with other private companies and government agencies, has launched a marketing campaign called 18Seconds to persuade people to switch to CFLs, AP reports. Yahoo has developed...

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