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Shaw Targets a 60% Reduction in Waste to Landfill by 2011

Shaw Industries Group Inc., a leading carpet manufacturer and floor covering provider, has reclaimed more than 244 million pounds of post-consumer carpet since 2007 through its nationwide carpet collection network, of which 85 percent was recycled carpet to carpet, according to the company’s inaugural sustainability report. Shaw’s goal is to ... Read more »

Gundersen Lutheran Hospital Strives for 100% Renewable Energy

With renewables projects involving wind, solar, biogas and hydrokinetic energy, along with a top-to-bottom review of how it uses energy, Gundersen Lutheran hospital in Wisconsin is one of the leading lights in a revolution in how hospitals approach sustainability. In February 2008, the hospital set a goal to reduce energy ... Read more »

Data Centers Power Up Savings With Renewable Energy

New data center projects are taking a closer look at renewable energy sources including solar and wind as a way to improve corporate sustainability, cut energy use and reduce operational costs. As an example, developers of the Sonoma Mountain Village will dedicate more than 1 megawatt of solar power to a ... Read more »

E-Waste Recycling Partnerships Proliferate

While electronics waste or e-waste recycling partnerships are providing significant environmental benefits by keeping waste out of landfills, they are also giving manufacturers and retailers an environmental marketing edge by providing their customers with a needed service, together with financial incentives, whether its through gift cards or charitable donations. Here ... Read more »

Yahoo! Dropping Carbon Offsets for Greener Data Centers

Yahoo’s co-founder David Filo, together with New York Governor David Paterson and Senator Chuck Schumer, announced plans to build the greenest and most energy-efficient data centers in the world. Filo said in his blog that keeping Yahoo! running smoothly for more than 500 million people around the world calls for ... Read more »

Obama Admin Unveils Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Investments

President Barack Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced new plans to drive energy efficiency and save American consumers billions of dollars per year by setting energy conservation standards for certain types of fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps, and investing $346 million in energy-efficient building technologies (transcript ... Read more »

Hotel Industry Adopts Solar to Save Energy

As consumers demand more eco-friendly vacation choices, the tourism industry is responding with energy-efficient and carbon friendly resorts and hotels. In the U.S., as an example, the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick in New Jersey recently installed a SunPower solar power system, marking the hotel’s initial step towards generating clean, renewable ... Read more »

Biomass-to-Electricity Projects Gain Steam in California, the UK

Already entrenched in some European nations like Germany, power plants that convert organic biomass to electricity are coming to the United States and the UK. San Jose, Calif., is seeking approval for a 40-acre site that would take compostable organic material and convert it to biogas. The facility would convert ... Read more »


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