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The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently announced that $1 million is available for net zero energy performance in new buildings. According to NYSERDA, the money can go to large real estate portfolio owners – such as real estate developers, colleges and universities, retailers, public sector ... Read more »
With the devasting impacts of unleashed groundwater pumping and climate change as a backdrop, this year California policy makers took steps to both improve the state’s water future and kick the can down the road. For example, Governor Brown signed two bills to establish per-person indoor water use goals, create ... Read more »
In an environment like the Caribbean – where it’s hot and humid year-round, critical facilities can’t do without air conditioning, and electricity can be unreliable even without disastrous hurricanes – optimizing building cooling systems is more than a major money-saver. It’s essential to an island’s economic and climate resilience. Caribbean ... Read more »
California regulators are calling on restaurants to reduce grill smoke emissions, according to Bloomberg BNA. Some air pollution control districts are asking burger places to register if they use charbroilers, while others are offering restaurants money to switch to greener technology. In areas of the state with bad air ... Read more »
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry released a report documenting the economic and environmental benefits of heating community, commercial and institutional buildings with modern wood chip and wood pellet technology and fuels produced in Maine. The Maine Forest Service analyzed the use of wood fuels in calendar ... Read more »
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SunTech Drive, Stanford University and Google have announced a partnership focusing on energy. The project is tied to the Department of Energy’s NODES (Networks of Distributed Energy Systems) initiative. The objective is to coordinate and control consumer loads and distributed energy resources (DERs) out to the absolute edge of ... Read more »
The EHS technology market is consolidating and vendors are championing the value of a fully integrated EHS platform. Successful companies are linking processes and encouraging employees to be part of the process – they need next gen tools to facilitate the sharing of information. From on-demand/cloud software to artificial intelligence ... Read more »
Earth Friendly Products is launching a new line of environmentally friend commercial line cleaning products, ECOS Pro. The line has more than 70 formulas for specific commercial cleaning applications, replacing “toxic, unhealthy cleaning products at the end-user level,” the company says. The ECOS Pro line of plant-powered cleaners are non-toxic, ... Read more »
A product from Epic Provisions is the first in the world to carry the Land to Market Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) seal for sustainable sourcing. Land to Market was developed by The Savory Institute as a program to verify regenerative sourcing for the food and fiber industries. Farms that demonstrate ... Read more »
The vast majority of corporate sustainability reports acknowledge the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in some way, and more than half are aligning their sustainability strategies with the SDGs, according to a new study from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Radley Yeldar. And more are tying ... Read more »
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Delaware is living up to its nickname “The First State” this month as it becomes the first in the nation to offer a sustainability and transparency certificate to corporations. Officially known as Delaware’s Certification of Adoption of Transparency and Sustainability Standards Act, the new law looks to evolve the idea ... Read more »
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA), together with Engie Resources, today announced that they have signed a renewable energy agreement through which Engie will supply more than 50% of the energy needed for NWNA’s manufacturing and distribution facilities in Texas. With this agreement, NWNA operations in Travis, McLennan, Dallas, and Harris ... Read more »
A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for distributed renewables asset performance management (APM), providing an overview of innovative technology uses and business models, as well as global market forecasts through 2027. The report states that the APM market size for distributed energy technologies, such as solar PV plants, ... Read more »
Norway-based cleantech company EnergyNest is currently one of the partners selected by multinational energy provider Enel for the analysis of the benefits and impacts of the integration of its technology in one of Enel’s numerous power generation assets. According to EnergyNest, the company’s latest thermal energy storage technology, when ... Read more »
The UK government’s proposal to ban the distribution and sale of plastic straws and stirrers has entered the consult phase; the ban would be enforced at some point between October 2019 and October 2020, but there would be some exceptions. Pharmacies and medical centers, for example, would still be able ... Read more »
Franscioni & Griva, a family-owned farm on the central coast of California that grows 394 acres of wine grapes, is building a solar facility to generate its own power – giving the farm increased resources to devote to its growing practices, the company say. Franscioni & Griva is working with REC ... Read more »
When it comes to the agricultural sector in California and the state’s methane reduction goals, dairies must change the way they store and handle manure for the state to be successful, according to a new report. Methane emissions from manure come primarily from “wet storage,” the report, from the Dairy ... Read more »
ScottishPower became the first integrated energy company in the United Kingdom to completely exit coal and gas generation. The company sold its remaining traditional gas-fired power stations to Drax Group last week in order to focus entirely on renewables.
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s recently published 2017 Corporate Responsibility Scorecard shows the specialty retailer advancing toward their target of having 100% responsibly sourced cotton in textile products by 2021.
A newly opened state-of-the-art vertical farming research facility in the UK uses energy-efficient horticultural lighting to boost plant growth. The Vertical Farming Development Facility in Selby, North Yorkshire, has four tiers of cropping racks lit by Arize LED lighting.
The City of Sacramento aims to improve its fleet’s fuel efficiency, increase MPG and reduce CO2 emissions by adding XL fleet electrification technology to its six existing Ford F-250 trucks and one Ford Transit passenger van, turning them into hybrid electric vehicles. The city expects a 25% increase in MPG ... Read more »
The federal government hopes to improve coordination across federal agencies to help reduce food waste with a new joint agency formal agreement signed this week under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste Initiative. In conjunction with the signing, two new companies — Kroger and Hilton — joined their US Food ... Read more »
In recent months, we have seen - and written about - numerous initiatives around the world addressing the problem of waste from single-use plastics, including straws. Here, guest author Robert Kravitz shares some background on the issue.
Tesla and the Shanghai government signed a deal this week designating a nearly 3 million-square-foot area for the company’s Chinese Gigafactory, which is expected to double Tesla’s global manufacturing size and help make their electric vehicles affordable in the country when completed.
Walmart plans to break ground on a new high-tech grocery distribution center in Shafter, California. Computer algorithms deployed at the facility are expected to improve efficiency, lower transportation costs, and reduce food waste.