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The Urban Land Institute’s Greenprint Center for Building Performance released a new report this week showing that the commercial real estate industry is making significant progress in reducing energy consumption.
The US government and the private sector should focus on research to advance technologies that turn greenhouse gas emissions into useful products such as fuels, construction materials and chemicals, urges the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A new report from the National Academies offers an agenda for how ... Read more »
Eaton has announced the latest version of its Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) software – power management software for virtual environments – which allows for integration with the company’s Docker container platform and Kubernetes container orchestration solution. The integration means that data center and IT professionals can automate the remote shutdown ... Read more »
Tetra Pak US and Canada recently released its “2018 Sustainability Report,” which shows how the company’s approach to sustainability reporting has evolved from focusing solely on environmental commitments and actions, to evaluating every part of the business and its impact, including societal and supplier governance; from self-assessment to adopting ... Read more »
Centrica Business Solutions released a “Buyers Guide to Solar” to help large energy users better understand the ways they can improve their organization’s energy efficiency and operational performance. The 18-page guide provides an end-to-end overview of solar and the option to combine solar and storage as an integrated solution. The ... Read more »
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EPC Power Corp. (EPC), an energy storage and power conversion technology company, recently completed integration testing with Primus Power (Primus) flow batteries. Primus completed this extensive testing at its Hayward, Calif., headquarters, verifying that EPC inverters provide the required fast response and smart inverter controls to be compatible with ... Read more »
Amazon will invest $10 million in Closed Loop Fund to support recycling infrastructure in the US, including increasing the availability of curbside recycling for 3 million homes in communities across the country. The online retail giant says that by making it easier for customers to recycle and by further developing ... Read more »
When it comes to zero-waste certified businesses, Las Vegas has been a desert — but this week, a minority-owned coconut supplier announced that it has received TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste certification for its tapping and branding facility. Coco Taps, a local company that supplies fresh coconuts to ... Read more »
A new tool enabling the solar and energy storage industry to “deploy with confidence” is now available, Pason Power announced. The Storage Architect modeling software for energy storage project development allows users to forecast a project’s economic value with the same optimization algorithm that runs autonomous energy storage systems in the ... Read more »
Ceres and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announce the addition of Target, a general merchandise retailer that serves guests at more than 1,800 stores, and Archer Daniels Midland Company, one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, to the AgWater Challenge. The two companies’ new water stewardship commitments ... Read more »
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Corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) are inherently risky. With the increasing popularity of PPAs over the last decade, more complex risks have surfaced, which may inhibit their effectiveness as a risk management tool. And no insurance company is willing to offer protection products for such a risk. Enter Microsoft. ... Read more »
Centrica plc, a multinational energy and services company, has today released a new report that shows how new energy technology could meet more than half of the 20% carbon reduction target by 2030 for the healthcare, industry and hospitality sectors, as set out by Britain’s “Clean Growth Strategy.” Published ... Read more »
This summer, Starbucks built on previous commitments to the circular economy by pledging to eliminate plastic straws from their stores by 2020, replacing them with a novel recyclable lid design. The coffee house giant was just the latest in an increasingly long line of corporations such as Philips, H&M, Unilever, ... Read more »
Amidst a near-constant stream of headlines about corporate renewable energy procurement, another megatrend inescapably driving the energy transition – digitalization – has come onto the scene with similarly impressive speed and potential impact, both cost savings and other. For example, the application of data analytics in power plants and networks ... Read more »
KB Home recently announced it has installed more than 500,000 WaterSense labeled fixtures in its homes across the country and has built an industry-record number — more than 14,000 — of WaterSense labeled and Water Smart-certified homes. KB Home estimates that its homes conserve 1.4 billion gallons of water ... Read more »
Large US companies are acting on renewable energy goals at a record pace, according to a new report from the Wind Solar Alliance (WSA). Through August of this year, they have already procured nearly 4 gigawatts of utility-scale wind and solar capacity — breaking the previous full-year record, set ... Read more »
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in a new report. According to the IPCC, limiting global warming to 1.5°C compared to 2°C could go hand in hand with ensuring ... Read more »
Even though the Industrial IoT(IIoT) can greatly improve a facility’s operational efficiency while reducing overhead costs, many decision makers have questions about the available technology, how to introduce it, and how it can benefit their business. Here are some of the most common questions about the IIoT: 1. What is ... Read more »
More and more companies in adjacent spaces – like energy, facility maintenance, demand response, utility, security, storage, etc. are partnering to offer bundled solutions. These bundles prompt adoption of smart building technology and help simplify the transition process for energy and facility professionals. The future of smart buildings will be ... Read more »
Tropical Storm Michael caused more than a million gallons of untreated wastewater to overflow from various facilities in Greensboro, North Carolina. This is the second time this fall that storms caused sewage overflows in the city, according to the News & Record: flooding during Hurricane Florence last month also sent ... Read more »
The Arlington, Texas, manufacturing facility of General Motors is, as of October 9, getting 100% of its energy from the nearby Cactus Flats Wind Farm, a 148-megawatt facility based in Concho County. General Motors’ business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, as well as other facilities throughout the state, will also be ... Read more »
Waste Connections, a solid waste services company, is using a variety of technology solutions to reach significant sustainability goals including optical sorting machines, anaerobic digesters, and gas recovery systems...
Hurricane Michael left approximately 2.5 million electricity customers in the southeast without power. As of Monday morning, the Edison Electric Institute reported that electricity had been restored to all but around 241,000.
Finnish oil refining company Neste and international aviation fuel products and services supplier Air BP signed an agreement to collaborate on increasing the supply and availability of sustainable aviation fuel for airline customers.
Signify has introduced Interact Pro, a multi-tasking, smart lighting system and software developed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The IoT-connected lighting can reduce energy costs by as much as 80% as well as help improve employee well being and productivity, according to the company.