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The Rocky Mountain Institute’s latest report details hurricane-resilient equipment specifications and procedures for designers, suppliers, and manufacturers.
Dell is tracking where its products end up after they are collected via the company’s US consumer takeback program; the pilot program – an effort between Dell and Basel Action Network (BAN) – is designed to “see if things end up where they are supposed to,” Dell says in its ... Read more »
The NFL is formally pledging its commitment to environmental stewardship and engagement, and could save substantial sums of money in the process, the Green Sports Alliance says.
Swedish solar company Azelio recently launched a demonstrator of its unique technology for solar energy storage. The technology generates clean electricity on demand in a distributed way. It has modularity benefits and the company claims it is more cost efficient than competing technologies, including fossil-based energy. Azelio’s energy technology ... Read more »
Gensets solve power outage issues across countries. And, according to a report from Market Research Future, the genset market is expected to surge steadily in the coming months. Hybrid genset that run on gas, diesel, solar and batteries is the new trend in the global market. Escalating demand for ... Read more »
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SMA Solar Techology, a German solar energy equipment supplier, and 3E have announced a new partnership in independent energy monitoring and management platforms. The solutions from both companies will now be directly connected: 3E’s SynaptiQ will be directly accessible through SMA’s new ennexOS IoT platform for energy management. SMA ... Read more »
Amongst the hype of the most recent football season, one story continues to impact us long after the final whistle between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots: a collaboration to achieve a zero waste game at US Bank Stadium. Rush2Recycle aimed to recover more than 90% of the ... Read more »
Siemens is opening the world’s first facility in the UK to develop ammonia as a form of energy storage. The project received nearly $2 million in funding.
C&A Foundation announced $1.5 million in funding for five circular fashion initiatives worldwide to bridge the gap in implementing circular business models throughout the global apparel value chain.
Beginning in 2025, at least 25% of the plastics used in every new Volvo will be made from recycled material, the company says. The topic of plastics waste has been a prominent theme in the news in recent weeks, with this year’s
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AT&T signed a deal with a NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary to purchase 300 megawatts of wind energy from two new wind farm projects in Wilbarger and Hardeman Counties, Texas.
We’re glued to the NBA finals. Baseball season is in full swing. But, I want to bring us back to an unprecedented win from football season. Amongst the hype, one story continues to impact us long after the final whistle between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots: a collaboration to
General Motors’ director of sustainability David Tulauskas shares how the automaker is working to increase supply chain traceability and transparency for commodities like cobalt and rubber.
As climate change makes disruptive weather events more frequent and severe, the financial impact on corporate earnings and credit ratings could be meaningful, and could increase over time, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings. A review of the earnings call transcripts of S&P 500 companies in the past ... Read more »
McDonald’s restaurants are expected to switch from plastic straws to paper ones in the UK and Ireland next year. The chain also plans to pilot alternatives to plastic straws in several other countries later this year.
Businesses and homes that use electricity for heat instead of fossil fuels can avoid 10% of US carbon emissions, a new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute found.
Many states are re-examining the scope and methods surrounding their solar incentives programs, says a new analysis prepared for the Consumer Energy Alliance.
An in-depth look at General Motors’ progress toward its sustainability goals, including the steps it is taking to improve supply chain, waste and energy use.
Honeywell recently introduced its Vector Space Sense, a software solution that shows where, when and how building spaces are used at any given point in time. As a result, the building operations team can make better-informed real estate and space usage decisions that provide opportunities to optimize costs and promote ... Read more »
Saint-Gobain, a French manufacturer of building materials and building solutions, contributed building science expertise and building products from its family of companies to renovate a historic building that is now the home to 80 cleantech startup companies that are working to solve climate challenges with their hardware-focused innovations. Saint-Gobain ... Read more »
Schneider Electric, an energy management and services company, along with Fort Bend County, Texas today announced the construction completion on the third phase of an energy efficiency project to further reduce energy costs and improve facility infrastructure. The previous two project phases successfully lowered the County’s utility bills and ... Read more »
A new tool is available for building owners and energy managers that will allow them to easily evaluate the costs and benefits of solar photovoltaic and battery storage systems (solar+storage) to power critical building loads when grid outages occur. The newly released features of the NREL online solar+storage optimization tool, REopt Lite offer enhanced
IPL Plastics Ltd, a rigid plastics manufacturer, has partnered with Ideagen to enhance health and safety management across its operations. The Dublin-based company, which has operations across the United Kingdom, North America and China employing over 2,400 people globally, will implement Ideagen’s Coruson system. The ‘WorkSafe’ project via Coruson ... Read more »
Fluence Energy, an energy storage technology and services provider, has secured the UK’s largest energy storage portfolio project. Working with UK Power Reserve, Fluence will deliver the first phase of the 120MW battery storage portfolio. Construction on the first 60MW has begun. A total of 120MW were secured in ... Read more »
A new sustainable design concept – developed and patented to address challenges developers face when it comes to building and financing cost-effective apartments – is now available to urban developers from architectural firm Newman Garrison + Partners. New Block is an architectural design concept that targets two acre urban infill ... Read more »