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Environmental Leader is honored to announce the winners of the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards. The Award winners were celebrated at a gala awards party during the Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference in Denver. The Judges’ Choice winners were announced at the same time. See the award winners here.
Experts from Aspire Sustainability, 3M, and the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand share their tips for getting started on a life cycle assessment (LCA).
Nike’s manufacturing energy and carbon director Lonny Knabe described Nike’s efforts to improve energy efficiency at their factories worldwide.
Kevin Haley, program manager of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center, shares three strategies to spur utilities to act faster on renewables in states without a wholesale energy market.
Tonight – Wednesday, May 16 – Energy Manager Today will announce the 2018 Energy Manager Today Product & Project Award winners. Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala during the Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference being held this week in Denver. The Judges’ Choice winners in both the ... Read more »
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Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) recently announced it has started construction on a comprehensive campus-wide energy efficiency project that will streamline facility operations, encourage sustainable behavior and improve the quality of life for students and staff. The university is partnering with energy and sustainability expert Schneider Electric on the ... Read more »
Spurred by consumer demand for eco-friendly practices, many businesses across the US are moving aggressively to reduce their carbon footprint, including a major embrace of renewable energy and alternative-fueled vehicles, according to Deloitte’s “Resources 2018 Study – Businesses Drive, Households Strive.” The survey shows that businesses see addressing climate ... Read more »
What are top professionals in the environmental responsibility space thinking about in terms of sustainability management? What are their challenges and next steps? Here’s what one practitioner shared during the first day of the Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference (#ELEMCON18).
Today, innovative Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and smart building capabilities are raising the bar of how an Energy Management Solution (EMS) can provide actionable insight into energy consumption and infrastructure to drive improved efficiency, reliability and cost savings. An IoT-enabled EMS deploys networks of intelligent devices and connected sensors to continually collect, share and analyze data.
When photos from the megafires that blazed through New Mexico appeared on the screen, several people gasped. The Cerro Grande fire in 2000 burned 43,000 to 48,000 acres and cost Los Alamos National Laboratory $331 million, not including productivity. The Las Conchas fire in 2011 cost $15.7 million. Then two ... Read more »
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In the midst of growing populations and increasingly taller buildings, businesses need to make sure the products they put out today are future-proof, says Brad Nemeth, VP of sustainability for ThyssenKrupp Elevator for the Americas.
General Motor’s sustainability director David Tulauskas said that all environmental and energy issues have social implications as well at the Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference in Denver.
Heather Younger, CEO of leadership development company Customer Fanatix, shared several intuitive laws of employee engagement during a workshop at the Environmental Leader & Energy Manager Conference. Dennis Hu of Ball Aerospace and Josh Scott with Colorado School of Public Health added insights. Here are a few:
Today, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $72 million for new projects to advance high-temperature concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. These projects will extend previous research on high-temperature components, develop them into integrated assemblies, and test these components and systems through a wide range of operational conditions. CSP technologies ... Read more »
Environmental Lights, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, recently announced the availability of the new LED Magnetic Channel System for use with LED strip lights. “Metal shelf standards are very common in retail displays, and the new LED Magnetic Channel System makes it easier for fabricators to integrate LED channel ... Read more »
Red Lobster, the world’s largest seafood restaurant company, recently announced a partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program to help make better seafood choices for healthier oceans, now and for future generations. This partnership builds upon Red Lobster’s existing Seafood with Standards commitment to serve only traceable, sustainable ... Read more »
For industrial and remediation water treatment systems, long-term operational costs (OPEX) can vastly outweigh the initial capital expenditure – especially as the system approaches the end of its useful life. Unfortunately, and understandably, treatment system design tends to focus on the treatment efficacy and often neglects
Dairy farmers in Illinois have the potential to earn tens of thousands of dollars a year by leasing land for community solar projects, but similar projects in other agricultural areas have faced steep opposition.
Finnish marine companies joined a new collaborative project to improve ship energy systems. Project coordinator Zou Guangrong discusses what this means for shipping in Finland and beyond.
The Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh, PA, announced that, after more than a year of extensive testing and documentation, it has received the Living Building Challenge (LBC) Certification, one of just 21 buildings in the world to be certified by the LBC.
Apple along with major metals companies Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto Aluminum as well as the governments of Canada and Quebec announced that they are collectively investing $144 million to eliminate greenhouse gases from the aluminum smelting process.
Unilever reports that its “sustainable living” brands grew 46% faster than the rest of the business and delivered 70% of its turnover growth. This marks the fourth consecutive year of growth for these brands.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities issued an order approving investments and upgrades to the state’s electric grid.
Tesco, the biggest retailer in the United Kingdom, missed its two-year goal of eliminating all food waste from its operation in the country by 2018. But there’s an important upshot.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) made $10 million available this week for clean energy projects to reduce carbon emissions at commercial and industrial buildings throughout the state.