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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order allowing the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets operated by regional transmission organizations and independent system operators. FERC’s vote to open US wholesale energy markets to batteries and other electric storage systems is intended ... Read more »
Food waste is not only an economic and environmental drain - it’s just plain uncivilized, says the director of the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO). SAGO, under the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, is launching a national initiative to reduce food waste, including a
The complex and rapidly changing world of energy management brings many challenges, but one common sentiment that we hear from our clients here at ENGIE Insight is that they all see opportunity. Opportunity to better manage their expenses, reduce their resource usage, and optimize and extend their existing resources to ... Read more »
The latest Sustainable Energy in America Factbook showed that 2017 was a landmark year in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Here, the NRDC explores four reasons for optimism about milestones in energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar based on the report.
On January 25, 2018, the EPA issued a guidance memorandum withdrawing the “once in always in” policy for the classification of major sources of hazardous air pollutants under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Within the air compliance and permitting community, this guidance memorandum has been thought of as
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United Airlines has added more fuel efficient aircrafts to its domestic flight schedules, which will begin flying between Houston and five cities beginning in June.
Wastewater research from the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Applied Energy Research may lead to cost-effective and practical technologies for reducing and managing wastewater, the school says. A $740,000 grant from the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory will help strengthen the University’s program. UK’s wastewater research ... Read more »
David Pogue, global director of corporate responsibility for CBRE, discusses how the global real estate services company is integrating corporate responsibility into its business practices.
Atlas Copco has extended its range of QIS power generators with the addition of five models that deliver fuel consumption savings of 5% on average and are optimized for performance “in the most demanding of industrial environments,” the company says. The generators have a 25% smaller footprint than comparable models ... Read more »
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) released a new guide for K-12 school buildings. Aimed at owners, contractors, consulting engineers, architects, designers, and administrators, the publication shows how to achieve advanced levels of energy savings while saving on costs. Called “Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 ... Read more »
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Only a few years ago, Dutch denim-maker G-Star Raw was drawing ire from Greenpeace. Activists pasted posters on store windows in seven countries, urging the brand to sign up for its Detox campaign, which challenges popular clothing brands to stop using hazardous chemicals. “No one likes a greenwasher,” a Greenpeace ... Read more »
Blount County Schools’ partnership with Schneider Electric to improve energy efficiency at 20 district facilities is expected to generate $14.6 million in energy and operational savings. Officials from the Alabama school district, located to the north of Birmingham in Oneonta, had wanted to modernize their buildings for many years, but they ... Read more »
David Pogue, global director of corporate responsibility for CBRE, talks about how commercial real estate is at the nexus of many issues - energy, waste, water, emissions - and how his company incorporates those issues into its business practices.
You may remember from my editor's note last Friday that we had some important follow-up questions after reading about about Dunkin' Donuts' decision to transition from foam to double-walled paper cups. I forwarded our questions to the company and they were quick to send back their answers.
A scientific study published this week in the journal Nature Communications shows that using small electrically-charged drones to deliver commercial packages generally consumes less energy per package than delivery trucks. For the paper “Energy use and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of drones for commercial package delivery,” authors from Lawrence ... Read more »
UC Colorado Springs has opened its first purpose-built performing and visual arts center; the 92,000-square-foot facility nabbed LEED certification at the Gold level for elements including
The US Department of Energy just released two new studies related to fuel and engine co-optimization. One study identifies high-octane blendstocks for gasoline to create better performance. The other quantifies the fuel efficiency potential associated with different fuel properties. Both studies were completed by the DOE’s Co-Optimization of Engines and ... Read more »
Drones used to be on the futuristic wish list of energy management tools a few years ago. But now real-life commercial drone deployments are picking up, and not just for inspections. Duke Energy reported this week that the company’s drone team used the drones to help restring power lines in ... Read more »
Hospital water and sewer use is gradually declining, but that doesn't mean hospitals are saving as much money as they are water: prices are rising, now averaging 42 cents per square foot versus 24 cents as recently as 2007, indicates a new report.
Kroger announced the opening of a new "culinary innovation center" in downtown Cincinnati. The company broke ground on the 12,000-square-foot LEED-designed facility last march. The center is a state-of-the-art, sustainable test kitchen and education center focused on developing
The City of London Corporation, a governmental agency, has today announced it will bring innovative lighting proposals to the Square Mile, including remotely operated lighting that will complement the look of historic buildings, improve energy usage and help tackle light pollution. The first of its kind in London, the strategy ... Read more »
Demand flexibility can be a lower-cost, less-polluting alternative to natural gas-fired power plants for balancing renewable energy on the grid, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). The organization’s new research report, “Demand Flexibility: The Key to Enabling a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Grid,” shows how demand flexibility can be a lower-cost, ... Read more »
A new report examining climate management by 59 of the world’s largest banks has found urgent shortcomings that threaten to undermine efforts to support the transition to a low carbon economy. The report says that despite progress in some areas and several examples of individual best practice the sector is failing to ... Read more »
United Airlines and the Chicago Department of Aviation will invest a total of $1.43 million to purchase 26 new pieces of zero emissions ground support equipment, replacing older, diesel-fueled equipment at Chicago O'Hare. Grant funding for the project from the EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act - a total of $640,000 - will help O'Hare and United Airlines to save a
The budget bill signed by President Trump last week includes a significant expansion of tax incentives for carbon capture. The tax credit, known as 45Q, allows for a credit of