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What are Dennis's biggest environmental challenges in 2017? How is he solving them? What trends is he preparing for in the next few years? And just for kicks, what great books has he read lately? Dennis Hu of Ball Aerospace reveals all.
Indianapolis officials announced this week that the city will spend $12 million to update more than 27,000 street lights, which will save the municipality an estimated $800,000 annually. The city will pay Indiana Power & Light to convert 27,240 street lights to LED lights over three years. The savings from ... Read more »
As we’ve reported lately – and of course, as most sustainability and energy management professionals know – the handling of water and wastewater is extremely energy intensive. Now, Fluence Corporation Limited has released its SmartAerator Tornado for industrial and municipal wastewater treatment facilities. The company says the SmartAerator Tornado can ... Read more »
Data centers require an exorbitant amount of energy to function, but developing sustainable, energy efficient operating measures has become a priority within the industry. According to bisnow.com, the average electrical costs for most data centers can exceed $1 million per month. Reducing that, either through operational efficiencies or incorporating renewable ... Read more »
Companies that make claims about the environmental benefits of reducing their own paper use have been told they could be running afoul of the FTC. But are they really? These organizations have conflicting opinions.
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Massive water resource management plan will keep metropolitan Atlanta wet through 2050. CH2M has mapped out water and wastewater demands for the entire region, taking into account existing watershed conditions and more.
A new total commercial building HVAC comparison tool may help prospective builders, consulting engineers and design-build professionals may seriously simplify the vetting process for HVAC systems during the early design phase. Here's how.
What do 25,000 cows have to do with the creation of BMW's third-generation BMW X3?
LA County school district nabs Prop 39 funding to update five disparate - and annoying - building automation systems across its 32 facilities. The project will save the district nearly $170,000 annually.
Now that the United States has become a net exporter of natural gas, manufacturers are concerned that the cost of their feedstock will rise and hurt their international competitiveness.
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As organizations face rising stormwater fees, green roof retrofits can help reduce the strain on runoff management systems, along with other benefits. Considering one? Know this...
Outdoor clothing company Patagonia spent big on a media buy that included its first-ever TV ad. The ad spend is in the hopes of convincing Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to not rescind protection of these national monuments...
Santa Fe ponders: Can we power all facilities with renewable energy in just a few short years? Plenty of other cities say "yes."
As California’s economy continues to grow, the state’s carbon footprint continues to shrink, albeit at a slower pace than in earlier years due in part to a spike in transportation emissions.
During crush time, wineries work around the clock - and energy use (and costs) soar. But a program from Pacific Gas & Electric can help them save more than half a million dollars per year.
A company in Ontario will pay a $100,000 fine to the Environmental Damages Fund for regulatory violations in relation to the sale of tetrachloroethylene. Dalex Canada Inc. pleaded guilty to selling the chemical to an owner or operator of a dry-cleaning facility who was not in compliance with regulations. Regulations ... Read more »
"Partnerships really do matter. You have to be able to have a working relationship with an entity that’s willing to experiment with you and do things differently. You have to take risks. You have to be willing to have those honest conversations." Matthew Crosby, utility solutions program manager for Panasonic CityNow, talks about a new business model for increasing energy
Business Sector Media is excited to announce the date and location of the 2018 Environmental Leader Conference and Energy Manager Summit! Stay tuned for more details and we'll see you in...
The state of Michigan is on the verge of exploding with PACE projects, according to Andy Levin, president of Levin Energy Partners LLC. Levin, who promotes PACE through the company’s Lean & Green Michigan program, says nearly 10 energy management improvement projects in Michigan have taken advantage of PACE, with five ... Read more »
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A jail in Greenfield, MA, has received a grant of more than half a million dollars from the state Department of Energy Resources to install a solar canopy. The $545,000 grant will pay for a 436-kilowatt array expected to offset 26% of the facility’s energy consumption, saving about $92,000 per ... Read more »
Carl Icahn’s role as an adviser to President Trump was a conflict of interest related to rules requiring oil refiners to blend ethanol into gasoline, according to an article in The New Yorker. The article came out just days after Icahn stepped down from his unpaid advisory role. Icahn said ... Read more »
Business Sector Media has announced the date and location of the 2018 Environmental Leader Conference & Energy Manager Summit. Next year’s event will take place May 15-17 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. Additional details will be announced soon. With the overwhelming attendance at the 2017 Conference, we outgrew our ... Read more »
With the collapse of the president's American Manufacturing Council, manufacturers have collectively made a statement that the value of their brands is far more important that proximity to policymaking at the highest levels.
Our editor reflects on the blaring conversation regarding food waste: what we're being told, how we're responding, and how it's paying off.