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One of the many topics covered at the 2017 Environmental Leader Conference and Energy Summit was “zero-loss” thinking in energy management. To talk about the matter were Aiman Abdrabou, global manager of energy and sustainability with Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and Richard Gorze, global energy manager for Eaton Corp. Abdrabou touted ... Read more »
Owens Corning operates a lot of furnaces around the world that use a lot of energy. It's focused on energy reduction and on its greenhouse gas impact.
Want to see improvements in the company's environmental scorecard? Ensure the supply chain and the employees are fully engaged, says AMD and Toyota.
Kellogg told the Environmental Leader conference audience on Tuesday that it is committed to keeping its heat-trapping emissions in line with science-based targets to keep temperatures in check.
In an “open letter to the international community and parties to the Paris Agreement,” more than 1,200 businesses, universities & colleges, investors, governors and mayors officially declared that “We are still in” on the Paris Climate Agreement. The declaration represents $6.2 trillion of the US economy and 120 million Americans. ... Read more »
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At the 2017 Environmental Leader Conference and Energy Management Summit, Lang Lawrence, energy manager for Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), described how the global defense company is using artificial intelligence and integrating peak shaving techniques to meet energy efficiency goals. According to Lawrence, the history of Raytheon Missile Systems peak shaving ... Read more »
California is more determined than ever to reduce CO2 emissions. It has said that it would increase its use of renewables to 100% by 2045 while also trying to tie its cap-and-trade system to that of China’s emerging trading plan.
Constructing buildings with more efficient energy systems in place not only leads to significant savings but can also bring higher rents and longer leases. A California condominium association, for example, has seen an 80% reduction in energy costs just one month after installing LED lighting. A recent report, The Future ... Read more »
Following President Donald Trump’s decision to quit the Paris climate agreement, the CEOs of Disney, Tesla, Apple and many others quit Trump’s business advisory council, and others continued to speak up in favor of sustainability. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, for example, told CNBC that he has respect for the ... Read more »
Following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will quit the Paris climate agreement, the CEOs of Disney, Tesla, Apple and many others quit Trump’s business advisory council, and others continued to speak up in favor of sustainability. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, for example, told CNBC that he has ... Read more »
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Exxon Mobil Corp. is in the spotlight again now that New York's attorney general is alleging in new court documents that the oil giant's internal accounting practices were a "sham" -- all tied to how it had been disclosing its climate risks to investors.
The winners of the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards – and the winners of the inaugural and highly competitive Judges’ Choice Awards – will be announced at a dinner and reception during the Environmental Leader 2017 Conference in Denver next week. The event begins with a reception where attendees ... Read more »
Constructing buildings with more efficient systems in place can lead to higher rents and longer leases, but it can also lead to significant savings. A California condominium association, for example, has seen an 80% reduction in energy costs just one month after installing LED lighting. A recent report, The Future of Corporate Real Estate, outlined ... Read more »
Honeywell’s patented car-coolant chemical for air conditioning systems is the only chemical that currently meets new European Union standards for greenhouse gas emissions; now, Honeywell is being targeted by an antitrust complaint that says the company is preventing fair competition and seeks a “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory license” to the patents for the chemical, known ... Read more »
Net Zero Energy, a building certification program initiated by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), is now known as Zero Energy (ZE) Building Certification. ZE, in partnership with the New Buildings Institute (NBI), advocates for improved energy performance in commercial buildings, while ILFI administers certification of ZE buildings. To be ... Read more »
For the third week in a row, Energy Research Council’s (ERC) national average benchmark price for electricity rose, this time by 0.82% to $0.0760 per kilowatt hour. Prices increased most in the District of Columbia (2.2%), Texas (1.7%), Massachusetts (1.6%), Ohio (1.3%), Connecticut (1.2%), New York (1.0%), Maryland ... Read more »
A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that was projected to save a Michigan school district close to $500,000 over 25 years was voted down last week. In ongoing talks with the Lansing Board of Education, RER Energy Group proposed the construction of 1.5 MW solar array that would have consisted of ... Read more »
With food waste becoming an ever-more prominent topic in the news, supermarkets will need to take steps to combat food waste or risk losing customers, says Liz Goodwin, senior fellow and director of food loss and waste with the World Resources Institute. Consumers are becoming aware of the magnitude and cost of wasted ... Read more »
A new Energy Management System (EMS), produced by Rolls Royce, allows ship owners to reduce a ship’s energy use, fuel consumption and operating costs, all this while supporting environmental initiatives and providing performance information. The new, cloud-based portal where information is stored allows fleet operators to compare real-time and historical ... Read more »
Energy Management Systems (EMS) are a popular technology for businesses looking to go green and cut energy costs. An EMS can monitor and conserve energy in a building or organization by collecting and analyzing energy use data and then bases energy-conserving actions on the information obtained. Business will be adopting ... Read more »
A California condominium association has seen an 80% reduction in energy costs just one month after installing LED lighting. Renewable Energy and Power, Inc. replaced old high intensity discharge (HID) lighting throughout the exterior areas of the condominium complex. Federal and state legislation in the United States, together with alluring ... Read more »
Just as the president has said the United States would eventually withdraw from the Paris climate accord, the shareholders of the world's biggest oil company made a very different statement: Exxon Mobil Corp. must increase its transparency and reduce its CO2 releases.
Major manufacturers like Tesla and General Electric are facing a severe shortage of ethically sourced cobalt, and the metal is expected to increase in demand by 500%, says OilPrice.com. Amazon, too, needs the metal for its Kindle, and other consumer electronics are contributing to the demand and resulting shortage of supply. Tesla’s ... Read more »
New York businesses and institutions have the chance to get a piece of $15 million in rebates that is being made available to those that install ground source heat pumps. The initiative is being launched by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in an effort to ... Read more »
Every industry has a set of “must-follow” rules that require adherence (more or less) to achieve better performance. And the corporate sustainability industry is no different. In fact, in an expanding industry, these rules may change slightly due to the evolving business as it pertains to emerging energy technology. Analytics ... Read more »