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Replacing traditional street lighting with LEDs can reduce a campus or municipality’s energy bill by half. But what are the most cost-effective ways to implement such energy-saving technology? According to a new report by Echelon, a company that designs control networks, the choice between narrowband, mediumband and broadband can prove ... Read more »
In 2013, US data centers used approximately 91 billion kWh of electricity and, according to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), this is expected to increase to roughly 140 billion kWh annually by 2020. Building an efficient data center allows for a more powerful, economical solution to vast amounts of ... Read more »
If the US penalizes Chinese solar panel makers by adding tariffs, it could cripple the industry here while also impeding efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.
Eight major corporations including McDonald’s and L’Oreal have joined the newly-expanded supply chain platform of CDP – the non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests – to request information from their key suppliers on how they are managing the risks ... Read more »
Sixty-three fuel cell buses are now in operation in Germany and South Tyrol. An EU-funded initiative, the JIVE project, announced the first deployment of the new, zero-emission fuel cell buses. In total, 139 buses will be deployed across nine European cities, making it the largest fuel cell bus project in ... Read more »
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Industrial firms in developing countries face acute risk in terms of financial and reputational damage when it comes to wastewater treatment. A collaboration of United Nations agencies, UN Water, estimates that as much as 70% of industrial wastewater is being dumped untreated into waterways in developing countries, while the Asian ... Read more »
Consumer goods giant Unilever says that its UK manufacturing sites are now powered 100% by renewable energy. Several Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) over the last several months have allowed Unilever to go completely renewable, including: Unilever UK & Ireland in January signed a PPA that allows it to use ... Read more »
Environmental policy will see a clear shift from land to sea, as shipping is (and will remain) the most efficient way to transport vast amounts of goods long-distance, according to the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association chief executive Sturla Henriksen. Demand for shipping services will double in the next couple of decades, which ... Read more »
War-torn Syria is turning to solar photovoltaic panels to power hospitals in the country. The Syria Solar Initiative, a project associated with the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM), is hoping to eventually provide electricity to all medical facilities in the country through solar panels. The first hospital ... Read more »
President Trump said that he will definitely give his decision on whether the US will participate in the global climate talks that aim to keep CO2 emissions and temperatures in check.
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Businesses with large surface parking areas are increasingly needing to focus on stormwater runoff management, particularly as rules are toughening regarding how such water is being collected, writes the BizTimes of Milwaukee. New porous pavement and pervious concrete options are beginning to solve the problem for some companies. Retail centers, ... Read more »
Sock manufacturer Wigwam says it has been in the business of protecting the environment and using sustainable manufacturing practices for 112 years, but just recently discovered a significant – and easily solvable – sustainability problem: new president and CEO (as of last fall) Tom Wheeler discovered that a large number of ... Read more »
With 70% to 80% of water use being non-potable, it makes no sense to spend money on energy to clean up water and to pump water out and back from centralized municipalities, proponents of rainwater harvesting say. Anywhere from 40% to 60% of the cost of water is from the ... Read more »
Andy Hobbs, director of the Environmental Quality Office at Ford Motor Company, discusses strategies for water reclamation and reduction.
Smart building owners and developers who implement energy management efforts within their buildings and organizations use sustainability and energy efficient initiatives because of the business case, which ultimately comes down to reducing energy use and spend, while improving the reliability of its energy sources – but sometimes, being recognized for their efforts ... Read more »
In yet another announcement about “sustainable apparel,” Levi Strauss & Co. has said that it is funding $350,000 toward new approaches and innovations in the apparel supply chain. Projects will include expanding a natural indigo dyeing facility, creating products that are less water-intensive, and making wastewater treatment solutions more accessible ... Read more »
A big deal was made about the sustainability factor of the Rio Olympics, with Dow, for example, working with partner companies and nonprofits to implement a host of energy- and resource-efficiency initiatives and technologies in the sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, packaging and construction. But one sustainability move may not have been ... Read more »
Marco Ugarte, PhD, sustainability manager for MillerCoors, discusses how public-private partnerships address water reduction goals.
In a time when landfills are reaching capacity and waste generation doesn’t appear to be slowing down, Craig Moeller sees opportunity. The director of advanced energy generation for Lockheed Martin is working to take unwanted materials and convert them into useful energy, without producing enormous amounts of greenhouse gases. In ... Read more »
Investments in energy efficiency will increase globally in 2017, according to a new Johnson Controls survey of energy and facility management executives. The survey indicated that spending on energy management will increase based on 1,243 respondents across India, China, Brazil, the US and Germany. Over half of organizations said they plan to have ... Read more »
Moving to a July prompt month, Energy Research Council’s (ERC) national average benchmark price for electricity rose again last week by 0.29% to $0.0754 per kilowatt hour. The largest price movement was a decline of 1.1% in Illinois. Month-over-month, Illinois electricity prices have dropped by 2.4%; the result of a ... Read more »
The Trump administration proposes to cut the funding for the Environmental Protection Agency more than 31% in the 2018 budget. The odds?
Often it falls to the energy manager to drive progress towards a company’s sustainability goals. When this happens, an energy manager is placed in a challenge position: energy managers need to learn the language of sustainability and methods in order to make sure their own energy management initiatives are understood within the ... Read more »
Businesses must take a strong leadership role in terms of clean energy and climate change in order to advance a thriving economy, wrote Tom Murray, VP of EDF+Business in Forbes yesterday. Murray says that a thriving economy actually depends on a thriving environment, and that US businesses must take the ... Read more »
It’s not often we hear of marketing programs that benefit financially from smart energy management moves, but an iconic marketing sign on a toll bridge between Trenton, NJ, and Morrisville, PA, is being upgraded to a new color-changing and energy-efficient LED lighting system under a contract approved today by the Delaware River ... Read more »