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The European Commission is changing the way it accounts for carbon emission from aircraft following an agreement it reached with International Civil Aviation Organization.
The Hawaii County Planning Department has approved a waste-to-energy plant that aims to reduce the amount of waste headed to landfills and instead divert it to create energy.
Manufacturers want an Obama era rule on risk assessment tossed under the Congressional Review Act that allows lawmakers to take such action for those laws enacted during the waning days of the administration.
Schneider Electric and Duke Energy Renewables this week announced that they will build and deploy microgrids at the Montgomery County, MD, Public Safety Headquarters and the county Correctional Facility. The press release says that the project will include infrastructure upgrades at both locations, installation of solar infrastructure and natural gas ... Read more »
Power over Ethernet (PoE) has a strong business case. By carrying enough electricity through Ethernet cabling to power LEDs (and other low-power equipment), planners and energy managers gain flexibility in where these devices are located. Lights, WiFi access points and other gear are freed from the need to be near ... Read more »
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Energy managers can score points with C-suite executives – as well as their fellow workers – by doing everything they can to make their buildings green. A story at website for The Society for Human Resource Management found that green structures do far more than help the environment. People who work ... Read more »
When the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons face off at NRG Park in Houston on February 5 for Super Bowl 51, the action will be illuminated by 65,000 LED lights installed in 2015.
How to enable wastewater-free chemical sites? That is the question — or at least one of questions AkzoNobel wants startups to answer in its Chemicals Startup Challenge.
Tetra Pak’s climate impact reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. It is one of a growing number of companies realizing business value from emissions management.
Walmart has agreed to pay $1 million to settle greenwashing claims that allege the nation’s largest retailer sold plastic products that were misleadingly labeled “biodegradable” or “compostable.”
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Remediation firms and other environmental managers that produce groundwater monitoring reports have a new tool at their disposal.
Business and financial software company Intuit has expanded its commitment to moving to a 100 percent renewable energy supply at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, with a purchase of wind power from Renewable Power Direct, the two companies announced on February 2.
xcelis Technologies of Beverly, Massachusetts, a provider of equipment and services to the semiconductor manufacturing industry, has completed a "turnkey LED lighting retrofit” of its 400,000 square foot advanced technology center facilities, including interior and exterior spaces.
entury Aluminum of South Carolina, a global producer of primary aluminum , filed an antitrust lawsuit January 30 in federal court in Charleston against the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper), accusing the utility of violating state and federal antitrust laws governing monopolies and unfair trade practices because it has refused to let the company buy electricity for its
Oregon says that greenhouse gas emissions from its transportation sector are responsible for greater greenhouse gas emissions. Implications for corporate fleets?
Food rescue and Copia are helping restaurants cut down on food waste by using mobile apps to match businesses with excess foods and those hunger organizations with specific needs.
America's manufacturers testified before Congress on Wednesday and asked lawmakers to spend money to beef up infrastructure, which they said would reduce cost to consumers and improve the efficiencies of organizations and their supply chains.
Energy managers have a job that is more important than saving money: They must keep people who work, live or visit the buildings safe and comfortable. Air handling units are linchpins in maintaining that comfort and safety. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) ran into a significant problem: It was determined ... Read more »
New technologies generally bring confusion and a certain amount of uncertainty. The challenges grow in proportion to the complexity of the innovation being deployed. This means that smart buildings and the Internet of Things (IoT) on which it relies are raising a lot of concerns. The confusion is evident in ... Read more »
A proving grounds for energy storage is in Southern California, where a large project is underway to compensate for the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility, which has not been allowed to accept new gas since methane leaks caused serious problems in 2015. This week, Southern California Edison (SoCal) and ... Read more »
As a growing number of industry players and governments make the business and environmental case for circular economy models, plastics are taking center stage.
Growth in demand for mobility means that transport CO2 emissions in 2050 will remain at 2015 levels of around 7.5 giga-tonnes, according to the ITF Transport Outlook 2017.
As corporations increasingly looking at how the built environment impacts human health and the environment, a new document outlines how building projects can achieve both the WELL Building Standard and BREEAM.
Some 52 percent of Sustainable Green Printing Partnership certified facilities report reduced energy consumption, lowering operating costs and waste.
Much to the dissatisfaction of Maine Governor Paul LePage (R), the 2,000 current customer-operators of rooftop solar in the Pine Tree State still will be able to earn utility credits by selling excess power back to the grid, following a decision (Case No. 2016-00120)by the Maine Public Utilities Commission on January 31.