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Volkswagen has 10 days to provide the European Union with details about the “irregularities” related to carbon-dioxide emissions from its vehicles. The Wall Street Journal reports the European Commission on Monday sent the automaker a “sternly-worded letter” demanding Volkswagen provide “further clarifications” on the VW cars’ CO2 emissions. Last week ... Read more »
McDonald’s centrally purchased packaging in Europe is 100 percent sustainably sourced, reports Supply Management. This includes cartons, cups, bags, napkins and tray liners, all made with wood fiber from recycled sources or forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification. McDonald’s says this ... Read more »
Green Seal has expanded its GS-11 standard to cover most types of architectural coatings on the market today. The new edition of GS-11, a compilation of the previous edition of GS-11 and the GS-47 Standard for Stains and Finishes, includes floor coatings, concrete and masonry sealers, and fire resistive coatings, ... Read more »
Case Construction’s F series wheel loaders and CX210B high rise material handler are competitively priced and deliver excellent performance, reliability and fuel efficiency for waste management companies, the company says. They also have low operating, service and repair costs and come with an aftersales service agreement. Case 721F XR, 821F ... Read more »
Intel is using architectural, software and “some well-placed fans” to control energy usage in its new data facility in Santa Clara, CA, according to The Wall Street Journal. The data center, which is used in the design of chips, has harnessed the improvements to cut 12 weeks off its design ... Read more »
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Studies from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Residential Energy Consumption Survey point to changes in how homes use energy, according to Pew Research. Preliminary findings are that the average U.S. home used 101,800 Btu in 2012, which was 31 percent less ... Read more »
The acceleration of data usage by businesses and consumers is leading to fast gains in data trafficking, such as new iterations of WiFi, development of 5G cellular and DOCSIS 3.1, the muscular data standard for cable operators. All that data puts a lot of pressure on data centers. While virtualization ... Read more »
We have long known that much deeper reductions will be required to get us there. The Paris commitments are shaping up to be a major milestone on that road, but won’t by themselves get us where we need to go. For China, the solution remains a national carbon market that creates the incentives ... Read more »
Everyone in Colorado skis, all Oklahomans can rope a calf, and native New Jerseyans like me all talk like Pauly D did on Jersey Shore. Right? You may also stereotype when it comes to clean energy: Progressive states such as California are pumping out clean, renewable energy while others insist on ... Read more »
BP has paid $25.4 billion in environment, health and safety cases brought by federal regulatory agencies since 2010, according to a database that tracks major EHS violators. But the oil giant isn’t alone in its staggering EHS compliance costs. Seven other major firms — including Anadarko Petroleum ($5.2 billion) and ... Read more »
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Cutting energy and introducing renewables into the supply chain saves money, increases profits, improves the images of the companies involved and helps the environment. It sounds like a strategic direction in which any company would want to move. Companies say that they do, indeed, want to wring energy costs out ... Read more »
Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage project has begun operations in Alberta, Canada. The Quest project is designed to capture and store more than 1 million metric tons of CO2 each year. Shell says, as part of its funding arrangements, it is publicly sharing information on Quest’s design and processes ... Read more »
Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, has acquired the assets and operations of Ultra Fab Industries, a privately held company based in Calgary, Canada, that designs and manufactures specialized chemical injection systems for the oil and gas industry. These systems are primarily used in the removal of hydrogen sulfide from oil ... Read more »
UTC Aerospace Systems says it will reduce water consumption by 41 million gallons in 2015 — a 6 percent reduction against 2014 figures. The aerospace company conserved 75 million gallons of water in 2014 and 2015, a 10 percent reduction since 2013. UTC Aerospace Systems has 140 sites in more than ... Read more »
Unity College — in the Maine town of the same name – announced a $6 million expansion of the campus. The project includes construction of two energy-efficient buildings, according to the Bangor Daily News. The project features construction of a 74-bed residence hall and new academic building, both of which ... Read more »
The worldwide market leaders for building energy management software (BEMs) are Elster EnergyICT, EnerNOC, Envizi, eSight Energy, IBM, Schneider Electric, Siemens Building Technologies and Verisae, according to Verdantix. The release says that IBM, Schneider Electric and Siemens are in the leaders’ quadrant and that EnerNOC has the “highest level of ... Read more »
This article is sponsored by IHS. Since its first publication in 2003, over 50 distinct countries have adopted the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), which aims at standardizing the way chemical hazards are assessed and communicated. But because most GHS countries’ implementations incorporate adaptations and variations, the the dream of a ... Read more »
California’s next big energy law has arrived. Years in the making, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, also known as SB350, was officially passed last month to drastically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The bill assures that energy efficiency and renewable energy will be a mainstay ... Read more »
Dr. Andrew Deutz is the director of international government relations with The Nature Conservancy. He has extensive experience in international environmental law, policy and negotiation, as well as international conservation and development. He currently directs and oversees international policy work on climate change, marine, freshwater and protected areas conservation, as ... Read more »
Consumers are willing to pay more and wait longer for sustainably delivered products, but supply chain executives aren’t making sustainability a high enough priority, according to a study by business and technology consulting firm West Monroe Partners. The study finds that 49 percent of North American supply chain executives don’t ... Read more »
Molex said last week that it has become a Cisco Solutions Technology Integrator for connected commercial LED lighting. The company will work with Cisco and luminaire manufacturing partners to create the Transcend Connected Lighting System to deploy LED control with highly secure network architectures in non-residential settings. Molex says that ... Read more »
Telecommunications companies need to find better ways to power cell towers as demand increases and structures are built in more isolated areas that lack reliable grid service. A feature at RCR Wireless suggests use of DC to DC converters. Most towers, the story says, use rectifiers to convert AC to DC. DC systems ... Read more »
The LightSpace Manager Vacancy Switch controls LED lighting in a variety of business settings, according to ActiveLED. It is a single zone, low-voltage control switch that designed to ease compliance with ASHRAE 90.1, IECC and Title 24. The release explains that California and other states have heavily mandated codes, including ... Read more »
The Obama administration today rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Despite the US Senate and House of Representatives votes to approve the 1,179-mile oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, secretary of state John Kerry determined the controversial pipeline is not in the best interest of the US. ... Read more »