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EMEX says one of its energy procurement products generated a $30,000 savings for the Millville Board of Education in New Jersey. The product provides customers with a fixed rate while also giving them the ability to take advantage of future price dips in the natural gas market. This pricing structure ... Read more »
A new 2 MW on-site Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system will soon be operational at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (UCMC) in Bel Air, Md. The CHP system will serve as the primary power source for the hospital’s electrical load, working in parallel with the local electrical utility. During a ... Read more »
Contractors participating in The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) HVAC Business Partners program completed 1,227 Quality Maintenance projects in 2013, more than doubling the 600-project goal for the year. In addition, 116 technicians were trained, nearly twice the original target of 60, and 34 new partners ... Read more »
A large drop in energy imports together with a small increase in energy exports led to a 19 percent decrease in net energy imports from 2012 to 2013, according to the Energy Information Administration. Total energy imports declined 9 percent from 2012 to 2013. Crude oil production grew 15 percent, ... Read more »
A working group including UN member state representatives, intergovernmental organizations and the scientific community is meeting in New York from April 1 to 4, to discuss the need for an international instrument that would regulate the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity. The American Chemistry Council testified before the ... Read more »
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Apple, Facebook, and Google are leading a growing number of technology companies working to power the internet with 100 percent renewable energy, signaling a major shift in the sector over the past two years, and leaving Amazon Web Services behind, according to Greenpeace research. Amazon Web Services, which hosts the data ... Read more »
SC Johnson has achieved zero landfill status at its eighth global manufacturing facility, the company announced. The Manaus, Brazil, site has implemented several initiatives that increased recycling rates and reduced packaging in the last few years. SC Johnson’s other zero landfill facilities include two in China and one each in ... Read more »
Ecover, the green cleaning products company, will introduce an algae-based laundry liquid in Europe this year as part of its goal to end the use of palm oil in all of its products. Palm oil, which is used in hundreds of packaged food and cleaning products, has been linked to ... Read more »
Tamar Wilner is Senior Editor at Environmental Leader.
The key to our collective future in relationship to nature is not paranoia, nor is it ignorance. It is pragmatism. Hoping the bad thing doesn’t happen is not a sound investment strategy. Nature is a highly complex system. The results of our interventions in its natural rhythms and patterns are ... Read more »
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The United Nations Environment Program has started a global initiative to help governments redirect public spending into goods and services that bring significant environmental and social benefits.The program is first to get underway as part of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP). By improving knowledge of ... Read more »
ShaleNavigator, web-based mapping software for shale oil and gas information, has added more than 1,400 compressed natural gas fuel station locations. The station location data was added in response to projections that CNG consumption will increase across multiple modes of transportation, especially in the freight truck and rail sectors, according ... Read more »
ERA Environmental Management Solutions has upgraded its software to make it easier for users to directly upload to the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality STEERS reporting tool. The new feature will improve the accuracy of data submitted and reduce the amount of time required by eliminating manual data entry, the ... Read more »
Chicago now recognizes the ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment Professional as a data verifier credential under the city’s new Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. As a result, BEAP credential holders are eligible to provide professional verification of data for the benchmarking and transparency ordinance, which Chicago adopted last September. Chicago is the only city that requires data ... Read more »
Indiana’s governor chose not to sign or veto a bill eliminating the state’s energy efficiency mandates, effectively allowing the legislation to become law without his signature. Gov. Mike Pence said he’ll look to lawmakers next year, when the Energizing Indiana program ends, for help developing “a new energy-efficiency program for ... Read more »
NRG Energy has acquired Roof Diagnostics Solar (RDS). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “With the price of residential solar increasingly competitive with the retail price of power in multiple states, the time is now for NRG to ramp up its efforts to bring the benefit of self-generation to ... Read more »
To assist plant managers, engineers and owners meet the EPA’s boiler maximum achievable control technology (MACT) compliance, Indeck is launching a new program that provides industrial boiler engineering studies. The EPA’s MACT, published in the Federal Register in December 2012, imposes stringent emission limits and monitoring requirements for industrial, commercial, ... Read more »
Republican state lawmakers in Ohio introduced legislation that would freeze the state’s energy efficiency and renewable energy mandates at this year’s levels, according to The Plain Dealer. Senate Bill 310 would also create the Energy Mandates Study Committee, a body that would be charged with determining by Dec. 15, 2015 ... Read more »
General Electric and PowerStream have launched a joint microgrid demonstration project at PowerStream’s headquarters in Vaughan, Ontario. For the project, GE provided its Grid IQ Microgrid Control System (MCS), as well as the engineering design services, to help PowerStream build a microgrid, which uses renewable energy resources (wind, solar), a ... Read more »
The Department of Energy recognized Volvo Group North America for its leadership in energy efficiency at the New River Valley assembly plant near Roanoke, Va. Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley assembly plant is the company’s largest truck manufacturing plant in the world, covering more than 1.6 million square feet. At ... Read more »
Phil Pergola has joined EnerNOC as vice president of Professional Services, reporting to SVP of Marketing and Sales, Gregg Dixon. In this new role, Pergola will be responsible for driving adoption of EnerNOC’s software. Pergola brings nearly 20 years of software industry experience to EnerNOC, including six years as a ... Read more »
The City of Chicago now recognizes the ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP) as a data verifier credential under the city’s new Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. As a result, BEAP credential holders are eligible to provide professional verification of data for the new benchmarking and transparency ordinance. BEAPs can audit and ... Read more »
Sustainable Brands announced the MIT Sloan School of Management will be a co-presenting partner for the Sustainable Brands ’14 New Metrics conference in September. The conference attracts sustainability executives, business strategists and financial leaders worldwide. The partnership with MIT illustrates an effort to involve and collaborate with academia, Sustainable Brands ... Read more »
BMW, Ford, GM, Honda and 10 other leading automakers have agreed a set of expectations for suppliers, relating to the environment, working conditions, human rights and business ethics. The carmakers agreeing to the “Automotive Industry Guiding Principles to Enhance Sustainability Performance in the Supply Chain” also include Chrysler, Daimler, Fiat S.p.A., Jaguar/Land Rover, ... Read more »
A California lawmaker opened an inquiry with the EPA into shortfalls of toxic cleanup at Superfund sites. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif, has asked for information about EPA’s monitoring of interstate transport and treatment of hazardous waste from Superfund sites, alternative cleanup methods and whether the agency has enough regulatory authority. ... Read more »