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Standards & Compliance Briefing: Smart Grid Roadmap, Energy Star Objections, ISO 14001, LEED

March 1, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finished incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0, a plan for updating the nation’s electric power system into an interoperable smart grid. The final 2.0 framework adds 22 standards, specifications and guidelines ... Read more »

Xpedx Surpasses Sustainability Goals, Sets More

March 1, 2012March 2, 2012 by Leon Walker

Distribution company Xpedx exceeded its sustainability goals on recycling and the Energy Star certification of its facilities in 2011, and has pledged new goals for 2012. In 2011, the subsidiary of International Paper set a goal at the beginning of the year to recycle 2,400 tons of material. It achieved ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Window Efficiency Rating, Energy Star, Dexos1 Engine Oil, Green Meetings

February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 by Leon Walker

The Federal Trade Commission has a new Shopping for Windows infographic that illustrates how the National Fenestration Rating Council’s energy-rating label measures the energy efficiency of windows. The label shows the ratings for the U-factor, visible transmittance, solar heat gain coefficient, and air leakage condensation resistance, the FTC said. Eight ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Apple Supply Chain Audits, Council for Responsible Sports, e-Stewards

January 17, 2012January 9, 2018 by Leon Walker

Apple, Inc. released information on 229 supply-chain audits of compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, along with the names of its suppliers and manufacturing partners, reports Safety & Health Practitioner. According to Apple’s website, 112 facilities were not handling hazardous chemicals properly; 69 facilities were not recycling or disposing ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Coins, Organics Vote, LEED

November 22, 2011November 22, 2011 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Mint announced that its West Point, N.Y., facility has been accepted in the Energy Department’s Superior Energy Performance program, just one of the steps the bureau said it is taking to “‘green’ the production of America’s coins, Reuters reported. The Superior Energy Performance project is a certification program ... Read more »

Cable Industry Launches Efficiency Drive

November 21, 2011November 21, 2011 by Leon Walker

The U.S. cable industry has launched an initiative aimed at improving the energy efficiency of consumer set-top boxes and cable-related services, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (logo pictured) has announced. As part of the program, cable operators providing service to approximately 85 percent of U.S. cable customers have guaranteed ... Read more »

Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business Model

November 10, 2011 by Leon Walker

Noesis Energy is to start giving away its energy management software, then charging customers for additional services related to the products. The company is hoping this “freemium” model will develop a “community of suggestions” around the gratis software upon which it can base new chargeable services, Cnet reports. If it ... Read more »

Univ. Central Florida Wins Energy Star ‘Battle of the Buildings’

November 4, 2011November 4, 2011 by Leon Walker

The University of Central Florida has won the EPA’s 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. UCF’s winning building was a parking garage (pictured) on the university’s main campus where energy use was decreased by over 63 percent. Lighting accounts for the majority of energy consumed by ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade Label, EV Harmonized Port, LEED Awards

October 13, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

WindMade on Wednesday announced the criteria for a consumer label identifying companies that buy wind power and other renewable energy. To receive the certification companies must source at least 25 percent of their electricity from wind, either through a company-owned generation facility, a purchase agreement or approved renewable energy certificates. ... Read more »

Home Depot, KB Home, KPMG Win EPA Water and CHP Awards

October 7, 2011October 7, 2011 by Leon Walker

The Home Depot and KPMG are among companies awarded the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power award and named as 2011 WaterSense Partners of the Year, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Energy Star CHP award was given to the following facilities: Dominion Transmission–Crayne Station, Waynesburg, Pa. KPMG LLP, ... Read more »

Symantec Nearly Doubles LEED Facilities

September 29, 2011September 29, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

In FY11, Symantec nearly doubled its number of LEED-certified buildings from nine to 16, including an enterprise data center, according to the company’s 2011 Corporate Responsibility report. The security software company, perhaps best known for the Norton antivirus line, said it also now has ten Energy Star buildings, including an ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED Stadium, Energy Star Increase, Rogue UL Mark

September 22, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

AEG, the entertainment giant, plans to build a $1 billion, 72,000-seat football stadium in downtown Los Angeles to LEED standards, the first in the National Football League, Smart Planet reported. The company said it began working with the U.S. Green Building Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council after the ... Read more »

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