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Big Opportunity for Chemical Firms from Phthalate Phaseout

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plasticizers called phthalates — used in everything from plastic shower curtains to car dashboards — are being phased out of the marketplace due to environmental, health and safety concerns. This presents a major opportunity for chemical manufacturers, such as those that make phthalate replacements, reports Chemical and Engineering News. The ... Read more »

Schools Likely to Retrofit Air Handling Units

April 10, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

IHS found in its recent report the “World Market for HVAC Equipment” that 65.2 percent of total HVAC units sold into nonresidential buildings in the United States were retrofit sales as opposed to sales for new construction. Due to the large installed base of equipment in the US following the ... Read more »

Cellular-Enabled Smart Water Meter Project ‘First of its Kind’

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The city of Santa Fe has chosen Badger Meter’s Beacon smart water meter system for full installation across all of it water meter endpoints, including both residential and commercial customers. The foundation for the project is a cellular-enabled smart meter, which can be installed and immediately used for the utility’s ... Read more »

Internet of Things Stimulates MEMS Market

December 30, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving rapid growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices in areas including smart grids and building automation, according to IHS Technology’s “High Value MEMS Report – 2015.” Worldwide market revenue for MEMS directly used in industrial IoT equipment will rise to $120 million in 2018, ... Read more »

Service Helps Drilling Engineers Increase Efficiencies

August 25, 2014August 22, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

IHS has launched an operator-only membership service designed to provide oil and gas operators — and their drilling engineering teams — with current and historical drilling data as well as the performance benchmarking analysis derived from that data. Benchmarking analysis is essential to an operator’s ability to assess their performance ... Read more »

33% of All Trucks on US Highways Use Clean Diesel

July 3, 2014July 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than one-third of all medium and heavy duty commercial trucks registered in the US — 2.9 million of 8.8 million trucks — are now equipped with newer technology clean diesel engines, according to new data compiled by IHS Automotive for the Diesel Technology Forum. The new data includes total ... Read more »

Sustainable Supply Chain Winners Announced

November 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

IHS, Patagonia and Ryder are among the companies that have made sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy, according to Supply & Demand Chain Executive. The magazine has announced its 2013 Green Supply Chain award winners recognized for their achievements in sourcing/procurement, fulfillment/logistics, operations, product lifecycle management and ... Read more »

IHS evolvoing water management practices

Unconventional E&P ‘$8 Billion of US Water Services Market’

November 11, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Limited available water resources, drought and increasing water-use demands from all segments of the economy is driving water management issues to the forefront of US exploration and production (E&P) operations’ considerations and accounts for $8 billion in spending for water services in US unconventional oil and gas plays, according to ... Read more »

Germany’s Economy Threatened by Rising Energy Prices, IHS Says

October 10, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Rising electricity costs pose a growing challenge to Germany’s export-based economy, according to a new study by from IHS The Challenge to Germany’s Global Competitiveness in a New Energy World. International competitiveness is particularly important to Germany and its standard of living, owing to the country’s high dependence on ... Read more »

Schneider, PE, Enablon, CA Top Sustainability Software Market

July 3, 2013July 8, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, Cloudapps, Credit360, Enablon, IHS, PE International, Schneider Electric and Verisae lead the global sustainability management software market, according to a report by independent analysis firm Verdantix. The Green Quadrant Sustainability Management Software report, which provides a detailed benchmark of 15 software suppliers, aims to help chief sustainability ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Smith Electric Vehicles, Volvo, Linde, ChargePoint

June 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Smith Electric Vehicles has produced more than 700 all-electric Edison and Newton trucks (pictured), which have cumulatively generated more than 5 million miles on the road, offsetting an estimated 700,000 gallons of fuel and eliminating more than 10,000 short tons of greenhouse gases, the company says. Smith Electric fleet customers ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: IHS, WWF, Codexis, Environ

June 7, 2013June 6, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. IHS: Scott Key (pictured) is now president and CEO of the information and analytics company. Key was also elected to the IHS board of directors, effective June 1, and per the company’s planned CEO succession former chairman and ... Read more »

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