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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Australia Carbon Tax, EU ETS Permit Supply, U.S. GHG Report

February 29, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

The White House backed TransCanada Corp.’s bid to build a major portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline – a $2.3 billion section called Gulf Coast Project, which runs from Cushing, Okla., to Texas. It would carry crude oil pumped in the Midwest to refineries in Texas, The Hill reports. ... Read more »

North America Lags on Supplier Emission Cuts

February 1, 2012February 2, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance compared to the C average for European and Asian suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. A New Era: Supplier ... Read more »

Building Management Briefing: EDF Energy Corps, Incenergy, Cylon, Atlanta Housing Authority

February 1, 2012February 1, 2012 by Leon Walker

Boeing, Caesars Entertainment, DirectTV and National Geographic are among the first 20 companies to join the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps in 2012. The program places specially-trained MBA and MPA students in companies, cities and universities to build the business case for energy efficiency. The companies are joining repeat participants ... Read more »

Novo Nordisk Leads Corporate Knights Sustainability Rankings

January 25, 2012March 26, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Novo Nordisk has topped Corporate Knights magazine’s annual Global 100 rankings of leaders in sustainability. The Danish pharmaceuticals company was followed by Brazil’s Natura Cosmeticos, Norway’s Statoil (last year’s top-ranked company), Danish biotech firm Novozymes and ASML Holding, a Dutch supplier to the semiconductor industry. The highest ranked U.S. companies ... Read more »

Fort Hood Gets SunMaxx Solar Thermal System

December 28, 2011December 28, 2011 by Leon Walker

SunMaxx Solar, Johnson Controls and Intelligent Green Solutions have installed a solar thermal system at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. The solar thermal system was installed for a domestic hot water heating system, which will preheat water for five of Fort Hood’s dining facilities. A total of 93 TitanPowerPlus SU2 ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17-Durban, EU Aviation Regulation, Boiler MACT, Clean Air Act

December 2, 2011December 5, 2011 by Leon Walker

Durban: The draft plan for the United Nations Green Climate Fund – a financing system that would deliver $100 billion a year in aid to developing nations to fight climate change – faces an uphill battle after envoys from the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Venezuela voiced concerns about the document. ... Read more »

Greenbuild Briefing: Johnson Controls, Dow, Noveda, American Standard

October 5, 2011October 5, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Here is the latest news from the Greenbuild conference and expo, taking place in Toronto this week: Johnson Controls unveiled Panoptix, a building efficiency offering that combines an open technology platform and suite of efficiency applications with on-line, phone-based and on-site services. The company says Panoptix collects and manages data ... Read more »

Clinton, Branson Launch Major Building Energy Efficiency Projects

September 21, 2011December 16, 2011 by Leon Walker

President Bill Clinton’s Clinton Global Initiative and Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room have both launched partnerships with companies such as Lockheed Martin, Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Jones Lang LaSalle, aimed at increasing energy efficiency in U.S. buildings. The Clinton Global Initiative’s three-year project is a collaboration between Goldman Sachs, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solyndra Threat, Smog Rule Battle, Johnson Controls Plant Shut Down

September 19, 2011June 5, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Solyndra controversy is starting to pose a serious threat to future investments in renewable energy, the Hill reports. Congressional Republicans are planning a huge political fight over the failed, stimulus-funded$535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar company (pictured during an Obama visit in 2010) and the issue could ... Read more »

Empire State Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification

September 14, 2011September 15, 2011 by Leon Walker

The Empire State Building has been awarded LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification. It is the tallest and almost certainly the best-known building in the U.S. to receive the award, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, the company that managed the retrofit. Johnson Controls and Jones Lang LaSalle conducted the retrofit, ... Read more »

Johnson Controls Launches Hospital Efficiency System

July 20, 2011July 21, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Johnson Controls has launched an offering that it says will reduce the energy spend of surgical suites by up to $10,000 per operating room. Healthcare Environment Optimization integrates a hospital’s building automation system with surgery scheduling to optimize air exchange rates and energy use. It was developed in collaboration with ... Read more »

IBM Launches Building IT; Cuts Energy Use ‘Up to 40%’

June 9, 2011June 10, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

IBM today launched its Intelligent Building Management software, which the IT company estimates can reduce maintenance costs by 10 to 30 percent, and cut energy usage by up to 40 percent. The company has also announced that the platform, which it beta-released earlier this year, is already in use at ... Read more »

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