MetLife Becomes First US Insurer to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Footprint
MetLife has achieved its 2015 goal of carbon neutrality – becoming the first U.S.-based insurer to do so, the New York City-based company announced last week.
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MetLife Adopts Carbon Neutrality
MetLife will achieve carbon neutrality by the end of 2016, becoming the first US-based insurer to do so. To achieve carbon neutrality in 2016 and beyond, MetLife announced the following commitments: Reduce location-based greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent by 2020 against a 2012 baseline. This 10 percent reduction applies to ... Read more »
Solar Power at the Super Bowl
Super Bowl XLVIII may have been played after dark, but on-site solar power was helping to light the stadium. MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on February 2 hosted the Super Bowl. During the game, aerial footage showed 916 external LED fixtures powered by 1,350 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels ... Read more »
Green Fleet Roundup: Tesla, MetLife, Freightliner, LG Chem
Tesla Motors will work on penetrating China’s auto market with its all-electric Model S sedan, strengthened by its success in the US and in Europe, reports the San Jose Mercury News. It will open its first showroom in Beijing. MetLife, a partner of the Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge, has installed 32 ... Read more »
Green Fleet Roundup: Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Volvo, Siemens
Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi have agreed to work together to promote the installation of chargers for electric-powered vehicles in Japan. Previously, each automaker assessed possible locations for charging facilities on its own. Now, the companies say they have agreed to work jointly under the common understanding that the charging ... Read more »
MetLife Saves $360,000 a Year on Lighting Upgrades
MetLife upgraded to GE Lighting’s Evolve LED outdoor lighting in parking lots at 10 office locations and switched to more energy-efficient T8 fluorescent indoor lighting at its 650,000-sq-foot administrative center in St. Louis. Combined, these lighting solutions will save MetLife about $360,000 a year while consuming about 3.5 million fewer ... Read more »
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade Expands, USGBC, Green Globes
The WindMade organisation will next year launch a consumer label for companies using any of a variety of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar and geothermal along with hydro power and biomass from approved certification schemes. The new label will be applicable to organizations, buildings, events and eventually products, and ... Read more »
MetLife’s NY Data Center Receives Energy Star Certification
MetLife’s Rensselaer Information Systems Center has earned the EPA’s Energy Star certification, making it among fourteen data centers in the country with a 2012 designation and the first data center located in New York to be certified. The Energy Star certification signifies that the building is not only energy efficient ... Read more »