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BMW, Samsung Expand Partnership

July 21, 2014July 21, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BMW has expanded its partnership with Samsung SDI, signing a memorandum of understanding under which Samsung will supply BMW with lithium-ion battery cells for the BMW i3, BMW i8 and additional hybrid models over the coming years. In response to the growing demand for electric vehicles, the new agreement increases ... Read more »

Tech Alliance Seeks Smart Device Communication Standards

July 9, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Samsung, Intel and Dell have teamed up to create standard ways for household devices such as thermostats and light bulbs to communicate with each other, according to Reuters. The group, called the Open Interconnect Consortium, includes chipmakers Broadcom and Atmel and was announced July 7. The consortium is similar to ... Read more »

PepsiCo, Sears, Samsung Among Energy Star Winners

April 4, 2014 by Leon Walker

PepsiCo, Sears Holdings and Samsung are among the 127 recipients of the 2014 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award, the EPA and the Energy Department has announced. Winners demonstrated innovative strategies to help their customers, partners and stakeholders save energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions, the EPA says. The winners were selected ... Read more »

Google Ranks Sixth for Green Power Purchases

January 28, 2014February 1, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

Google has debuted at No. 6 in the EPA’s Green Power Partner rankings of the top clean electricity purchasers in the nation. The tech company uses more than 737 million kilowatt-hours of green power a year, or 32 percent of its total electricity use, most supplied by two 20-year bundled power ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Samsung’s ISO 50001, CSX’s LEED, WhiteWave

October 24, 2013October 24, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Samsung Electronics has received ISO 50001 energy management certification for all sites worldwide. The company’s Gumi, South Korea site was the first to receive certification, in July 2011. Samsung has cut GHG emissions 57 percent since 2008, and plans further reductions by minimizing energy waste. SCS Global Services has verified Fruit ... Read more »

Xtreme Power Unveils 1MW Li-ion Storage System

October 22, 2013 by Leon Walker

Power management products firm Xtreme Power has unveiled its new 1MW lithium ion-based battery energy storage system for Texas’ Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies. The CCET system in Lubbock, Texas, is owned and operated by a consortium including educational institutions such as Texas Tech University, the Southern Plains Electric ... Read more »

Remote Microgrid Revenues Will Top $8 Billion By 2020

September 25, 2013 by Environmental Leader

Thanks to the declining costs of solar panels, rising cost of diesel and investments in energy storage, the remote microgrid market will keep growing from its current $3 billion plus in hardware and software sales to more than $8 billion by 2020, according to a Navigant Research report. The report, ... Read more »

CDP Global 500: 10% of Largest Companies Produce 73% of GHGs

September 12, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BMW, Daimler, Philips Electronics, Nestlé, financial firm BNY Mellon, Cisco Systems and utility Gas Natural SDG — all with perfect 100 disclosure scores and A performance ratings — top the CDP’s list of the world’s best companies in terms of climate change disclosure and performance. Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen, Hewlett-Packard and ... Read more »

Energy Shortfall Prompts S. Korea to Pull A/C, Lighting in Public Offices

August 22, 2013 by Leon Walker

A heatwave in South Korea, coupled with a scandal in the country’s nuclear industry that has forced several reactors’ closure, is causing severe power shortages and forcing office managers and farmers to take drastic steps to cut energy use and find new sources of power, reports the Financial Times. In ... Read more »

Starbucks Gets Powermat’s Wireless Smartphone Charging

July 29, 2013 by Paul Nastu

Smartphone users worried about batteries dying out during the day and not being able to plug in will now be able to charge their phones at Starbucks stores in the Silicon Valley area, just by placing their devices on the table. Duracell Powermat tested its technology in Boston area stores ... Read more »

LG Cuts Carbon Footprint, Saves $1M in Six Months

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

LG Electronics has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 61,348 metric tons of CO2e and saved about $1 million in operating expenses since December 2012, according to an EPA environmental assessment. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the EPA in late 2012 in which it pledged to implement ... Read more »

EPEAT Adds Mobile Phones to Green Registry

July 17, 2013July 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UL Environment and the Green Electronics Council have teamed up to add a mobile-device category to the Electronic Product Environmental Tool (EPEAT) global registry for greener electronics. The organizations say they’ll work with manufacturers, environmental groups and purchasers to align the UL 110 sustainability standard for mobile phones with GEC’s ... Read more »

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