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Google, Ford, GE Pledge Workplace EV Stations

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Google, Ford and GE are among the 13 companies that have joined with the DOE to launch the Workplace Charging Challenge, an effort to increase the number of US employers offering electric vehicle charging tenfold in the next five years. And Nissan, another signatory to the challenge, has separately announced ... Read more »

DOE Launches Workplace Charging Challenge

February 4, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Thirteen major employers and eight stakeholder groups have joined the Department of Energy’s new Workplace Charging Challenge to help expand access to workplace EV charging stations for American workers across the country. The initiative aims to increase the convenience of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and provide drivers with more options. It’s ... Read more »

Federal Mandates Boost Energy-Services Firms’ Business

January 29, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Honeywell International, Johnson Controls, Ameresco and other energy-services firms are among the companies to likely benefit from President Obama’s focus on climate-change issues, Reuters reports. The president, in his second inaugural address, made preventing climate change his most prominent policy vow. The news agency says this is good news for companies ... Read more »

Office Depot Saves $5.3m with Phoenix Energy Technologies

January 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Office Depot has achieved $5.3 million in energy savings over two and a half years — an average annual savings of $2.2 million — with Phoenix Energy Technologies energy management software and services, according to the companies. The national retailer has also seen an average annual reduction of about 20,572 ... Read more »

College’s Energy Forecasting System to ‘Reduce Energy Demand 7-10%’

January 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Wash., has installed an energy forecasting service that GridNavigator and ATS Automation say will add 3-5 percent savings and reduce energy demand by 7-10 percent across the more than 30 facilities on the 50-acre campus.

Siemens, Norled Announce ‘World’s First’ Electric Car Ferry

January 14, 2013November 13, 2016 by Leon Walker

Siemens, Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand and shipping company Norled have developed what they say is the world’s first electrically powered car ferry. The 80-meter vessel can carry 120 cars and 360 passengers. From 2015 onward, it will serve the route between Lavik and Oppedal, Norway, across the Sognefjord. The vessel currently ... Read more »

CA Technologies, IBM Energy Management Software Leaders, Study Says

January 8, 2013November 13, 2016 by Kirsten Korosec

CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM, Schneider Electric and Verisae lead the global market for energy management software, according to a Verdantix study. Green Quadrant Energy Management Software (Global) 2013 compares 14 enterprise-class energy management software applications to help corporate buyers save time, reduce cost and mitigate risk in supplier selection. The analysis ... Read more »

CA Technologies, IBM, Schneider Electric Among EMS Leaders, Verdantix Says

January 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM, Schneider Electric and Verisae lead the global market for energy management software, according to a new Verdantix study. Green Quadrant Energy Management Software (Global) 2013 compares 14 enterprise-class energy management software applications to help corporate buyers save time, reduce cost and mitigate risk in supplier ... Read more »

ChargePoint, DBT ‘Leaders’ in EV Equipment

January 3, 2013November 13, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

ChargePoint (formerly Coulomb Technologies) and DBT lead the electric vehicle supply equipment market, according to a Pike Research report. Pike Pulse Report: Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment says these companies have secured a large market share, operate in a range of critical geographic markets and offer a wide range of products. ... Read more »

‘Sustainability Leaders’ Revealed – But Most Firms Fall Short

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

While most large companies fall short of sustainability leadership, 10 including Ford, GE and Panasonic present best practices for other businesses to emulate, according to sustainability advisor Two Tomorrows. Less than a third of the largest companies scored over 70 percent, the threshold for “sustainability leadership” in the 2012 Tomorrow’s ... Read more »

Robots Increase Solar Power Plant Efficiency

November 1, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Robots are making solar power cheaper and more efficient. Startup company QBotix says its QBotix Tracking System (pictured), a robotic dual-axis tracking system, can increase the energy production of ground-mounted solar power plants by up to 40 percent over existing fixed-mount systems. QBotix says its robots, which adjust the angle ... Read more »

Sustainability is Key, 42% of Companies Say

October 29, 2012October 29, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Some 42 percent of companies in 2012 – more than twice as many as in 2006 – say sustainability plays a key role in their business operations, according to a study by Siemens and McGraw-Hill Construction. In 2006, 18 percent of companies did so. The 2012 Greening of Corporate America ... Read more »

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