DOE Beefs Up Energy Star, Other Efficiency Enforcement
The Department of Energy is taking a more aggressive approach on appliances that violate energy efficiency standards, with 20 new cases announced last week alone, the New York Times reports. Samsung...
View ArticleYRC To Save Fuel With Synthetic Motor Oil, Skirts
Logistics provider YRC Worldwide is planning to save over 100,000 gallons of fuel per year through measures including wind skirts and the exclusive use of synthetic motor oil. This month, YRC’s...
View ArticleDOE Building Guides ‘Can Halve Energy Costs’
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the first in a series of design guide aiming to cut the energy consumption of commercial buildings in half. The first of the 50% Advanced Energy Design Guides...
View ArticleUptime Q&A On Greenpeace’s Role in the Data Center
Uptime Institute’s Matt Stansberry interviews Gary Cook from Greenpeace International’s Cool IT Program about how the environmental organization is pushing the data center industry toward increased...
View ArticleCampbell’s Cuts Packaging, Creates More Waste
Campbell’s saved more than 4.5 million pounds of steel, plastic and paper packaging materials in 2010, but its waste disposal rate was up 15 percent, according to the firm’s latest corporate social...
View ArticleNike, AEP Win in Ceres Environmental Reporting Awards
Nike has won the top prize in sustainability reporting awards run by investment advocacy group Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). In the awards at the Ceres conference...
View ArticleManaging the Information Glut
If there is one thing there is no shortage of in the energy sector, it’s information. The sheer volume of data generated in this industry is growing exponentially, and it will only increase as we seek...
View ArticleAre Rising Oil Prices Really Good for the Biofuel Industry?
At face value, the recent runup in the price of petroleum, caused by political instability in the Middle East and related factors, would seem to be a boon for the future of biofuel. Currently, the U.S....
View ArticleEnvironmental Policy & Regulatory Briefing: May 12, 2011
EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the California Air Resources Board portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on...
View ArticleSeattle Launches Building Energy Disclosure Program
Seattle commercial buildings will have their energy performance benchmarked and energy ratings available to prospective buyers, tenants and lenders, under an initiative launched yesterday. The City of...
View ArticleRenewable Briefing: GM, APS, BoDean, US Army, Ikea
General Motors has announced plans to build a 516 kW solar array at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which produces the Chevrolet Volt electric car. The 264,000 square foot system, to be built on...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Boat Chief Added to EPA Fugitive List
Prem Kumar, also known as Premakumaran Krishnan, a citizen of India, has been added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s fugitive list for failing to surrender to federal law enforcement...
View ArticleUPS Composite Van ‘Will Be 40% More Efficient’
UPS is testing a composite-body diesel van that it hopes will be 40 percent more fuel efficient than a traditional aluminum vehicle. The shipping company began testing five of the CV-23 prototype...
View ArticleMasterCard, Brighter Planet Carbon Calculator Tracks Business Travel
The task of tracking travel-related carbon emissions has a new tool — MasterCard and Brighter Planet announced a program, MasterCard Carbon Emissions Reporting, designed to make the carbon emissions...
View ArticleAlcoa Meets Carbon Goal 10 Years Early
Alcoa has beaten its carbon reduction goal a decade early, according to the company’s 2010 sustainability report. Last year the company cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 22 percent below 2005 levels,...
View ArticleGM’s Robinson Discusses Sustainability and the Volt at Ceres
Ceres Conference 2011, interview with Michael Robinson, VP environment, energy, and safety policy at General Motors interviewed at the Ceres Conference by 3bl Media.
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: WSP, Solar Trust, Johnson & Johnson
WSP Environment & Energy: The consultancy has appointed former Nike sustainability director Phil Berry (left) as vice-president in the sustainability strategy practice of its North American...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency a Top Strategy For European Businesses
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is the top European strategy for reducing carbon footprints, according to a new study from Johnson Controls, and the resulting cost savings paired with...
View ArticleUpdated Air Traffic System Could Save 12.9M Gallons of Jet Fuel per Year
Airlines could save at least $65.6 million annually while cutting carbon emissions and flight times by implementing new flight paths at 46 mid-size airports across the U.S., according to a study,...
View ArticleTD Bank Opens Net-Zero Branch, Powered 100% by On-Site Solar
TD Bank opened what it says is the first net-zero energy bank location in the U.S. in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The U.S. DOE defines a net-zero energy building (NZEB) as a residential or commercial...
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