How Buildings Can Achieve Water Neutrality
Sustainability engineering and planning firm Brendle Group has launched a building scale software water management toolkit to achieve water neutrality. The software tool — the firm says it’s the first...
View ArticleProductivity Tools Package Streamlines Drilling Job Processes
Vermeer has launched a series of tools to help horizontal directional drill (HDD) contractors streamline and simplify the entire job process from planning to mapping and producing to invoicing,...
View ArticleASHRAE Updates IAQ Guideline, Says Use High-Efficiency Filters
With recent research showing that ultrafine particles are more hazardous to human health than originally thought, higher-efficiency filters should be used, according to the newly published 2015 version...
View ArticleWastewater Spills on the Rise
Between 2009 to 2014, more than 180 million gallons of wastewater has spilled in oil- and gas-producing states, according to an Associated Press analysis. In its analysis of data from the top oil...
View ArticleClean Air Tech Competition Seeks Pollution Treatment Providers
Air pollution treatment technology providers can apply for the Bluetech Award competition, which aims to improve China’s air quality. The Clean Air Alliance of China, a nonprofit think-tank consisting...
View ArticleWaste-to-Energy Plant to Cut Carbon Footprint, Create New Revenue Stream
A waste-to-energy plant built by PHG Energy will reduce a Sevier Solid Waste facility’s carbon footprint by more than 450 tons of CO2 emissions annually, according to EPA calculators. Sevier Solid...
View ArticleUniversity Turns Waste into Water
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has invested between $30,000 and $50,000 in the EnviroPure disposal system, which turns food waste into water, Ohio.com reports. According to the EnviroPure website,...
View ArticleAlcoa Expands Lightweighting Capabilities
Alcoa is expanding its light metals research and development center in Pennsylvania to meet increasing demand for complex, high-performance 3D-printed parts for aerospace and other high-growth markets...
View ArticleRadioactive Contaminants Found in Coal Ash
A Duke University-led study shows the presence of radioactive contaminants in coal ash from all three major US coal-producing basins. The study found that levels of radioactivity in the ash in the...
View ArticleCan Waste Management Save the Recycling Industry?
These are troubling times for the recycling industry, according to an article in Fortune. The demand for and price of recycled material is down. Low oil prices have made it more cost effective for...
View ArticleGE, Alstom Power, 6 Others Receive DOE Carbon Capture Funding
General Electric, Alstom Power and FuelCell Energy are among the eight projects selected to receive Department of Energy funding to construct small- and large-scale pilots for reducing the cost of...
View ArticleHow Industry Fuels the Anti-Plastics Movement — or Avoids It
Recycling and packaging campaigns come in a recurring cycle of waves that approach and recede, but rarely quite reach the shore. It’s time to change the cycle. Plastic waste is usually the trigger that...
View ArticleDiageo joins WBCSD
Diageo yesterday became the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, joining the ranks of WBCSD’s almost 200 member companies. The alcoholic beverage company, which...
View ArticleWaste-to-Energy Project to Reduce GHGs by 40K Tons Annually
The New York City metro area’s first large-scale waste-to-energy project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 40,000 tons annually, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who recently...
View ArticleH2O Innovation Designs Water Reuse System for Dry California City
H2O Innovation will design and build a water reuse system for another dry California city — Carlsbad — during the state’s ongoing drought, the water treatment company says. The ultrafiltration system...
View ArticleApartment Building Owners See Double-Digit Savings with ‘Simple’ Water...
California apartment buildings need better water management to reduce usage during the state’s ongoing drought, according to a study by WegoWise, a building efficiency software provider. The two-year...
View ArticleReal-Life ‘Caddyshack’ Results in Major EHS Violations, Hazardous Chemical Fines
It’s a real-life “Caddyshack” scenario but without Bill Murray’s humor and with major environment, health and safety violations. A Yakima, Washington orchard with a gopher problem has been fined...
View ArticleUnilever, EPA Develop Chemical Safety Tools
Unilever and the EPA are developing new scientific approaches to assess the safety of chemicals in consumer products without using animal data. The organizations say the new tools developed as part of...
View ArticleCal EPA to Label Monsanto’s Roundup ‘Carcinogenic’
The California EPA plans to label the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup a chemical “known to cause cancer.” According to a notice of intent published by the California EPA’s Office of Environmental...
View ArticleFood Security: Our Problem, Not Their Problem
Whether we drive a BMW or a rickshaw, there are issues that none of us can afford to ignore. That is why I’m optimistic about the forthcoming United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which...
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