Global Real Estate Sector Reduces Carbon Footprint
The global real estate sector reduced its emissions, water and energy use last year, according to a GRESB report. GRESB, a global benchmarking organization portfolio-level sustainability assessment in...
View ArticleCaesars Selects Ecova Waste Management Tools to Halve Waste by 2020
Caesars Entertainment has selected Ecova to help it reach its goal of reducing waste generation by 50 percent by 2020, against a 2012 baseline, using Ecova Energy and Sustainability Management...
View ArticleAs Oil Prices Plunge, Big Oil Turns to Big Data
With plunging oil prices, large oil and gas companies are using big data to manage risks, cut costs and increase revenues, according to Lux Research. As hardware developers have brought a raft of new...
View ArticleSoon-to-Come Ozone Rule Will Have Varying Impacts on Business
If the EPA lowers ground-level ozone — a decision it is likely to make this month — some businesses, cities and regions will be affected more than others, HPAC Engineering reports. The Clean Air Act...
View ArticleDJSI: Which Firms Made the Cut?
Bank of America, Telefonica and BHP Billiton are the three largest additions to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices while Cisco Systems, PepsiCo and Royal Bank of Canada are the three largest...
View ArticleEPA Can Enforce Clean Water Rule in States That Didn’t Sue, Judge Says
A judge’s ruling that blocked the Clean Water Rule from taking effect late last month only applies to the 13 states that sued to stop the rule — not nationwide. A federal judge in North Dakota...
View ArticleFast Food Waste Could Power Restaurants’ Fleets
One metric ton of waste from fast food outlets, called quick service restaurant (QSR) waste, could generate 635kWhr of renewable electricity, according to research by AeroThermal Group. Using the same...
View ArticlePlugging Up Apartment Water Waste with Efficiency Programs
Across America, water rates have been on the rise in recent years. In San Francisco, for example, water rates have approximately doubled in the last five years (according to Circle of Blue), and...
View ArticleImportance of Monitoring, Controls in Building Sustainability
The presentation covers aspects of building operations using monitoring and controls for achieving sustainability in terms of energy efficiency and maintenance.
View ArticleTana Launches Smart Drum Screen
Tana has expanded its product range of waste compactors, chippers and shredders with a smart drum screen that can be digitally connected to other machines on site to monitor and optimize process, the...
View ArticleReducing Freshwater Use in Fracking, Thermoelectric Power Plant Cooling
Fracking operators are improving their water management, and using more waterless and water-efficient fracturing technologies, such as treating produced water for recycle and reuse, according to a US...
View ArticleMeasurabl Users Outperform Peers on GRESB 2015 Survey
More than 73 percent of Measurabl users were awarded Green Stars for outstanding performance in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 2015 Survey. GRESB is the global standard for...
View ArticleInpro Chooses Thinkstep’s Software to Manage Supply Chain Sustainability
Inpro, which manufactures interior and exterior architectural products, has implemented thinkstep’s newly released SoFi ts software across its corporation and supply chain to manage and report on its...
View ArticleBanyan’s Smart Water Management Saves Businesses 1.75bn Gallons of Water
Smart water management company Banyan Water has saved commercial and institutional clients 1.75 billion gallons of water to date. Since 2011, Banyan Water’s clients nationwide, including corporate...
View ArticleDump CSR Departments, Says BP’s Ex-Chief
Companies should get rid of their corporate social responsibility and public relations departments, according to Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP. As PR Week reports, Browne was promoting...
View ArticleDuke Energy Settlement: Spend $4.4M on Environmental Projects, Cut Coal...
Duke Energy will spend $4.4 million on environmental mitigation projects and pay a $975,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement reached with the EPA and US Department of Justice. The settlement,...
View ArticleInnovyze Water Management System Delivers Real-Time Visibility of Non-Revenue...
Innovyze has launched the latest version of its water management system for utilities. V4.0 of SCADAWatch is an “out of the box” network data management and business analytics and optimization system...
View ArticleSERI’s R2 Standard Earns ANSI Accreditation
The Sustainable Electronics Recycling International’s (SERI’s) R2 electronics recycling standard has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). SERI says the accreditation is...
View ArticleNewCO2fuels, Acumentrics Win $1M for Carbon-to-Fuels Tech
NewCO2Fuels and Acumentrics have been awarded the $1 million 2014 BIRD Foundation’s Energy program grant to further develop the two companies’ core technology aimed at converting CO2 into an...
View ArticleLego Makes Good on Sustainable Materials Pledge
The Lego Group is making good on its promise to spend 1 billion Danish Krone ($150.5 million) to develop new sustainable materials for its plastic Lego toys and packaging materials. This includes the...
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