Using Sewage to Provide Buildings’ Heating, Cooling
Sewage: it’s the ultimate renewable energy source, says International Wastewater Systems (IWS) founder and CEO Lynn Mueller, who has commercialized a wastewater heat recovery process that captures heat...
View ArticleFord Joins Electronics Supply Chain Coalition, Pledges to Audit High-Risk...
Ford has joined the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition — a nonprofit group of electronics companies working to improve the social, environmental and ethical conditions of their global supply...
View ArticleDespite its High Cost, Energy Storage Sees Light in Domestic and Global Markets
Global energy consumption is on the rise. But the price of modern technologies is falling, and that includes not just those to generate cleaner fuels but also those to harness the electrons of those...
View ArticleSmart Water Network Modeling Software Expands Flushing Capabilities
Smart water technology company Innovyze has released the latest version of its smart water network modeling software. The company says InfoWorks WS V16.0 features new benefits and modeling capabilities...
View ArticleAkzoNobel Issues First Carbon Credits to Ship Owners
AkzoNobel has issued more than 126,000 carbon credits worth more than $500,000 to ship owners under its carbon credits program— the first of its kind within the shipping industry. The program, launched...
View ArticleWhat the Waters of the US Rule Means for Business
A federal appeals court this week ruled it will hear challenges to the Waters of the US Rule, also known as the Clean Water Rule. The water rule, authored by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers,...
View ArticleWater Shortages May Cut Short US Energy Revolution. What’s Needed?
With the shale gas boom reverberating across the United States, the country has found an abundant and cheap energy source — one that is reducing energy costs for corporations while also cutting the...
View ArticleHow the Relationship between the kW and kWh is Changing Utility Operation
The energy industry is in the midst of a grand transition that may de-emphasize the American public’s best understood electricity attribute of energy efficiency (EE), which focuses on reducing the...
View ArticleE-Waste Recycling Law Under Scrutiny
New York’s state-wide e-waste recycling law is costing local governments too much money and “not working as intended,” officials said at a hearing this week on the state’s electronics recycling...
View Article$26 Million Available to Clean Up Diesel Engine Fleets
In its ongoing efforts to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines, the EPA has announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects for fleets across the...
View ArticleAre These Technologies Water Desalination Game Changers?
Increasing water scarcity is driving innovations in water production technologies, according to analysis by Frost & Sullivan that finds accelerated movement towards wastewater reuse and advanced...
View ArticleWill Hawaii’s Attempts to Elevate Energy Storage be Successful?
With all the hoopla over utility commission rulings regarding how rooftop solar gets treated in California and Nevada, we almost forgot to bring up Hawaii, which has enacted some quirky rules of its...
View ArticleWith More Ambitious Carbon Pollution Cuts, RGGI Can Continue to Lead on Climate
While the Supreme Court has temporarily delayed implementation of the federal Clean Power Plan, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first cap-and-trade program designed to cut...
View ArticlePowering Fuel Cells with Wastewater
As companies and facility managers are increasingly recognizing the benefits of monetizing wastewater, two Virginia Tech researchers say they have found a way to maximize the amount of electricity that...
View ArticleHow to Best Manage Corporate Water Risk
Water has a place on the risk agenda for every business, either as a direct operational issue or in the supply chain. And the risks continue to grow, be it too much or too little water, or water that’s...
View ArticleEPA Chief: Methane Emissions ‘Substantially Higher Than We Thought’
Energy markets may now be awash in natural gas but the fuel has, well, fueled an economic boom in the United States. Not only has it changed the way electricity is generated but it has also given the...
View ArticleKurion System Gives Nuclear Site Operators ‘New Tool’ to Manage Tritium
Nuclear waste cleanup firm Kurion today announced it has completed construction and testing of a prototype system that removes tritium from contaminated water. Kurion says the Modular Detritiation...
View ArticleSustainability Programs Mature, Focus on Intended Outcomes
This article is sponsored by Dakota Software. The corporate sustainability programs of many companies saw 2015 marking the beginning of a new set of goals, which would seem to suggest that such...
View ArticleCalifornia Water Bond Funding Will Begin to Flow
Two years ago, Californians voted to pass Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion general obligation bond, also known as the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. As part of...
View ArticleWashington State Considers First Carbon Tax in US
Washington state is considering the first carbon tax in the US, which would require energy-intensive manufacturing operations — steel mills and food processers, natural gas power plants, refineries...
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