Friday, 3 February 2012 3:24:54 pm
DuPont Film ‘Cuts Energy and Waste’Appliance manufacturer Miele is among the first to use new DuPont packaging film that both saves energy and reduces waste, the companies say. The skin packaging (pictured) is based on DuPont Surlyn, a highly transparent polymer designed to protect susceptible, three-dimensional component surfaces. The product is the result of joint development work between DuPont, machinery [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 3:02:07 pm
Tool to Ease Colleges’ Reporting for Sustainability RankingsStarting this Wednesday, colleges and universities will have a single portal for reporting their data to some of the biggest sustainability rankings in education. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education is launching the free Campus Sustainability Data Collector to collect information for The Princeton Review Green Rating, Sierra magazine’s Cool Schools [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 2:18:26 pm
Ecologix Launches Fracking Water Treatment SystemEcologix Environmental Systems, an Atlanta-based wastewater treatment company specializing in the oil and gas industry, has designed a mobile integrated treatment system for hydraulic fracturing that allows the re-use of water for future drilling. Using dissolved air flotation technology, the system can treat up to 900 gallons per minute of frac flowback water. The sped [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 2:01:27 pm
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Risk, Solyndra, MATS, Clean Air Act, China Diesel EmissionsInsurance commissioners in California, New York and the state of Washington said that insurance companies must disclose disaster response and risk management plans for increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change. The new state regulations reveal the insurance industry’s role in mediating the country’s response to climate change, [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 1:53:16 pm
Renewables Briefing: Siemens and Army, Bancorp Bets on Renewables, and Wind Power Getting CheaperSiemens Government Technologies Inc. is to build the U.S. Army’s largest solar photovoltaic system at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic power generating system is part of a wider $16.8 million contract to implement energy-conserving upgrades. U.S. Bancorp, the U.S.’s fifth-largest commercial bank, is planning to invest hundreds [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 1:25:35 pm
Power Assure Launches Data Center Management SystemData center energy management firm Power Assure Inc., has announced an integrated data center power monitoring and analytics system that it says improves the reliability and energy-efficientcy of data centers. The system uses Power Assure’s secure cloud-based EM/4 Energy Management software and Raritan’s intelligent power monitoring products. It provides accurate, real-time information on infrastructure performance. [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 11:18:32 am
Super Bowl Host Committee Prez Talks SustainabilitySuper Bowl Host Committee President Allison Melangton discusses recycling efforts at the stadium and other sustainability efforts.

Friday, 3 February 2012 8:30:08 am
Companies Lured with 45% Electricity DiscountSantee Cooper, South Carolina’s biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state – but the deal may not help existing customers such as Alcoa. Effective immediately, Santee Cooper is offering new industrial customers a 45 percent discount in the first year, 30 percent [...]

Friday, 3 February 2012 7:28:48 am
Zero-Waste Phenomenon Grows, as Kraft Hits MilestoneKraft has 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfills, the company has announced, the latest in a string of “zero waste” announcements from multinational companies. The food company said it now has 12 zero-waste facilities in North America and 24 in Europe. Kraft also said that it reduced its manufacturing waste, [...]

Thursday, 2 February 2012 6:08:18 pm
Carbon Tracking Declines Among Energy Firms, Survey FindsA surprising 68 percent of energy and utility industry professionals say they have no system in place to track and report on carbon emissions, up from 58 percent last year, according to a survey by Enviance. And despite their lack of tracking system, more than three-fifths of the 237 professionals surveyed at the EUEC energy, [...]