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Greening Your IT, for Newbies or Experts

In this excerpt from a longer interview with IBM data center architect John Lamb, the author walks through the steps companies should take when looking at energy efficiency projects, whether they're just starting out or have picked all the low-hanging fruit.

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Greener by Design 2009: The New Metrics of Design

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At our Greener by Design 2009 conference last month, Senior Writer Marc Gunther spoke with Wal-Mart's Rand Waddoups, James Sullivan from Clear Standards, and Terry Swack of Sustainable Minds about the guidelines and metrics that they put to work to assess the life-cycle impact of their products.

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In the second annual State of Green Business report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be more environmentally responsible?

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  • OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Energy and Treasury departments released eagerly awaited guidance Thursday to help renewable energy project developers apply for roughly $3 billion in stimulus funds, which experts say will open the market to many technologies that weren't economically feasible before.

  • STURTEVANT, Wis. -- JohnsonDiversey sells products in more than 175 countries but has put in place a series of projects that will cut logistics-related greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter while allowing the company to trim lead times on product deliveries and boost service levels.

  • ATLANTA, Ga. -- In its 2008 corporate sustainability report, UPS sets a hard target for emissions reductions in what it says is the world's ninth-largest airline, and lays out how a steady focus on efficiency is trimming the company's footprint.

  • Bamboo forest - CC license by Flickr user Selya235

    -- Bamboo has spread into the world of consumer products as fast as it grows in the wild, but the higher demand opens the door for overharvesting, price fluctuations and quality issues. BooShoot Gardens is on a mission to ensure the world's supply of bamboo stays sustainable by cloning bamboo plants and even trying to get bamboo growing again in the U.S.

  • Naked Juice bottles - CC license by Flickr user Thirteen Of Clubs

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- Naked Juice and Earthbound Farm have each debuted packaging made with 100 percent post-consumer recycled content, some of the first instances of 100 percent recycled packaging for food and drink products.

  • SEATTLE, Wash. -- With the help of guidance technology, Alaska and Horizon Airlines are using pinpoint landing technology to save fuel, cut emissions, and reduce noise for communities around airports.

  • NISKAYUNA, N.Y. -- General Electric, the world's largest industrial company, will work with the Department of Defense in a $2 million project to transform the Twentynine Palms facility, the world's largest Marine Corps base, into a model smart microgrid system.

  • SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Facing an unprecedented global economic downturn, environmental issues of similar scale and a loss of trust, Business for Social Responsibility lays out its progress and goals for the future in its second annual report.

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    SPARKS, Md. -- The collapsed economy hasn’t soured commercial fleets' interest in greener vehicles, and in some cases, the recession has actually accelerated efforts, according to a new survey from PHH Arval.

  • CYPRESS, Calif. -- Since the passage of the stimulus legislation in February, a number of firms providing energy efficiency products and services have positioned their offerings in terms of their potential to qualify for tax credits under the Recovery Act. Mitsubishi's U.S. operations is among the latest company to do so, listing a diverse array of products.

  • Toys - CC license by Flickr user tico24

    PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The EcoLogo Program, which has so far created more than 120 standards covering a wide array of products, has started working on an environmental standard for toys.

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    GLAND, -- Nike, Nokia, HP and 16 other multinational companies launched a campaign this week to nudge world leaders toward agreement of a global climate change treaty by late 2009. The Let the Clean Economy Begin campaign was unveiled as the G8 leaders convene in Italy to discuss climate change and the U.S. Senate begins hearings on climate change legislation.

  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- A new Climate Group report predicts that scaling up energy efficiency, renewable energy and deforestation prevention can deliver 70 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions cuts needed by 2020.

  • ARMONK, N.Y. -- IBM made strides in reducing energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, material sent to landfill and hazardous waste, according to the company's latest corporate responsibility report.

  • OAKLAND, Calif. -- Funding from states and the federal government to spur the growth of green jobs is starting to pay off, and community colleges are graduating the first class of new green-collar workers. Plus: a national map of where job-training programs have begun.

  • HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) singled out REI's LEED-Gold certified store last week for its holistic design aesthetics and functionality, naming it the Project of the Year in its inaugural Sustainability Awards. A North Face store in Boise, Idaho, and the Founding Farmers restaurant in Washington, D.C., tied for second place.

  • OAKLAND, Calif. -- Despite being a centerpiece of celebrations the world over, fireworks displays often release toxic chemicals into the environment; researchers are developing a new generation of fireworks that shine as bright but leave less of an impact.

  • Coca Cola bottle -- CC licensed by Flickr user chrisvick

    ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- Coca Cola signed a 10-year contract with UTC Power that will bring two fuel cells to a southern New York bottling plant, where they will produce enough heat and energy to satisfy nearly a third of the facility's needs. The state of New York also provided $2 million for the project.

  • A cement factory in Belgium - Image CC licensed by Jean-Pol Grandmont.

    GENEVA, -- Efforts by the world's leading cement companies slowed the rate of growth of carbon dioxide emissions from the industry's manufacturing process even while production climbed by 53 percent, according to a new report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative.

  • NEWARK, N.J. -- The new initiative expands on the company's nine-month-old project to conduct energy efficiency audits to hospitals, municipal buildings, businesses and residential customers.

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