The Gruppo Mezzacorona winery in the foothills of the Italian Dolomites and a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Northern Ireland have cut the ribbon on new green facilities.
After early deployments that saved AutoZone, Family Dollar and other chains more than $131 million in energy costs, Venstar Inc. broadly went to market this week with its Surveyor Energy Management System -- a package designed for small-box retail chains.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named the five cities that will be the first to participate in the Greening America's Capitals program and receive free expert assistance to turn their towns into models of sustainable design.
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, the first carrier to broadly offer green insurance in the U.S. commercial marketplace, is extending its Green-Gard coverage to schools -- public and private facilities, colleges and universities, and trade and vocational institutions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging a different kind of trash talk at college football games this year: The EPA wants schools, sports programs and their boosters to spread the word on how to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Architects, designers, contractors, manufacturers, students and others interested in green building innovation and showcasing their ideas on video have a shot at a $1,500 grand prize and bragging rights in a contest sponsored by YKK AP America.
Kikkoman Foods Inc. plans to start tapping into the power of the sun this month with the completion of a carport-mounted 106kW solar photovoltaic system at the company's soy sauce factory in California's Central Valley.
As the U.S. military musters efforts to lighten its environmental bootprint, the German Army also is striving to march down a green path and has enlisted Johnson Controls Inc. to retrofit the Oranienstein base in Diez.
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA is teaming up with the Virginia Municipal League to promote greener communities through a contest to develop environmental policies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The partnership is one of several recent efforts across the country to accelerate development of more environmentally friendly communities.