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In an effort to lighten the load on the National Grid and pare down its own environmental footprint, Sainsbury's is testing a system that will activate its biofuel generator when demand for electricity on the grid peaks.
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President Obama's announcement last week of plans to reduce energy use in the commercial building sector 20 percent by 2020 underscored the economic opportunity that retrofitting the U.S. commercial building stock presents to business owners looking to cut down on energy costs and energy service providers trying to get a leg up in a competitive market.
by Rebecca Cole
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Fireman's Fund, the first company to write insurance policies for horseless carriages and planes, led the industry in widely providing green insurance in the U.S. commercial market. CEO Mike LaRocco talks about the firm's sustainability commitment at the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco.
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For a second year, Waste Management, the title sponsor of the Phoenix Open, brings an array of environmental service innovations to the popular PGA tournament. Dubbed "the Greatest Show on the Grass," the Phoenix Open also strives to be the "Greenest Show on the Grass."<br />
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The new NYC Urban Technology Innovation Center is a partnership among the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Columbia University, Polytechnic Institute of New York University and the City University of New York.<br />
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<span class='mceItemHidden' spellcheck='false'>This week, I took a tour of <span class='hiddenSpellError'>Masdar City -- the audacious, carbon-neutral, zero-waste $15 to $20-billion planned development rising out of the Arabian desert. Here's the view from the ground.
by Marc Gunther
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Green business deals to develop technology for eco-friendly cities, renewable energy projects, carbon capture programs and solutions to make coal plants cleaner make up more than two-thirds of the $45 billion in US-China export deals announced during the visit of China's President Hu Jintao.
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The new year brings new policy and regulations. Here’s a look at two that can have a lasting effect on green building and renewable energy and change the landscape for green business operations.
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company will soon join eBay, Coca-Cola, Walmart and Google as early adopters of Bloom Energy technology with the installation of six of the company's high-tech fuel cells, the insurance firm announced today.
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The Post-Carbon Reader, a thoughtful new book published by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch, aims to point the way to to a more resilient and sustainable world.
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In the same way that LEED has transformed architectural design to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, clean construction is emerging as the next big thing to revolutionize the building industry.
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What does it take to compile an environmental product declaration? For the maker of Solar Gard window films, it was a two-year project to amass data spanning the lifecycle of the product line and its impacts globally. In the end, the firm found that the products aren't just carbon neutral but also have a net positive impact on the environment.<br />
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The Carrier University Institute for Sustainability, the firm became the first business to license the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design curriculum for employee and client training.
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Kingston General Hospital has enlisted Honeywell for a $10.5-million upgrade that will bring solar power and a host of other energy efficiency measures to the 456-bed research and teaching hospital in southeastern Ontario.
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GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has begun installing 11,000 panels for a 3-megawatt solar energy system that will become the largest roof-mounted array thus far in North America.
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The first biogas plant in the United States to be powered by human sewage is up and running today, and will save the city of San Antonio $200,000 a year in water treatment and energy costs.
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A research project funded by Google's philanthropic arm predicts geothermal power could provide the coal state with all the energy it needs.
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The city of Oxfordshire is the first in the country to turn raw sewage into bioenergy, with enough gas to power as many as 200 homes to begin with.
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IBM and Schneider Electric are joining forces to provide new smarter buildings solutions that combine robust data collection and powerful analytics, enabling owners to better manage energy use at their facilities and obtain greater savings. The partnership was one several announcements about new offerings, software, services and tools from IBM in its Smarter Planet campaign.<br />
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Pharmaceutical firm Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson Company, launches the largest solar energy system in New Jersey today, and the Kohl's Department Stores chain has made good on its promise to host at least 100 solar installations.
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An international roster of leaders from city and state governments and business shared their best strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low carbon technologies in the built environment to create smarter grids, buildings, transportations systems and urban infrastructure.
by Molly Webb
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Using some lottery proceeds to build effective solar power plants could make California the world's first solar-powered state in the world. The power would be zero emissions and provide thousands of jobs at a time when unemployment in California is at 12 percent.
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Kyocera Group has planted edible "green curtains" stretching thousands of feet across facilities in Japan, Thailand and Brazil in a bid to keep its buildings cool and greenhouse gas emissions low.
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Rigorous environmental product declarations are relatively new in the U.S., and Bekaert Specialty Films is among the early adopters of the practice. BSF completed a climate declaration with the lifecycle analyses of 32 of its solar window films.<br />
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The software maker also shrank its carbon footprint by improving the energy efficiency of its buildings and data centers, but an uptick in business growth means SAP is keeping a wary eye on its business travel.