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Corporations Green Up Office Space

In order to green up its real-estate portfolio, which totals 92 million square feet world-wide, Citigroup has taken an inventory of energy use of all of the company's buildings, adopted power-saving measures such as turning off escalators in lobbies, and is redesigning its bank branches to include...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-06-2007
BT Aims For More Efficient Data Centers

BT's data center chief Steve O'Donnell says the company is consolidating many of its systems onto VMware and Solaris containers to physically reduce the number of servers, according to an IT Week interview. "Rather......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
Manufacturers Push Green Electronics At IFC, Consumers Not Interested

Manufacturers at IFA, Europe's biggest consumer electronics show, tried to entice consumers with environmentally-friendly product details but consumers were more interested in bigger and brighter screens, Reuters reports. Visitors "seemed uninterested or even confused......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
Climate Negotiations Lead To More Questions

Diplomats concluded last week's U.N.-sponsored climate meeting in Vienna with a statement saying industrialized countries should aspire to cut their emissions to 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, The Wall Street Journal reports. That meeting was just the start of a stretch of climate...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
Schwarzenegger Meets With German Minister To Discuss Carbon Trading

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's foreign minister, plan to begin talks today about how California could work with the European Union to create a system that would allow companies to buy and sell credits for emission reductions, The San Francisco Chronicle reports...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-30-2007
Qantas Plans September Takeoff For Carbon Offset Program

Qantas says that beginning in September, consumers and businesses will be able to purchase carbon credits to offset their carbon dioxide emissions, Australia's The Age reports. The company hasn't said how much the offsets will increase the price of a ticket. Qantas will cover......( read more...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-30-2007
Volkswagen To Offset Projected Emissions Of Cars

Volkswagon of America plans to offset the carbon emissions of projected consumer use. From September 1, 2007, until January 2, 2008, every vehicle sold by Volkswagen will have its carbon emissions offset for the first year of ownership. In addition, the Volkswagen......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-30-2007
Ford Turns Paint Fumes Into Energy

Ford Motor Co. is purchasing a fuel cell from FuelCell Energy for its Oakville, Ontario, facility to reduce paint solvent from automotive painting operations by turning its fumes into 300 kilowatts of electricity. The Direct FuelCell unit turns Volatile Organic Compounds that emanate from enamel base...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-30-2007
Snyder’s Increases Efficiency, Makes Changes To Packaging, Transportation

Pretzel maker Snyder's of Hanover has increased sustainability and cost-savings by making changes to packaging specifications and the way it transports products and raw materials. Georgia-Pacific worked on the project. The company......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2007
Office Depot Cuts CO2 Emissions 10% Through Efficiency Upgrades

Office Depot has reached a 10.1% absolute reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and electricity consumed in its North American retail stores, warehouses, and offices by installing more energy efficient technology. Between 2005 and 2006 Office Depot reduced electricity consumption by...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2007

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