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Companies Aim For ‘Green’ Concrete

W. R. Grace & Co. has invested in Ceratech, a Maryland-based firm that has developed what it calls a “green, sustainable concrete admixture technology” for concrete primarily using fly ash, a waste stream product from coal fired power...

Published 03-20-2008 12:53 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, Facilities, Construction, Products & Planning

Travelers Commercial Property Adds Green Coverage

Travelers Commercial Property Division has launched an endorsement, Green Building Coverage Enhancements, to its standard Deluxe Property Coverage for mid-sized businesses. The endorsement promotes the use of environmentally friendly building materials...

Published 03-17-2008 4:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Financial, Construction, Finance & Reporting

Nissan Disses U.S. Green Building Council

In July, Nissan North America is moving its headquarters to a 50-acre green campus with a restored wetland. But Nissan isn’t seeking a seal of approval from the U.S. Green Building Council. Rob Traynham, the company’s director of corporate...

Published 03-10-2008 6:31 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Automotive, Efficiency, Construction, Contracts & Installations

Cement Plant To Cut Mercury Emissions 75%

Ash Grove Cement near Baker City in Oregon, the largest source of mercury pollution in the state, has reached a voluntary deal with regulators to cut its mercury emissions by 75 percent within 3 years. AP reports. The cement plant will be the first in...

Published 03-03-2008 12:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, U.S., Industrial Goods, Construction, Strategy & Leadership

L.A. Poised To Adopt Tough Green Building Ordinance

Two Los Angeles City Council committees voted Friday to require that all major commercial and residential developments cut projected energy and water use and reduce the overall environmental footprint, The LA Times reports. The ordinance is endorsed by...

Published 02-18-2008 11:23 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Efficiency, Construction, Policy & Law

Energy Star Commercial Buildings Up 25% In 2007

The number of commercial buildings and manufacturing plants to earn the Energy Star for superior energy efficiency is up by more than 25 percent in the past year, according to the EPA, and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions reduced has reached an...

Published 02-14-2008 5:09 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Government, Construction, Products & Planning

Shopping Mall Installs 2.3 Acre Green Roof

In Upper Providence, Pennsylvania, a 400,000-square-foot shopping mall has installed a 2.3 acre green roof. The modular green roof manufactured by GreenGrid was chosen in part to help prevent storm water runoff, which has become a problem for sewer systems...

Published 02-07-2008 11:07 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Construction, Contracts & Installations

JPMorgan Greens HQ

JPMorgan Chase is making its 50-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan more environmentally-friendly, Reuters reports, and it’s doing it ten stories at a time, starting at the top with rooftop vegetation. Also on the roof, drains will...

Published 02-04-2008 11:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Conservation, Efficiency, Electricity, Construction, Refitting, Water, Contracts & Installations

CCCCD Solar Installation Could Save $70 Million Over 25 Years

Contra Costa Community College District has completed the first phase of the largest solar power installation ever constructed for a college or university in North America. The Chevron Energy project is part of a program expected to save CCCCD more than...

Published 02-01-2008 11:48 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Clean Energy, Electricity, Construction, Solar Energy, Education, Contracts & Installations

Adobe, CB Richard Ellis and Others Retrofitting Major Office Space

According to government estimates, commercial buildings account for more than 60 percent of the country’s electricity consumption and generate 30 percent of all GHG emissions. And though new green commercial buildings are regularly being built,...

Published 01-28-2008 1:23 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Efficiency, Electricity, Construction, Refitting, Contracts & Installations

OVG CEO Says Green Pays Off

Conrad van Oostrom is the Dutch CEO and founder of OVG, a 10-year old real estate development company specializing in office buildings. According to this Business Week article, it was during a breakfast on climate change with Al Gore in the summer of...

Published 01-25-2008 1:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Efficiency, Construction, Refitting, Strategy & Leadership

Lockheed Helps the Private Sector Conserve

Relying on expertise it gained in managing government and military energy programs for over two decades, Lockheed Martin doubled the sales of conservation services to private companies this past year, accounting for three percent of its $39.6 billion...

Published 01-22-2008 11:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Efficiency, Electricity, Construction, Strategy & Leadership

Wal-Mart Opening Greener Supercenter

Wal-Mart will open the first of a new generation of Supercenters that will cut energy use by 25 percnet compared with a regular Supercenter. The new store, or HE.2, (High Efficiency 2) is an improvement on the three HE.1 stores it opened last year.The...

Published 01-17-2008 11:06 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Efficiency, Electricity, Construction, New Technology, Contracts & Installations, Retail & Restaurants

Johnson Controls Releases 2007 Sustainability Report

Johnson Controls has released its 2007 Business and Sustainability report. The company says that what it calls its “commitment to sustainability” has contributed to its performance in 2007. For example, the company:– helped make lead...

Published 01-15-2008 11:45 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Reporting, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Automotive, Construction, CSR Reports, Finance & Reporting

Greentech Takes Prominent Role At Honeywell

Over the last five years, profits and cash flow have doubled at Honeywell’s automation and control solutions division, rising to almost $13 billion in annual sales. In a Investor’s Business Daily interview, Roger Fradin, ACS’s chief...

Published 01-02-2008 1:06 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Conservation, Construction, New Technology, Research & Technology

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