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Corporate Express Covers Colorado Energy Needs With RECs

Corporate Express US, part of the Dutch-based Corporate Express NV, is purchasing renewable energy credits to cover 100 percent of the energy needs for its Colorado facilities, including its headquarters in Broomfield and Northglenn, customer service...

Published 11-15-2007 1:23 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., credits, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations

UPS Using Zap Electric Cars For Small Parcel Deliveries

UPS rolled out a small parcel delivery service this week in Northern California using 42 electric cars and trucks from ZAP. The UPS branch in Petaluma, California has leased an initial fleet of 42 ZAP Xebra electric city cars and trucks for their small...

Published 11-15-2007 10:52 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity

Fresno State Solar Installation To Deliver 20% Of Energy Needs

Fresno State has completed a large-scale solar power installation that will supply 20 percent of the university's annual power needs. The 1.1-megawatt solar system -- installed by Chevron Energy Solutions -- is expected to save Fresno State more than...

Published 11-09-2007 11:27 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

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

AWEA Raises Estimate For 2007 Wind Power Installations

The American Wind Energy Association has seen a substantial increase in the projected installation of new wind energy facilities in 2007. Previous projections for a record-setting 3,000 megawatts of new wind power capacity in 2007 have now been raised...

Published 11-09-2007 10:08 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Wind Energy

Verizon Dips Toe Into Solar

Verizon says it's installing 140 solar panels at its central office building in Tampa Florida. The project is expected to generate an average of 19 kilowatts to 21 kilowatts of daily energy production...

Published 11-09-2007 9:13 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Savings, Solar Energy

Chicago Public Schools Enlists TAC For $17 Million Energy Efficiency Project

Chicago Public Schools’ officials have approved a $17.6 million performance contract with the Energy Solutions division of TAC. TAC guarantees that CPS will reduce utility costs by $1.25 million annually when the project is completed...

Published 11-08-2007 11:35 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

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

Foss Switches To Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel

Foss Maritime Company is switching its vessels from low sulfur diesel fuel to ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. Foss’s fuel switch...

Published 11-05-2007 11:38 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Fossil Fuels, Contracts & Installations, Hybrid Technology

Puget Sound Energy Integrates Solar Panels Into Existing Wind Facility

EI Solutions recently completed construction on the main portion of the Pacific Northwest’s largest solar-powered generating facility for Puget Sound Energy. The 2,408 newly installed solar panels can now generate up to 450 kilowatts of power. The new...

Published 11-02-2007 9:24 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Utilities, Solar Energy

Zipcar and Rival Flexcar Merge

Flexcar are merging (via ChangeReport). The combined company will operate under the Zipcar brand and be headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, under the leadership of Zipcar's chairman and chief executive, Scott Griffith. Zipcar and Flexcar currently...

Published 11-01-2007 7:39 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Feature, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Contracts & Installations, Acquisitions

AIG To Buy 310,000 Carbon Credits

American International Group plans to provide funding to support projects that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions, through the purchase of CO2 emission offset credits, in the Xinjiang and Sichuan provinces of China. The proposed projects

Published 10-31-2007 10:56 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Financial, Contracts & Installations

PG&E Purchases 150MW Of Wind Power From enXco

Pacific Gas and Electric has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with enXco for 150 megawatts of renewable wind energy from the company's Shiloh II project. The project will deliver approximately 509 GWh of wind energy per year to PG&E's...

Published 10-30-2007 10:34 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Wind Energy, Utilities

Agilent Installing Solar Power System

p> Agilent Technologies is installing a 1-megawatt solar power system at its Santa Rosa Campus, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal reports. The system is expected to generate an estimated 1.8 million kilowatt-hours per year, offsetting more...

Published 10-29-2007 2:22 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Solar Energy

Toshiba Replacing Vehicle Fleet With Hybrids

Toshiba America Medical Systems will replace its fleet of sedans for its sales and service teams with Toyota Camry Hybrids over the next three years, Industry Week reports. The company hopes the move will...

Published 10-10-2007 12:00 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Manufacturing, Contracts & Installations, Travel, Hybrid Technology, Sales

Curtis Packaging Goes ‘100% Carbon Neutral’

Connecticut-based Curtis Packaging claims that they are the first 100 percent carbon neutral printing and packaging company in North America. During the last five years Curtis says it has been identifying, assessing, and reducing internal aspects that...

Published 10-10-2007 11:29 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Facilities, credits, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity

Dow Corning To Install $50 Million Plasma Recycling System

Dow Corning has announced a $50 million investment in new equipment for its Midland, Michigan plant that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent, total emissions by 75 percent, and lower the site's consumption of natural gas by...

Published 10-02-2007 10:19 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., Manufacturing, Contracts & Installations, Recycling

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