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Energy Efficiency Saves IT Industry $2B Annually
The Climate Savers Computing Initiative today announced that energy efficiency efforts from the global IT industry had resulting in huge cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and big savings on energy bills. Read More
Lessons for the CSR Industry from the Deepwater Horizon Spill
Before the Deepwater Horizon crisis, the now-shamed oil giant had been repeatedly held up as a shining example of successful sustainability reporting -- how can the business world rebuild trust in CSR reports? Read More
High-Rise Buildings Could Use Toilets to Generate Electricity
An industrial design student in Leicester, England, has developed a way for tall buildings to harness the power of wastewater to generate energy. Read More
View from the C-Suite: MillerCoors' Tom Long
The president of the second largest beer company in the United States talks traditions of sustainability, water management practices, and the challenges of greening micro- and macrobrews alike. Read More
How Public-Private Partnerships Can Boost Green Building
States are facing significant budget gaps, and the gaps are going to affect the green building industry. States looking to shore up budgets will cut new construction and maintenance of existing buildings in the coming years. But there is a solution: public-private partnerships. Read More
Australia's Carbon Neutral Pixel Building is the Greenest Down Under
The Pixel building by Australian development and construction firm Grocon is not only the country's first carbon neutral office building, it is also the greenest. Read More
U.S. Department of Energy Embarks on Cool Roof Initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a cool roof initiative, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu is urging other government agencies to follow his department's lead. Read More
Tesco Joins Sainsbury's in Embracing Bagged Milk
A second U.K. retailer has started offering Dairy Crest milk in bags, which use 75 percent less packaging than milk in jugs. Read More
Did the Cash for Appliances Program Work?
It's been a huge success. It hasn't gone anywhere. Actually, it's a little of both -- depending on which state you look at. Read More
Green Grid Updates PUE with 4 New Flavors to Boost Accuracy
The Green Grid has released a new, updated set of guidelines for calculating the Power Usage Effectiveness ratio, one that aims to make the standard both more accurate and more widely adopted. Read More