BT's Smart Meter Project Saves £13M per Year in Energy Costs

The British telecom firm says that the 22,000 smart meters and 1,500 building management systems it has rolled out will also cut its carbon footprint by 5 percent. Read More

JLL Launches IntelliCommand Service for Greener Buildings

Jones Lang LaSalle joins the growing list of companies that are offering expanded building performance management services through a cloud-based software system. Read More

Silver Spring Networks, Hitachi Start Work on Maui Smart Grid Project

To help achieve Hawaii's goal of 70 percent clean energy by 2030, the Maui Smart Project has tapped two partners to integrate renewable energy and educate consumers.  Read More

A CSR Checklist that Works for Every HR Department

As more and more companies embed their CSR practices in day-to-day operations, it becomes an opportunity for HR managers to become sustainability leaders. This checklist spells out what HR departments should and should do to promote sustainability. Read More

Facebook to Install Hybrid Solar Power and Water System at New HQ

Social media giant Facebook plans to install a rooftop solar power system that will provide hot water as well as electricity at the company's new corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Read More

TSMC Data Center Facility First in Taiwan to Certify ISO 50001

The world's largest semiconductor producer says its newest data center will save 2.21 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and eliminate 1,350 tons of carbon emissions a year. Read More

The Human Kidney: Inspiration of and Solution to the Water Crisis

Startup company AguaVia thinks it's found a solution to the world's looming water crisis that offers much more than a drop in the bucket. Read More

Why Water is the Sharp End of the Climate Change Stick

We are increasingly attuned to the links between climate change and water. Too much and a city floods; too little and a city dries up. Read More

A Better Way to Make Cotton Better

It will take a global network of retailers, farmers, NGOs and shoppers to make global cotton production better for the planet. Fortunately, the Better Cotton Initiative brings all these groups to the table. Here's how. Read More

Overcoming Cynicism: Lord Hastings' Call to Action at Net Impact

During the opening keynote to the three-day conference in Portland, Oregon, Lord Hastings avowed that the single most effective way to change the world is overcoming cynicism -- not a product or a business mode, but an attitude. Read More