EPEAT Products Offer Major Environmental Benefits, Study Finds

The 36 million products sold during the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool's first six months saved billions of kilowatt-hours of electricity and prevented the release of 40,000 tons of toxics into the environment, according to the group's first report. Read More

HP Hits 1 Billion Pound Recycling Mark

HP has recycled 1 billion pounds of electronics and print cartridges, putting the Silicon Valley company ahead of its recycling goal by six months, the company announced Friday. Read More

McDonald's Wants to Create Networked 'Kitchen of the Future'

McDonald's wants to create a "kitchen of the future" by networking the kitchen equipment in its restaurants to save energy and boost efficiency. Read More

McDonald's to Recycle Cooking Oil to Power its Vehicles

By converting the cooking oil from its 1,200 restaurants in Britain into biodiesel, McDonald's said it could save 1.5 million gallons of gasoline used by its delivery fleet in the U.K. Read More

Cadbury Schweppes Unveils Plan to Cut Emissions

Cadbury Schweppes announced Saturday a plan to cut its net "absolute" carbon emissions, touting itself as the first United Kingdom food manufacturer to commit to using "absolute" measures in fighting climate change. Read More

Ten Guidelines for Energy Efficient Data Center Design

These suggestions can provide companies large and small with significant efficiency benefits in a wide variety of data center design situations. Read More

Behind the Scenes: The BofA Tower at One Bryant Park

In this interview with Bob Fox, the principal architect behind the BofA headquarters in Manhattan, we learn what it takes to build the world's "most sustainable skyscraper." Read More

IBM Announces $86M Green Data Center in Colorado

As part of its Project Big Green, IBM announced that it will construct an 80,000 square foot data center here using the latest in energy-efficient technologies. Read More

Herman Miller, the BHAG, and Internalizing Sustainability

Furniture company Herman Miller has long set the standard for green practices. In this interview, Paul Murray explains how the company's first sustainability report is raising the bar even higher. Read More

DuPont and Environmental Defense to Address Nanotech Risks

The Nano Risk Framework, jointly developed by DuPont and Environmental Defense, is a new framework intended to help businesses, governments and the public at large evaluate and discuss the potential risks from nano-scale materials. Read More