Decarbonization
Waste Management Pilot Tests a Next-Gen Green Garbage Truck
With a rotating cylindrical body and a sleek profile, new trucks being test-driven by Waste Management look nothing like garbage haulers of bygone years. Read More
GM to Launch Industry's First Eco-Label for Cars
General Motors' Chevy brand has created a green label bearing environmental data for its cars, starting with the Chevy Sonic. Read More
How Companies Can Make Buildings Greener and Better
As the technology to manage building performance and efficiency evolves, so do the voluntary initiatives that provide standards for the new solutions. Companies that take a hand in the process can accelerate the pace and adoption of building innovation. Read More
Inside Kohl's Green Energy Leadership
At the GreenBiz Forum this morning in Minneapolis, Tari Emerson, Kohl's director of energy and capital projects, walked through how the retailer has become the nation's largest corporate solar panel owner, and how other companies can get started. Read More
Supply Chain Scrutiny Drives Need for More Accurate Data
Many suppliers are ill-equipped to identify, track and manage emissions, and even manufacturers who are able to measure and report emissions still face challenges, especially when it comes to ensuring data accuracy. Read More
Long-Term Energy Efficiency Potential
Why Americans must take a broader view of energy efficiency or risk further constraining the economy. Read More
Greening Work Styles
Corporate energy-saving programs rise and fall on the behavior of employees. Here is a look at five programs in the U.S. and Canada and the success factors they have in common. Read More
How Lifecycle Cost Analysis Can Make a Better Case for Green Building
Design teams that consider the impacts of a building across its lifetime can help their clients make choices on materials, structural elements and systems that will reduce operations and environmental costs and other hidden expenses that are shaped by design decisions. Read More
Hyundai Draws Up Plans for New $150M Green Headquarters in US
The Korean automaker's US operations are working with the Gensler architectural firm on a design for a new headquarters complex that's to be built to LEED-Gold standards in Southern California. Read More
Schneider Electric Buys Viridity Platform to Enhance Data Center Suite
Schneider's acquisition of EnergyCenter 2.0 software provides data center operators visibility over both IT and facility operations. Read More