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Lighting the Path for Greater Energy Efficiency

Strategic marketing agency EcoAlign takes the pulse of 1,000 Americans in a survey of attitudes on lighting policy and energy efficiency.   Read More

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The Impacts of Telework Week 2011

40,000 participants in this year's event showed how employees can save billions in commute costs while boosting productivity by working at home two days per week. Read More

Who's Peddling Pulp Fiction in the SFI vs. FSC Forestry Wars?

With this week's news of seven major companies dropping their support for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a war of words has heated up between SFI and the Forest Stewardship Council, the other wood products certification on the market. Read More

Baja Fresh Expands Use of Greener Plates, Food Wrappers and Bags

Baja Fresh's initiative to green its restaurant supplies brings recyclable and recycled content plates, food wrappers and bags to the 255 eateries operated or franchised by the chain. Read More

IBM to Acquire Tririga, Boosting Smarter Buildings Software Platform

As IBM moves deeper into software and solutions offerings, its acquisition of Tririga's facility and real estate management software tool will help IBM expand its Smarter Buildings initiative. Read More

How UC San Francisco Leads the Way on Green Laboratories

Despite the boom in green buildings, finding highly technical spaces like research laboratories designed with sustainability in mind is still a rare occurrence. UCSF, however, bucks that trend with its commitment to LEED labs. Read More

With its First-Ever CSO, UPS Kicks Sustainability Up to the C-Suite

Scott Wicker, the longtime VP of sustainability at United Parcel Service will today be promoted into the C-suite as the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer. Read More

Autodesk and the Future of Sustainable Design

If you start with the premise that many of the solutions to our global sustainability challenges start with design and systems thinking, this software company is emerging as a key player in a sustainable future. Read More

The Cautionary Tale of Destiny USA and Green Bonds

I covered the messy breakdown of the Carousel/Destiny USA project, which was selected as a green demonstration project under the 2004 Green Bonds program. I've also written at length about creating effective green incentives and regulations. For me, the most interesting part of this debacle is what it reveals about a major green incentive program. Read More

Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship

Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More