Decarbonization
FirstFuel Aims to Deliver 'Zero-Touch' Building Energy Audits
Leaders of the startup say their Rapid Building Assessment Platform can add speed and volume to the often balky process of onsite energy audits. Read More
Alcoa Looks to the Sky to Cut its Mine's Energy Footprint
A system put in place in 2007 at Alcoa's Jamaican mining operations has saved the company more than $1.5 million in energy costs and cutting fuel use -- reducing emissions and saving energy at the same time. Read More
Empire State Building's Green Transformation Earns LEED-Gold
The iconic skyscaper, whose green retrofit and refurbishing have become almost as celebrated as the landmark, achieved the certification under Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design standards today. Read More
How Con-Way Delivers Greener Trucking
Heavy-duty trucks, the workhorses of commerce, are integral to the supply chain of every business. The movement to reduce their impact on the environment is huge. Here's what a major industry player is doing to help. Read More
Commutes Get Easier Around the World, but IBM Finds Plenty of Pain
The annual Commuter Pain study from IBM, which looks at commutes in 20 cities across the globe, finds that public transit use is up and traffic is somewhat down, but commuters are still highly stressed out about their daily grinds. Read More
Dell Backs Away from Carbon Neutrality, Focuses on Efficiency & E-Waste
The company's latest CSR report downplays its green power purchases and highlights Dell's growing e-waste hauls and improved energy efficiency and performance-per-watt metrics. Read More
Hyatt Cuts Energy, Water & Waste by 10% on Path to 2015 Green Goals
The hotel chain's vice president of corporate responsibility says green teams have been key to the company's success in making progress on its 2015 sustainability goals. Read More
Ford-Toyota Partnership Shows Standards Drive Innovation
Ford and Toyota’s hybrid vehicle partnership will accelerate innovation, deliver better technology to the market sooner, and add to the existing fuel-efficient supplier job base of 150,000 workers. Read More
Toys R Us Embeds Green Building Elements in Store Expansion Plans
The biggest toy store company in the U.S. outlined an ambitious agenda to open 21 new stores and renovate 23 others by the end of the year. Behind the ballyhooed expansion plans are a series of green building elements for each site. Read More
GE Achieves Rare LEED-Platinum Rating for New Data Center
GE unveils a new $48-million data center that serves its global appliances and lighting business. Read More