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2011 Enterprise Energy and Carbon Accounting (EECA) Software Market Buyers Guide

An in-depth analysis of the rapidly expanding market for carbon and energy management software. Read More

Sales Rise as Emissions Fall at SAP

Preliminary data shows SAP AG's greenhouse gas emissions fell 4 percent in 2010, a year in which its business software sales grew 17 percent Read More

A Photo Tour of Masdar City

This week, I took a tour of Masdar City -- the audacious, carbon-neutral, zero-waste $15 to $20-billion planned development rising out of the Arabian desert. Here's the view from the ground. Read More

Kaiser Hospital in California's Silicon Valley Taps Solar Power

Kaiser Permanente's Santa Clara Medical Center will get almost 10 percent of its electricity from a recently installed solar power system. The facility is the first hospital among 15 California sites that will host installations as part of power purchase agreements between the managed care organization and Recurrent Energy. Read More

How Stakeholder Engagement Can Make or Break a Climate Strategy

A business that engages and communicates effectively with its stakeholders might be better prepared for climate change, and will certainly be better prepared to take advantage of the new opportunities arising from climate change. Read More

Empire State Building Turns to 100% Green Power

The Empire State Building, the New York City icon undergoing the largest green retrofit in the U.S., is purchasing wind power credits for 100 percent of its energy use in a deal that parties say provides more proof that sustainability can be achieved without paying premium.   Read More

The Social ROI of Green, Affordable Housing

While green has become the new black and cleantech is now viewed as sexy, affordable housing -- as fundamental to societal well-being as energy security -- maintains a reputation as a dowdy old aunt. But that can change as new views emerge of the social return on investment provided by green, affordable housing. Read More

Can a 'Global Thermostat' Turn Climate Change Around?

A startup company has developed technology to take CO2 from the air and put it to productive work in factories and greenhouses -- a potentially less-risky geoengineering solution to the climate crisis. Read More

How Do You Know If Your Package Was Shipped Green?

How did that get there? It's a question that I've found myself asking at lot these days. Goods movement, freight, logistics -- call it what you will. Regardless of name, it's the source of a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. Read More

Deloitte Boosts Green Cred with Purchase of ClearCarbon, Domani

More evidence that corporate sustainability efforts are advancing, despite goverment inaction: Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms, said this week that it has acquired two sustainability consulting firms, ClearCarbon Consulting and Domani Sustainability Consulting. Read More