The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation – Baltimore?
Baltimore City is poised to adopt a new zoning code that is among the most ‘green building friendly’ land use ordinances in the country. A green building friendly zoning ordinance is significant when...
View ArticleUPS Makes Delivery Operations More Sustainable With New Software
The new ORION software from United Parcel Service (UPS) is helping the company further its goal to make its delivery operations more sustainable. The company has maintained a focus on optimizing...
View ArticleNew Standards to Bring Clarity to Sustainable Purchasing
Today the demand for information about a company’s environment, social and governance (ESG) performance extends beyond its gates to the risk profile and performance of its supply chain as well. Many...
View ArticleCounty Mandates its Green Building be the Greenest, with a Twist
All King County, Washington government construction and major renovations must strive to achieve the top national green construction rating under Ordinance 2013-0324 unanimously approved last week by...
View ArticleBest Places for Post Grad Cleantech Education
Post grad work in the field of cleantech education has widened in the past few years. While still a niche program, universities are catching on to the importance and need for higher education within...
View ArticleEPA Seeks Comment on Ecolabels and Product Environmental Performance Standards
Against a backdrop in early 2014 where by many measures environmental progress in business appears to have plateaued, Environmental Product Declarations are among the hottest topics in sustainability....
View ArticleSeahawks vs. Broncos: Sustainability Highlights for the Teams and Super Bowl...
With the Seattle Seahawks getting ready to play the Denver Broncos this weekend in Super Bowl XLVIII, here at ENN, we are not only focused on the game, but we are also interested in the sustainability...
View ArticleIf Green Building is Going to Save the Planet it Will Have to Include Green...
There are 3,980,817 miles of roads in the United States. Roads are the largest built structures we come into contact with and yet they are so ubiquitous and familiar that they have become an impervious...
View ArticleModel Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City...
A package of local government bills introduced on January 29th aim to ensure that Montgomery County, Maryland remains at the sustainability forefront. The legislation submitted by Councilmember Roger...
View ArticleSubmersive Tech Cools Supercomputers and Cuts Costs
The digital economy has brought uncounted positive benefits, but it has also created one major sustainability problem. What to do about the growing energy requirements of larger, more power-hungry...
View ArticleIBM Harnesses Crowdsourcing in the Amazon Rainforest to Educate and Conserve
A year ago, we reported on an IBM effort called Water Watchers, an android app and portal that makes it possible for citizens to report water issues in South Africa. Now, IBM is at it again, harnessing...
View ArticlePedal Power for Solar Power
We love a good adventure, especially for a good cause – so we’re excited to announce that we are one of Climate Ride’s newest beneficiaries, and we’re looking for intrepid cyclists to join us! Climate...
View ArticleApple Stands Behind its Focus on the Environment
One thinks of Apple CEO Tim Cook as being an extremely calm person, but he drew a hard line against a conservative faction of shareholders who complained that the company should focus entirely on its...
View ArticleNew York City Bets On Energy Efficiency To Boost Sustainability
The world needs to make a transition to renewable energy as part of a global sustainability project, but until solar, wind and other renewables become the norm, there’s one solution that is available...
View ArticleBrightFarms to Build the World’s Largest Urban Greenhouse for Giant Food Stores
Giant Food Stores has inked a deal with BrightFarms, a pioneer in constructing greenhouses attached to supermarkets, to build the world’s largest urban greenhouse. The greenhouse will extend over an...
View ArticleFuel Cells Power Up: Three Surprising Places Where Hydrogen Energy is Working
The concept is tantalizing: Use abundant hydrogen to fuel vehicles and power plants, producing nothing but water and heat as a byproduct. The advent of hydrogen fuel cells would help provide the energy...
View ArticleLocal Energy Rules Episode 20 – The Power of Collective Energy Purchasing
“We can’t do it as an individual, But four hundred communities aggregating and asking for local wind power and solar power – that’s really powerful.” Oak Park, IL, is one of hundreds of Illinois towns...
View ArticleLinkin Park, Lawrence Bender & Henry Waxman at UCLA Fundraiser
The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) honored musicians Linkin Park, producer Lawrence Bender and U.S. Representative Henry Waxman for each of their environmental...
View ArticleEU Passes Historic Law Requiring Large Companies to Report on Sustainability
The European Parliament has passed a historic law that makes it mandatory for the largest companies in Europe to include sustainability factors as an integral part of their annual financial reporting....
View ArticleInterview: JP McNeill, CEO and Co-Founder of Renovate America
Making the Energy Efficient Choice Affordable: PACENow’s David Gabrielson Talks with JP McNeill, CEO and Co-Founder of Renovate America. David Gabrielson: JP, tell us about your background and how you...
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