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NEW MILFORD,CT-- Kimberly-Clark's New Milford Mill achieved its energy independence today as K-C employees commemorated the start-up of the Company's new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility.
LOS ANGELES-- American Apparel has purchased 30,000 pounds of cotton grown with fewer chemicals than conventional cotton.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Sustainability is taking on increasing importance for the clients of landscape architects, according to a recent survey.
BEDMINSTER, N.J.--In an effort to expand its green and sustainability practices, Advance Realty Group has accepted the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International's 7-Point Challenge that asks members of the real estate community to accept the plan as part of everyday business practices.
OAKLAND, CA--Last year the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office saw the most applications since 2000, with a large increase in green trademarks, according to the Dechert law firm.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Toyota has announced a $5 million contribution in support of five National Parks and the National Park Foundation to enhance environmental leadership and educational programs at parks around the country. The company also will donate 23 vehicles to the National Parks.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The AIA and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) named the Top 10 Green Projects that exemplify new heights in the integration of architecture, natural systems and technology. The projects were judged on community contribution, occupant comfort and reduced environmental impact.
NEW YORK/ATLANTIC CITY-- Harrah's has become the first gaming corporation in the U.S. to receive an Environmental Quality Award, the highest recognition given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region Two.
MIDDLETOWN, CT-- Pratt & Whitney today dedicated a new energy efficient, environmentally friendly co-generation facility capable of generating about two-thirds of the site electrical energy and the majority of the steam for winter heating, summer cooling and manufacturing process equipment.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Governments and businesses in and around Washington, D.C., have announced more than 400 buildings in the region plan to undergo energy retrofits.
NEWARK, N.J.--Mayor Cory A. Booker announced today that the Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services is marking Earth Day by holding a display in City Hall to highlight activities that residents can do at home and at work to “go green” and make for a cleaner environment.
LIVINGSTON, N.J.--A2X Consulting will host an event focusing on green strategies for businesses
TRENTON, N.J.--Anastasia Harrison, AIA, LEED, IAQA will join Dr. Mitchell Joachim on Saturday June 7 for the launch of Green, Smart, and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training.
HOUSTON, TX--Transwestern's Houston headquarters is furthering its commitment to conserve energy and manage costs by implementing Earth Day activities across its national portfolio of managed properties.
DURHAM, NC -- LED lighting supplier Cree has launched LED University to promote and accelerate the adoption of LEDs by showcasing their use at universities.
CHICAGO--Jones Lang LaSalle plans to establish a Sustainability University to help provide green training in the real estate services sector, as well as increase its LEED and BREEAM-accredited professionals to 500 by the end of next year.
EAST BRUNSWICK--Dr. Ira L. Whitman was honored by the Cooper Union Alumni Association with the Gano Dunn award on April 11 at the association’s Founders Day Dinner.
NEWARK, N.J.-- The first ever PSEG Global Green Expo aims to be New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive celebration of Earth Day. Want to learn to live an eco-friendly lifestyle?
NEW BRUNSWICK--The best of the commercial real estate industry will be celebrated for their achievements at the Twenty-first Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards Gala.
GAITHERSBURG, MD-- On Earth Day, students on 300 college campuses served by Sodexo will line up to get their meals in a new way – without using a plastic tray.
NEW YORK--The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s President and CEO, Paul D. Tonko addressed today the Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference in New York City.
NEW YORK--GreenYour Media LLC today announced the beta launch of GreenYour.com - the first search-based tool that allows the user to fill in the blank for whatever they seek to green.
SAN FRANCISCO-- Pens made from car headlights, recycled cell phones and plastic shopping bags. Remanufactured laser toner cartridges that cost 15 percent less than conventional.
NEW YORK-- The Hearst Corporation has adopted a policy aimed at creating zero waste at its 850,000 square foot Hearst Tower.
NEWARK, NJ--CoreNetNJ, (Corporate Real Estate Executives Network of New Jersey) the New Jersey State Chapter of CoreNet Global, has scheduled a CoRE Curriculum educational workshop for Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.
PLAINFIELD, NJ--Frankly Green has announced that Karen Halo, owner-partner, will appear on the highly popular "One on One with Steve Adubato" television show.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ--The Northern New Jersey District Council of the Urban Land Institute will hold a program entitled "Financing Green: How To Pay For and Incentivize Sustainable Investment In the Garden State."
PORTLAND, OR--Home buyers want properties where the grass is always greener. Now, with the introduction of the first-of-its-kind Green Certified Home Search by Portland-based Realty Trust Group Inc., buyers can search for homes that are greener; specifically, all of the green-certified homes in the RMLS (Regional Multiple Listing Service) system.
BOSTON-- With only a couple weeks until a Federal Trade Commission hearing on green marketing, a survey had found many U.S. residents misunderstand environmental phrases and support enhanced government regulation of green claims.
NEW YORK--Extell Development Company’s The Lucida, the Upper East Side’s first LEED-Certified residential green building, is the first condominium to reach out to New York City taxicab riders and potential buyers with a television segment from Open House TV broadcast on Taxi 2.0, the interactive television installed in New York City taxis.
OAKLAND, CA-- Facility managers are more aware of the benefits of energy efficiency improvements than ever but investment levels have not enjoyed a similar increase, according to a new survey.
LEXINGTON, KY-- The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has released the latest draft of its rating system to gauge campus sustainability and is taking feedback from institutions that are test driving the system.
CHICAGO-- When online auto insurance company Esurance was founded in 1999, it strived to protect the environment by accounting for every pound of carbon it emits into the air. So it developed an exclusively paperless, electronic customer experience, created a hybrid claims fleet and offset electricity usage for each of its 11 offices.
NEW YORK-- In honor of Earth Day and the first year anniversary of the launch of TheDailyGreen.com, the site today announced the winners of The Heart of Green Awards, honoring people and organizations from all fields who in the last year have, through their work and deeds, helped take the "green is good" message to the mainstream.
TheDailyGreen.com chose a richly diverse group of honorees for its inaugural year, taking a slightly non-traditional approach by honoring not only key environmentalists, journalists, politicians and business leaders, but also Lisa Simpson from "The Simpsons" and The Onion for faux eco-reporting. TheDailyGreen.com also announced a special award for those people whose messages, though important to hear, are not yet ready for prime time. There is also inclusion of people whose
"hearts" are decidedly not green.
"With so much attention directed to an intellectual and scientific understanding of the environmental threats to the climate and to our personal health, there has been less attention paid to the role that
capturing the heart and imagination of people can play in raising eco-awareness and action," says Deborah Jones Barrow, founder of TheDailyGreen.com. "Therefore, The Heart of Green Awards are meant to
highlight accomplishments that touch an emotional chord with people, in the belief that rekindling our lost love affair with the earth, its creatures and its peoples, is a fundamental step in making going green a mainstream pursuit."
TheDailyGreen.com's Heart of Green Awards are also being exclusively cross-posted on MSN Green (green.msn.com) as part of that site's Earth Day eco-coverage. Visitors to the MSN Green Channel will be able to participate in a poll selecting their favorite environmentally focused Hollywood stars.
TheDailyGreen.com is a syndication partner of MSN Green.
A complete list of honorees and their accomplishments is available on the web site.
TheDailyGreen.com
www.thedailygreen.com
MANCHESTER, NH-- Carpet One Floor & Home stores throughout North America are hosting events on National Green Select Day, Saturday, April 19th to make their environments cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Procter & Gamble and Domtar Corp. joined the North America Forest & Trade Network (NAFTN) in a bid to make their wood-based products more sustainably sourced.
HARRISBURG-- The Department of Environmental Protection will host a series of free workshops at seven
locations across the state this spring to help business owners find ways to reduce soaring energy costs.
HICKSVILLE, NY-- EnergyHotwire.com is the first fully comprehensive web site that teaches Americans how to be energy-independent with a well-diversified team of experts led by Environmental Scientist & Energy Consultant Bill Lauto.
TRENTON--BOOST Green, Smart, and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training to launch registration drive on Saturday, June 7 at Classics Used and Rare Books located at 117 South Warren Street in downtown Trenton featuring a screening of Sundance TV's "Big Ideas for a Small Planet, the Build" episode.
PITTSBURGH --The United Steelworkers have joined forces with prominent environmental groups to drum up support and raise awareness for green job creation.
EAST BRUNSWICK-–Whitman, one of New Jersey’s leaders in environmental, civil and structural engineering, played an important role in helping to strike down the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) formula for determining the monetary value of natural resource damages.
TRENTON, NJ--The Northern New Jersey District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI-NNJ) hosted a breakfast roundtable with state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Lisa Jackson in Trenton April 3.
OAKLAND, CA--Wal-Mart has announced another step in its efforts to make its supply chain more sustainable as a new report comes out explaining the benefits, both environmental and other, to a greener supply chain.
DETROIT and NEW YORK-- Religious and other institutional investors joined today with Ford Motor Co. in announcing that Ford is the first U.S. auto company to spell out how it
plans to reach the goal of reducing by at least 30 percent the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its new vehicle fleet by 2020.
NEW YORK--The State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) announced today that it will offer closing cost assistance and low cost mortgages to homebuyers who purchase new energy efficient homes under the New York ENERGY STAR® Labeled Homes Program, which encourages the construction of energy efficient homes.
NEW YORK--The Green Exchange(TM) today announced that ICAP Energy LLC has agreed to work toward building The Green Exchange venture as a founding member.
WAINSCOTT, NY--Sweetwater's Cleaners announced today that it is offsetting 70 metric tons of carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations.
BEARSVILLE, NY--From 3,796 diapers to 43,371 cans of soda to 28, 433 showers and everything in between, cradle-to-grave consumption of the average American is literally laid out before your very eyes in the new National Geographic Channel documentary Human Footprint.
WASHINGTON, DC-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making just over $49 million in grant funding available to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation's existing fleet of diesel engines.
NEW YORK--The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a UN-backed global initiative developed to promote corporate responsibility and sustainability in business education, has now been endorsed by more than 100 business schools and universities from around the world.
