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Archives for: May 2008

May 17
Starbucks Plans To Incorporate LEED Principles, Slash Energy Use By Betsy Kraat

SEATTLE, WA-- Starbucks wants to slash energy consumption in its stores by 25 percent and buy enough renewable energy certificates to satisfy half of its stores’ energy needs, all by 2010, the company said Wednesday.

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May 16
Green Mountain Power Proposes "Solar Rates""to Spur Vermont's Solar Energy Market By Betsy Kraat

COLCHESTER, VT--Green Mountain Power Corp. today announced a groundbreaking new approach to accelerate the adoption of solar energy by Vermont homes and businesses.

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May 16
UPS Expands Hybrid Fleet By Betsy Kraat

ATLANTA, GA--UPS has taken another step toward energy conservation by ordering 500 more hybrid and compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery vehicles.

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May 15
ScheinMedia Publishes Second Annual Green Resource Guide By Betsy Kraat

KINGSTON, NY--ScheinMedia is proud to publish its 2nd annual Green Building Resource Guide.

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May 15
Owens Corning Announces Business-Building Sustainability Partnerships By Betsy Kraat

NEW ORLEANS--Owens Corning has announced it has become a sponsor of LBM Journal's Certified Green Dealer(TM) program and renewed its sponsorship with Masco Home Services' Environments For Living(R) Certified Green program.

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May 15
Environmental Justice Publishes Premier Issue By Betsy Kraat

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y-- Environmental Justice, a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is a new forum for the research, debate, and discussion of the equitable treatment and involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

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May 14
Earning LEED-EB Costs Little: Report By Betsy Kraat

MADISON, WI--The majority of measures associated with gaining LEED-Existing Building status include low or no costs, according to a survey of LEED-EB owners and managers.

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May 14
Hida Sangyo Sustainable Furniture Previewing This Week By Betsy Kraat

NEW YORK--Japanese Atelier, Hida Sangyo has collaborated with industrial designer, Enzo Mari, to create a sustainable furniture line that utilizes Japan’s hidden natural resource, sugi.

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May 14
"Kites for a Cure" Kicks Off 2008 Hamptons Season By Betsy Kraat

SOUTHAMPTON, NY-–This Memorial Day Weekend, more than 500 families are expected to take part in “Kites for a Cure,” a family kite fly benefit on Coopers Beach in Southampton, NY.

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May 13
Construction Begins At Whispering Hills By Betsy Kraat

BARNEGAT--Walters Homes has broken ground on Whispering Hills, an eco-friendly residential community situated on 85 acres on Rose Hill Road, between Barnegat Avenue and Route 9.

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May 13
Raymour & Flanigan Recycles, Cuts Energy Use By Betsy Kraat

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Neil Goldberg, CEO of furniture retailer Raymour & Flanigan, noticed in 2006 that recyclable materials and Styrofoam were being thrown out at a loading area.

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May 13
Castle on the Hudson Invests In Wind Energy By Betsy Kraat

TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--The manicured lawns and gardens of the Castle on the Hudson estate will soon be joined by another ‘green’ attraction as the nearly 100-year-old hotel makes the change to renewable energy, with the help of Juice Energy.

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May 12
Lime Energy CEO To Present At CleanTech By Betsy Kraat

NEW YORK--Lime Energy Company one of the nation's leading energy efficiency solutions providers, has announced that David Asplund, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 4th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. CleanTech Conference on May 13, 2008.

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May 12
GreenBiz Sponsors Greener by Design By Betsy Kraat

ALEXANDRIA, VA--The inaugural Greener by Design event, an interactive, two-day event focusing on the greening of mainstream products by combining first-rate speakers and panelists with a unique approach to innovation called Systematic Inventive Thinking.

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May 12
Axion International Plans to Manufacture Commercial Waste Containers from 100% Recycled Plastics By Betsy Kraat

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-- Axion International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Analytical Surveys, Inc., a player in the alternative infrastructure and building products industry, has announced the signing of a lease/license agreement with American Container and Recycling, "ACR".

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May 9
Excellence In Green Building Awards & Grants Announced By Betsy Kraat

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded its first annual awards and grants recognizing and encouraging green building curricula.

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May 9
Millipore Announces Major, Multi-year Environmental Effort By Betsy Kraat

BILLERICA, MA -- Millipore Corp. unveiled a goal on Wednesday to reduce its carbon footprint by 20 percent during the next five years.

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May 8
Report: Green Builidng Makes Gains, But Lacks Leader By Betsy Kraat

OAKLAND, CA-- Although all of the largest U.S homebuilders have made some efforts to green their work, none has fully embraced sustainable building as a core business strategy, a recent report found.

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May 8
Pepsi Reduces Plastic in Half-Liter Non-Carbonated Beverage Bottles by 20% By Betsy Kraat

PURCHASE, N.Y.-- Pepsi is introducing its lightest 500mL flavored non-carbonated beverage bottle yet.

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May 8
Nike Leads Pack of Companies Improving Climate Performance By Betsy Kraat

NEW YORK-- Companies such as Nike, Google, Anheuser-Busch and Levi Strauss have taken strides in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and communicating those efforts in ways that are transparent to consumers, according to the second Climate Counts Company Scorecard released today.

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May 8
eBay Unveils Green Building; Solar Installation By Betsy Kraat

SAN JOSE, CA-- eBay Inc. today announced the opening of an environmentally friendly building on its North Campus in San Jose.

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May 7
Washingtonian Magazine and Washington Business Journal Present First Green Awards to The Tower Companies By Betsy Kraat

BETHESDA, MD-- Washingtonian Magazine has named The Tower Companies Corporate Leader in Green Building for "being green-building pioneers and fierce proponents of sustainable design and construction; one of the nation's largest buyers of green power, buying wind energy for its 13 buildings; (building) the first LEED apartment complex in the U.S. and for 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, the world's largest Vedic office building."

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May 7
Emissions Trading Experts to Lead Workshops at the 2nd Carbon Trading Conference in New York By Betsy Kraat

NEW YORK--Imtiaz Ahmad, Executive Director of Morgan Stanley's Carbon Trading group will present on the infrastructure of carbon trading in an interactive workshop setting outlining the mechanisms
currently set in place and compare the pros and cons of alternative trading strategies and products.

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May 7
Pure Eart. Completes Acquisition of Nycon, Introduces Green Reinforcing Fiber for Use in Concrete By Betsy Kraat

TREVOSE, PA-- Pure Earth, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nycon, Inc. and changed its name to New Nycon, Inc.

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May 6
Gore's VC Company Closes $683 Million For Green Businesses By Betsy Kraat

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An investment company headed by Nobel Prize winner Al Gore has reportedly closed a new $683m fund for investing in green start up businesses.

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May 6
Target Turns to Submetering to Track Energy Use By Betsy Kraat

ROANOKE, VA -- Retailer Target has installed submetering systems by ADMMicro in more than 200 of its stores this year, a move aimed at maximizing energy efficiency throughout stores.

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May 6
LEEP, Inc. Pursues International and Green Certifications By Betsy Kraat

MONTOURSVILLE, PA-- LEEP, Inc. has announced that the company has formally retained NCE, Inc. Consulting Structural Engineers, headquartered in Irvine, CA.

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May 5
RREEF Commits to Real Estate Sustainability Challenge By Betsy Kraat

NEW YORK-- A real estate investment arm of Deutsche Bank has accepted a challenge for building stakeholders to reduce resource use and waste while increasing support for renewable energy.

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May 5
United Technologies Sponsors Hartford's Academy of Engineering and Green Technology By Betsy Kraat

HARTFORD, CT-- The Academy of Engineering and Green Technology, opening at Hartford Public High School in August 2008, has received a $74,000 grant from United Technologies Corporation (UTC), allowing the Academy to meet start-up requirements set by the National Academy Foundation (NAF) Project Lead the Way program.

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May 5
Audi To Offer Zero Emissions Vehicles By 2018 By Betsy Kraat

FRANKFURT--Audi sees great opportunities in electric cars and will offer automobiles with no exhaust emissions within ten years, its top executive told a German weekly.

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May 2
EPA recognizes Rowan U as a 2007-08 Green Power Individual Conference Champion By Betsy Kraat

GLASSBORO, NJ--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Rowan University as the 2007-2008 Individual Conference Champion for purchasing more green power than any other school in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.

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May 2
Report: Enormous Growth Potential In LEED Certification By Betsy Kraat

PALO ALTO, CA--As existing buildings become more efficient and new buildings are designed to have a much smaller impact, the green building industry is growing rapidly, from $12 billion in revenues last year to more than $42 billion by 2015, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan, and LEED is the certification of choice for that industry, although it faces some obstacles to continued success.

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May 2
Waste Mgmt. Plans Landfill Gas-to-Fuel Plant in California By Betsy Kraat

SAN FRANCISCO, CA-- Waste Management and engineering company The Linde Group are building a facility to convert landfill gas to fuel for Waste Management trucks.

Set to be completed in 2009, the liquefied natural gas facility will be built at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Calif., turning landfill gas into 13,000 gallons of biofuel a day.

Gases emitted from the decomposition of organic materials will be collected, purified and liquefied for use in Waste Management's California fleet of 300 trash and recycling collection trucks.

The conversion of gas to fuel is expected to prevent the emission of 30,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year.

The $15.5 million facility is being funded party with $1.4 million in grants from the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

The North American arm of The Linde Group is designing the facility and will run the gas cleaning and liquefaction processes.

Waste Management has a number of landfill-gas-to-energy operations up and running, and the company recently broke ground on its second Canadian facility for turning landfill methane emissions into power.

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May 1
Green HQ for Orange County Choppers By Betsy Kraat

NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- Made famous in the Discovery Channel show, "American Choppers," Orange County Choppers is now housed in a 92,000-sf building with offices, showrooms, workshop, machinery space and a production area to film the reality show.

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May 1
Expo Industries Launches First 'Green' Stucco Product By Betsy Kraat

SAN DIEGO-- Expo Industries, a leader in stucco manufacturing, announces the development of the industry's first "green" stucco product, GX2 Premium Exterior Stucco.

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May 1
Commerce Bank Encourages New Yorkers to Pledge to Go Green By Betsy Kraat

NEW YORK--Commerce Bank is encouraging New Yorkers to "go green" during the Commerce Bank Five Boro Bike Tour on May 4.

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