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Green IT
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Companies Get the Basics of Green IT, But Lack Maturity »
While awareness of green IT and energy used by a company's computing departments are widespread, a new survey sponsored by Fujitsu found that every area...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Climate Corps 2010: Four Ways to Plug in PC Power Management »
Through my success working on computer power management at eBay, I found four key takeaways for working on sustainability and energy efficiency: 1. Touch Base...
Friday, August 27, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
How Can 'Power IT Down Day' Help Your Company Save Money? »
It's the third annual Power IT Down Day, a global effort to get workers to turn off their computers, monitors, printers and other peripherals before...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
US Green Data Center Market To Hit $13.81 Billion By 2015 »
From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. green data center market is projected to increase from $3.82 billion to $13.81 billion, according to the latest issue...
Monday, August 16, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Green chip start-up gets $48 million in funding »
Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone has received $48 million from a syndicate of investors including ARM, Texas Instruments, and Highland Capital Ventures. Smooth-Stone's goal is to bring...

Alternative Energy and Green Power
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Energy Storage Targets May Come to California Soon »
The state of California is on its way to requiring utilities to store a portion of the renewable energy they generate for off-peak usage. California...
Monday, August 30, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Solar Array Design: Parallel Wiring Opens New Doors »
For decades, designers of solar power systems have faced a knotty set of interlocking challenges. Solar panels produce DC at relatively low voltages, but inverters...
Friday, August 27, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
US renewables gets a boost despite total energy slump »
People in the United States consumed more renewable energy last year than 2008, despite cutting overall energy use, according to new research. Analysis  published by...
Friday, August 27, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
250 MW CSP Project Approved in California »
The energy developer and project owner NextEra Energy Resources got the green light from the California Energy Commission (CEC) this week to build a $1...
Friday, August 27, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
California Businesses Join Forces to Create Clean Energy Alliance »
In the wake of  out-of-state oil companies spending millions of dollars to oppose California’s AB32 climate law , an alliance of California businesses as well...

Commercial Solar Electric (PV)
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Recovery Act Propels 3 GW of Solar Projects to Front in California »
In a last-minute race to the finish-line, the CEC has approved a staggering 2,800 MW (or 3 GW) of solar projects this month in California....
Yesterday   (0 Comments - view/add)
The Solar Power Optimization Boom »
The era of the "smart" solar panel is here. As more companies develop new power optimization and data tracking technologies for solar systems, the market...
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Jigar Shah Speaks on the State and Future of the United States Solar Industry »
Solar visionary, Jigar Shah, will join AltaTerra Research and RenewableEnergyWorld.com on September 23 to discuss the current state of the U.S. solar industry and where...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
PV Project Financing Roundtable »
"> Video from Renewable Energy World
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Silicon prices climb; PV cutbacks in 2011 will curb trend »
Due to  high demand for solar PV around the world , silicon prices are again on the rise. After a period of decline, a new...

Carbon Management Solutions
Friday, August 27, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Climate change: Will Russian heat wave prompt serious action from Moscow? »
Will the heat wave and drought that have created so much havoc in Russia cause the leadership in that country to  take climate change more...
Thursday, August 19, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Testing Completed for new GHG Protocol Standards »
More than sixty corporations, which began measuring the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of their products and supply chains in January by testing a new global...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
EPA Proposes New Rules for GHG Permits »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new rules to ensure that factories and power plants will be able to obtain permits to emit greenhouse...
Thursday, August 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
10 Stops on the Road to Carbon Management »
There’s no denying that managing carbon has become table stakes in today’s business world. Organizations of all shapes and sizes need to manage their carbon...
Thursday, August 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
10 Stops on the Road to Carbon Management »
There’s no denying that managing carbon has become table stakes in today’s business world. Organizations of all shapes and sizes need to manage their carbon...

Corporate Sustainability Management
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The Most Important Assets are not on the Balance Sheet »
In the context of accounting, an asset is defined as any item of economic value that a corporation owns, especially those that can be converted...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
The View from the C-Suite: Diversey's Ed Lonergan »
Greenbiz.com's Heather King talks to President & CEO Ed Lonergan about 
the Johnson family legacy of sustainability, innovations that save water, energy and labor, and...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Climate Corps 2010: News Corp Cleans Up with Telepresence, Lighting Retrofit »
I looked straight ahead at the roughly 80" wide projected television screen in the  News Corporation's  New York  Polycom Telepresence  Suite. As  News Corp's Global...
Thursday, August 19, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Sustainability in the B2B World »
Method. Whole Foods. Stonyfield Farms. These well-known consumer goods brands roll off the tip of the tongue when you think ‘sustainability.’ However, consumer goods companies aren’t the only...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
San Francisco Issues ‘Green Approved’ List for Products and Services »
Plenty of websites exist that list and evaluate "green” products. Now more cities, including Seattle, are building lists of "approved” products and service providers. San...

Finance
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Banks Grow Wary of Environmental Risks »
Blasting off mountaintops to reach  coal  in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract  oil  from sand in Alberta are...
Thursday, August 26, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Lack of U.S. Climate Law Sends Deutsche Bank's Investments Abroad »
Deutsche Bank is taking its green investment dollars to China and Western Europe, citing a lack of regulatory certainty in the U.S. following Congress's failure...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Top 4 Clean-Tech Predictions for 2H 2010 »
All eyes are on the energy world with the recent catastrophe in the Gulf, a possible Energy bill in waiting and the increasingly global nature...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Private Investment in Green Business Tops $1.6T Since 2007 »
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — Private enterprise is investing hundreds of billions every year to grow the green economy, totaling $1,646,719,228,993 in investments since 2007. That...
Friday, July 09, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
eMeter Raises More Cash from Sequoia, Foundation »
The smart grid investing gurus at Foundation Capital and the venture firm that helped launch the likes of Cisco, Apple and Google — Sequoia Capital...

Marketing Practices
Tuesday, August 24, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
FTC’s Green Guides Could Nullify Environmental Seals of Approval »
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on track to release an updated set of Green Guides that are used by the agency to enforce environmental marketing...
Thursday, July 08, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Standards are Required to Combat Ecolabel and Eco-Certification »
With the plethora of competing green claims it is imperative that we develop industry specific standards. It is becoming increasingly important for consumers and institutional...
Friday, June 11, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
The Real Story Behind Some of the 10 'Greenest' Brands »
You probably would not think of corporate giants Clorox and Colgate-Palmolive as "green" companies. But they own two of top 10 "green" brands, at least...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Burt’s Bees, Whole Foods Perceived as Greenest US Brands »
A global study on consumer perceptions of green brands and corporate environmental behavior reveals global differences about their top environmental concerns. A key finding shows...
Saturday, June 05, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
FTC to toughen anti-greenwashing rules »
Purveyors of green goods and services can expect increased pressure to avoid greenwashing in 2010, following a push by the Federal Trade Commission to retool...

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