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Casella Honored with 2013 Infoworld Green IT Award for Raising Bar on Sustainable Practices

May 20, 2013

FleetMind Solutions announced today that its customer, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. has won IDG's InfoWorld Green 15 Award for the deployment of its fleet technologies to improve efficiencies and reduce CO2 emissions. The InfoWorld Green 15 awards recognize the most innovative IT initiatives from companies around the world who have embraced ...

Casella Waste Systems, Inc

Walmart Announces Completion of Eight New Solar Arrays in Massachusetts

May 15, 2013

Walmart today announced the completion of eight new solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in Massachusetts with an event at its Walpole store, demonstrating the store's solar array for state and local officials, environmental leaders and other guests. "The stores in Massachusetts demonstrate our commitment to increasing the share of renewable energy that ...

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Europe can save EUR 45 billion in its pursuit of renewables

May 15, 2013

Building and expanding renewable energy installations in the wrong locations is costing EUR 45 billion in unnecessary investment. This is the conclusion of a new study by Siemens at a Rountable held in Brussels preparatory to the World Energy Congress (WEC) to be held in Daegu, South Korea later this year. Siemens has analyzed the electrical ...

XL Hybrids Partners with Knapheide Manufacturing to Expand Hybrid Electric Powertrain Availability

May 14, 2013

XL Hybrids, Inc., developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet vehicles, announced today that it has an agreement with The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a commercial vehicle equipment provider in North America, for the installation and distribution of its ...

Business Wire

Cambi awarded contract in Växjö

May 14, 2013

Cambi AS has been awarded the thermal hydrolysis contract for upgrading the biogas plant at Sundet wastewater treatment plant in Växjö, Sweden. Växjö is located in southern Sweden and is regarded as one of the “greenest” cities in Europe. The city has more than 61 000 inhabitants. This is Cambi’s first ...

Cambi AS

Largest Federal Wind Farm to Be Built by Siemens

May 14, 2013

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a contract to Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. (Siemens) to construct the federal government’s largest wind farm. The Pantex wind farm is expected to save an average of $2.9 million annually over the 20-year contract term. The installation will consist of five 2.3 megawatt ...

Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Two WRIT Properties First to Achieve LEED® EB in Stafford County, VA

May 14, 2013

Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider in the U.S., and Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE: WRE), a leading owner and operator of diversified properties in the Washington, DC region, announced today that two buildings owned by WRIT, 925 Corporate Drive and 1000 Corporate Drive, are the first to achieve ...

US Green Building Council / International Conference and Expo

Brownfield remediation combined with sustainable heating and cooling of buildings

May 14, 2013

Pioneering methods used in the Netherlands combine remediation of brownfield sites with the use of groundwater for heat cold storage (HCS, or ATES: Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage) to achieve both low-cost remediation and sustainable use of energy. A new study demonstrates how HCS can be used to help decontaminate groundwater on brownfield sites. ...

European Commission, Environment DG

SunPower Solar System Expected to Save Western Municipal Water District Millions Over the Next Two Decades

May 9, 2013

Western Municipal Water District's newly commissioned 916-kilowatt SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR)  solar power system is soaking up the sun, delivering an expected savings of up to $4.6 million over the next two decades. The system, located at Western's Operations facility off of El Sobrante in Riverside, Calif. is also helping maintain Western's ...

SunPower Corporation

EU Fuel Quality Directive an Exercise in Climate Change Global Warming Hypocrisy says Friends of Science

May 8, 2013

“Despite a tradition of common heritage and trade, the European Union is making misinformed judgements about Canada’s oil sands production. The EU is not applying common standards. This is climate change hypocrisy,” says Len Maier, a retired engineer, tree farmer, and President of Friends of Science. Canada’s ‘tar’ sands, or oil sands situated ...

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