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Sainsbury`s and Recolight to run energy-saving light bulb and battery recycling scheme
Sainsbury’s and light bulb recycling company Recolight will run a scheme to collect end-of-life energy saving light bulbs and batteries from Sainsbury’s stores. The retailer claims that this makes Sainsbury’s the first supermarket to offer a joint collection of light bulbs and batteries for consumers. Recolight chief executive Nigel Harvey told MRW: “We are very excited and we are committed ...
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EU sustainable energy week announced
European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will be opened at 10h on 28 January by Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Slovenian Minister of Economy Andrej Vizjak, and other top-level speakers. They will present the latest policy developments on sustainable energy, mostly in relation to the new energy package and the situation after Bali. Also on Monday 28, representatives of European light bulbs ...
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Environnement S.A announces the AS32M: the unique analyser allowing quick and direct measurement of NO2
The European Directive 2008/50/EC requires the measurement of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at minima in all agglomerations of more than 100 000 inhabitants. Currently, some of these sites do not meet the limit values and quality objectives set, particularly on sites located in the vicinity of roads (traffic sites), directly impacted by vehicle emissions. The uncertainties related to measurement ...
By ENVEA
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Chapel Hill High School Student Receives Prestigious Award for Developing a Low-Cost Method to Reduce Water Pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winner of its Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award to Joshua Zhou of Chapel Hill, N.C. for his work to develop a sustainable, affordable solution to improve water quality and reduce pollution. Zhou, a sophomore at East Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, N.C., created a low cost semiconductor using natural light to reduce ...
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Environment Minister praises Recolight`s recycling scheme
Environment Minister Dan Norris has praised retailer Sainsbury’s and waste electrical and electronic equipment producer compliance scheme Recolight for an innovative recycling initiative. Up to 200 Sainsbury’s stores are now providing recycling facilities for the co-collection of energy-saving light bulbs and portable batteries. New legislation means that from February 1 all retailers are ...
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Enlighted Inc. Named in the 2012 Global Cleantech 100
Enlighted Inc. today announced it was named to the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100, produced by Cleantech Group, a leading global research and advisory firm focused on innovation in energy and the environment. Enlighted perfects built environments by making them responsive to the people and functions they support with leading-edge sensors, analytics, and controls. “This is a great ...
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Is the credit crunch good for the environment?
With the credit crunch, rising fuel prices and inflation affecting millions of people, CIWEM believes that now is the time to re-evaluate the way we live. After years of continuous growth for the UK economy, we are facing spiralling resource costs. However, as consumers tighten their belts, the Government’s priority is the more ‘pressing’ challenge of the economy, and not moves to tackle climate ...
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Ernst & Young LLP`s headquarters goes green with lighting retrofit project
Ernst & Young LLP today announced completion of a lighting retrofit project in its US headquarters in New York City. The project's installation of energy-efficient lighting – one of New York City's largest lighting retrofits – will cut the building's annual energy use by approximately 2.9 million kilowatt-hours and reduce its CO2 emissions by approximately 2 million pounds. ...
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NextERA energy named top 10 in the world for social responsibility on fortune magazine`s `most admired companies` list
NextEra Energy earned a place as one of the top 10 most socially responsible companies in the world on Fortune's 2011 list of the "World's Most Admired Companies." The company, whose principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company and NextEra Energy Resources, was also named No. 1 overall among electric and gas utilities for the fifth consecutive year. Southern Co. tied NextEra ...
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Sustainable Laundry Best Practices
All interested parties are invited to join in the development of a proposed new ASTM International standard that will identify and define sustainable best management practices that are used in commercial laundry facilities to reduce their impact on the environment. WK35985, Practice for Sustainable Laundry Best Management Practices, is being developed by Subcommittee D13.40 on Sustainability of ...
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EPA and the Georgia Force Encourage Metro Atlanta Take the `Change the World with ENERGY STAR` Pledge
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the Georgia Force, collected Change the World with ENERGY STAR pledges at the Georgia Force Arena Football game in the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth GA. The Georgia Force pledge drive urged attendees to make a change with ENERGY STAR by challenging them to take simple steps to save energy, which can help save money and protect ...
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Panasonic and Silver Spring Networks extend Smart City reach through new alliance
Panasonic CityNOW, a business of Panasonic Corporation of North America, and Silver Spring Networks, recently announced a new go-to-market alliance that leverages Silver Spring's Starfish Internet of Things (IoT) platform and CityNOW's portfolio of solutions for cities, real estate developers, utilities, and other smart city customers. CityNOW integrates best-in-class Panasonic and third-party ...
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EPA launches new campaign to educate kids on fighting climate change
With Earth Day only a few days away, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is kicking off the 2009 “Change the World, Start with Energy Star” campaign to educate kids and their families about how to save money and fight climate change through energy efficiency. “People of every age have a part to play in confronting climate change,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Using ...
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Softchoice shares tools and best practices in annual CSR report
Softchoice Corporation (TSX: SO), a leading North American provider of IT solutions and services, is delighted to announce the release of a new style of Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR). Produced in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) - the world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework - this year's report details Softchoice's sustainability journey with the ...
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EIB building upgraded to “Excellent” for its green credentials
The EIB’s new East building which received the rating “Very good” from BREEAM for its design has gone through a post-construction assessment in 2009 and has been granted the ranking “Excellent”. From the outset of the project, the EIB decided to put environmental considerations at the forefront of the construction of its new building. As such, the Bank chose to present the building to BREEAM, ...
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EIB building upgraded to “Excellent” for its green credentials
The EIB’s new East building which received the rating “Very good” from BREEAM for its design has gone through a post-construction assessment in 2009 and has been granted the ranking “Excellent”. From the outset of the project, the EIB decided to put environmental considerations at the forefront of the construction of its new building. As such, the Bank chose to present the building to BREEAM, ...
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Arup`s New York City Office Earns LEED Gold
Arup, the global engineering and consulting firm, announced today that its New York City office has earned LEED® Gold certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The LEED rating system is the most widely used standard in the United Statesfor recognizing sustainable design in buildings and communities. Gold is the second-highest rating obtainable. Arup was involved in all ...
By Arup
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Clean technologies will increasingly rely on metal recycling industry
Unless recycling of special rare metals such as lithium are increased there will not be material available to make clean technologies such as wind turbines, fuel cells and energy efficient lighting systems, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme has found. The report Metals Recycling Rates, to be published by the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management later this ...
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Murray Darling team win top CSIRO award
The team of scientists who developed The Murray Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project has been awarded the 2008 CSIRO Chairman’s Medal. The team led by Water for a Health Country Flagship Director, Dr Tom Hatton, delivered the most comprehensive and complex whole-of- basin water assessment ever undertaken in Australia. The award recognises the success of the team in increasing the knowledge ...
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Explained: radiative forcing
This is the first of a two-part “Explained” on the scientific concepts underlying the concept of the greenhouse effect and global climate change. When people talk about global warming or the greenhouse effect, the main underlying scientific concept that describes the process is radiative forcing. And despite all the recent controversy over leaked emails and charges of poorly sourced references ...
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