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Darden's LEED Gold Certified Restaurant Support Center
SOURCE: Darden Restaurants DESCRIPTION:Since our LEED gold-certified Restaurant Support Center (RSC) opened in September 2009, we are using 31 percent less energy per square foot compared to our former corporate headquarters. We also operate a 1.1 megawatt solar energy installation on our campus, which is expected to supply 18 percent of our RSC's annual energy needs. About Darden Restaurants, ...
By 3BL Media
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EPA awards nearly $200,000 for environmental job training in Richmond, Calif.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $192,300 environmental workforce development grant to RichmondBUILD, an environmental job training program in Richmond, Calif. RichmondBUILD will use the federal grant to train 51 students and place at least 45 graduates in environmental jobs including solar energy installation, hazardous waste removal, and construction. ...
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Japan pays high price for ‘silo’ science
Lack of scientific co-operation with other countries has cost Japan “trillions of yen” in expensive solar power because the country did not learn from the experience of other countries before rushing to install it, analysts say. This is one example they give in a report in Nature journal of how much Japan’s economy has lost through the failure of its scientists to involve ...
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TVP Solar deploys solar air-conditioning system at Saudi Aramco headquarters
TVP Solar is pleased to announce the results of the solar-assisted air- conditioning (SAC) system installation, commissioned in November 2014 at Saudi Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. TVP's high-vacuum flat MT-Power panels supply fluid at a temperature of up to 180"C to drive a double-effect absorption chiller, to produce cold air for Saudi Aramco's Al-Munirah Community Library. ...
By TVP Solar SA
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A&R Solar now a Certified B Corporation
A&R Solar is proud to be a Certified B Corporation. B Corporations are a new kind of company which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Certified B Corporations meet higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. It’s like a LEED certification, but for a business, not just a building (or Fair Trade ...
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African Utility Week’s growth and success a reflection of confidence in continent’s energy and water sectors
“Everyone who was part of this year’s African Utility Week felt the same passion for the energy and water sectors on the continent and had the feeling that we are on the brink of enormous progress“, says Evan Schiff, event director of the African Utility Week conference and exhibition that took place in Cape Town and gathered a record 6445 attendees from 17-19 May. ...
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CBS`s EcoMedia launches the `EcoAd`
With Every EcoAd, Media Dollars are Leveraged to Fund Green Initiatives that Create Jobs, Save Taxpayer Money and Cut Carbon Emissions EcoMedia announced today the launch of the "EcoAd," an innovative and environmentally conscious form of advertising that directly funds green projects in local communities. When a viewer sees an ad featuring the EcoAd leaf, it will serve as a visual "green stamp ...
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Turning surface water in Thailand into clean drinking water
A new sustainable water treatment system from Grundfos is designed to turn river water and surface water into drinking water for the residents in 15 Thai villages. The project is funded by the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency of Thailand, which focuses on implementing efficient and sustainable solutions in remote areas. Insufficient access to clean water in rural areas ...
By Grundfos
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Santa Fe Community College to receive $300,000 for EPA job training
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a $300,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) to promote green jobs in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The project will target unemployed veterans and Native Americans and teach environmental job skills. The jobs will aid in the redevelopment of economically disadvantaged ...
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Four NorthWest communities awarded EPA funds to protect health, reduce GHG emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that 22 communities across the country, including communities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will receive $8.3 million in grants to develop local strategies to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and improve people’s health. The grants will help communities increase energy efficiency and save consumers money with new practices ...
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EPA announces settlement with the department of the interior to resolve violations at DOI Schools in Indian Country/comprehensive settlement to improve environmental conditions at 164 DOI schools in Indian Country, benefitting more than 40,000 students
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a comprehensive settlement with the Department of the Interior (DOI) to address alleged violations of waste, water, air, toxics and community right-to-know laws at schools and public water systems in Indian Country owned, operated, or the legal responsibility of DOI’s Indian Affairs Office. The settlement will ...
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More than 80 Tribal Schools in Arizona, Navajo Nation to improve environmental management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a comprehensive settlement with the Department of the Interior to address alleged violations of waste, water, air, toxics and community right-to-know laws at schools and public water systems in Indian Country owned or operated by DOI’s Indian Affairs Office. Fifty-five tribal schools in Arizona and thirty-one New Mexico-Navajo ...
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Administrator Jackson announces US$2m in brownfields job training funds to clean up our communities
Today in New Orleans, La., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced that EPA is awarding more than $2 million in job training grants for environmental cleanups in communities across the country. The agency’s Brownfields Job Training Program helps train people for jobs in the assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields properties, including ...
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Settlement with Interstate Power and Light to Reduce Emissions from Iowa Power Plants, Fund Projects to Benefit Environment and Communities
In a settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Interstate Power and Light, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy, has agreed to install pollution control technology and meet stringent emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the company’s seven coal-fired power plants in Iowa. The settlement also requires ...
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EPA administrator announces national grants to train jobseekers in green jobs and clean up of contaminated sites
Today in Atlanta, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced that EPA is awarding more than $6.2 million in national environmental workforce development and job training grants to 21 grantees to recruit, train, and place unemployed, predominantly low-income residents in polluted areas. Administrator Jackson was joined by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at the ...
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Phoenix water treatment goes solar
The city of Phoenix's Lake Pleasant Water Treatment Plant has started working directly with the sun to help produce the energy needed to operate the plant, which produces 15 billion gallons of tap water each year. A 7.5-megawatt high efficiency solar power system, which was designed and built by SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) and is the largest such installation on city property, is expected to ...
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EPA awards $1.2 million to California communities to protect human health and reduce GHG emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that three communities in California, including one Indian tribe, were selected to receive a combined $1.2 million in funding through the Climate Showcase Communities Grant Program. The three recipients, Alameda County Waste Management Authority, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and Humboldt Waste Management, were awarded funding for ...
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New Study: Germany Invested EUR 37 Billion, Or 1.5% Of GDP, To Reduce The Impact Of Climate Change
A new study released today by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) provides the first comprehensive overview of how German businesses, households, and government finance renewable energy and energy efficiency. The report "The German Landscape of Climate Finance" shows that Germany invested 1.5% of GDP in 2010, or EUR 37 billion, in measures to reduce the impact of climate change. Private capital is ...
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NREL Teams with Berkeley Lab to analyze solar pricing trends and benchmark “Soft” Costs for PV Systems
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) jointly released two reports examining solar photovoltaic (PV) pricing in the U.S. The first report, Photovoltaic (PV) Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections, examines progress in PV price reductions to help DOE and other PV stakeholders ...
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Exelon Completes Ambitious Goal for Eliminating Carbon Emissions Seven Years Ahead of Schedule
Continuing its progress toward a clean energy future, Exelon announced today that it reduced or avoided more than 18 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2013, surpassing its goal of eliminating 17.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year by 2020. The company completed the goal established by its Exelon 2020 program seven years earlier than planned ...
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