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Enviance EMIS Case Study: One of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemical company received Notices of Violations NOVs due to missed environmental health and safety regulatory compliance commitments. Their current environmental management information system EMIS technology did not meet their complex business requirements, and it was very costly to maintain. The company was looking...; Tags: regulatory compliance, compliance, petroleum, greenhouse gas, MIS, Software Solution, health care, software; Case studies
Bonduel Car Wash: Bonduel Car Wash, of Bonduel, Wisconsin, is using solar power as one means of cutting their costs and dependence on other energy sources. Bonduel Car Wash has installed an active solar water heating system on the building's roof. The goal is to store enough heat during the day to provide...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, renewable energy, fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, solar energy, pollution; Case studies
Coles Supermarket Group: The Coles Supermarket Group in Victoria cuts its energy consumption and costs by $1000000, 125000 MWh, and 17 000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Coles Supermarkets expects to make more savings as it continues to develop its high efficiency lighting systems. Coles set about designing a new aisle lighting system...; Tags: greenhouse gas; Case studies
Achieving Results in the Bread Baking Sector: Savings are on the rise at a showcase bakery in the suburb of Mascot in Sydney, after an innovative project has proven that energy efficiency best practice really produces the goods. The design process for the energy efficient Showcase Bakery began with an EEBP Big Energy Project BEP - an...; Tags: greenhouse gas, energy efficiency, best practice; Case studies
Lowe's: West Hills, California: Based in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. Lowe's is extremely committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while promoting and selling energy efficient home improvement products. Deploying renewable energy is an important component to Lowe's environmental initiatives. Lowe's executives determined that clean, reliable...; Tags: PowerLight Corp., home improvement, greenhouse gas, renewable energy, benefit; Case studies

Solar Collectors for Preheating Air: Many commercial and industrial buildings need to have high ventilation rates to ensure adequate indoor air quality. However, heating all that fresh air can be very expensive. Now an elegantly simple technology is available to use solar energy to preheat ventilation air and dramatically reduce energy use and expenditures. Transpired...; Tags: greenhouse gas, fossil fuel, solar energy, pollution, wall; Case studies
School District's Leadership Improves Learning Environment: Part of the Hardee County School District's mission is to provide quality teaching and learning opportunities for its community by working together to achieve common goals. The program has allowed Hardee County School District to cut energy and operating costs while improving the quality of its maintenance practices and classroom...; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., school district, leadership, performance; Case studies
Grid Interactive PVs: The Grid interactive PV system described in the article is located in West Brunswick, seven kilometers north of Melbourne's CBD. The family who owns the house heard about an offer from their local electricity retailer to subsidize solar electricity systems in the area. They were keen to reduce their personal...; Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, greenhouse gas; Case studies
Fighting the Greenhouse Effect: An Abandoned Coalmine Uses Capstone MicroTurbines to Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The challenge was to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from a closed coalmine while generating valuable onsite power. The Capstone MicroTurbine provides the solution by burning coalmine methane as fuel, virtually eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, and generating electricity for use onsite and for export. Sumitomo Coal Mining selected a Capstone solution...; Tags: Capstone Turbine, greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide; Case studies
Rockefeller vs. ExxonMobile: the New "Dallas": Remember "Dallas" the 1970s TV show where the oil-rich heirs launch intrigues and turn on each other? Stayed tuned tomorrow (May 28) because the next episode will be a doozy. Tomorrow, what's turned out to be a highly active proxy season comes to a head in Dallas....; Tags: Financial accounting, Peter Galuszka, Rockefeller Family, greenhouse gas, shareholder, Exxon Mobil Corp.; Blog posts 2008-05-27
ExxonMobil: Avoiding the World's Toughest Energy Challenges: "We have the same concerns as people everywhere-and that is how to provide the world with the energy it needs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions," said Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp, at the oil-and-gas company's annual shareholder meeting. Reflecting that sentiment, shareholders voted down a...; Tags: Renewable Energy, Exxon Mobil Corp., Greenhouse Gas, Telecom & Utilities, David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-05-29
How to Promote Energy-Saving Iniatives; Give Customers a "Green Thumb"s Up: Investors aren't yet considering greenhouse gas emissions when deciding where to put their money, but some corporations, seeing that customers are, have increased their green efforts anyways. They aren't all, however, promoting those efforts well, according to a study conducted by the Natural Marketing Institute. Wal-Mart topped the list, with 62 percent of...; Tags: Lori Deschene; Blog posts 2007-09-25
Car-Sharing Sees Two Shades of Green: If you live in a major metropolitan area, you know how much it sucks to drive a car. Parking fees are astronomical, parking tickets are inevitable, and parking stress is debilitating. A handful of companies are profiting from the parking problem -- and helping to build cleaner cities in the...; Tags: Investment, Andrew Hines, Car-Sharing, Zipcar, Flexcar; Blog posts 2007-05-25
BNET Daily Dispatch: Ford, Danone, ConocoPhillips, and the IMF: Ford recalled 527,000 SUVs today in response to reports of engine fires. The recall affects the Escape sports utility vehicle in the model years 2001 to 2004. A Ford representative said the engine fires were linked to a flaw in the anti-lock braking system. There have been no reported accidents...; Tags: Andrew Hines, Wahaha, engine fire, ConocoPhillips Co., IMF, Ford Motor Co., Danone; Blog posts 2007-04-11
Sustainable Production & Consumption: Energy Efficiency Technologies: Increased energy efficiency is central to meeting the UK energy and greenhouse gas emission targets. There are also strong business reasons for adopting energy efficient technologies including lower operating costs, enhanced corporate reputation, and less waste, leading to more competitive businesses. To achieve significant cuts in carbon emissions in the...; Tags: energy efficiency, manufacturing; White papers 2006-03-01
Design Elements of a Mandatory Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Regulatory System: The purpose of this paper is to lay out some of the key questions and design elements of a national greenhouse gas program in order to facilitate discussion and the development of consensus around a specific bill. The authors recognize that there are many ways to structure such a regulatory...; Tags: greenhouse gas, incentive; White papers 2006-02-01
The Hydrogen Energy Economy: Its Long-Term Role in Greenhouse Gas Reduction: This white paper project explores a set of alternative energy scenarios, with a particular focus on the possible role for hydrogen within each and development of the associated transition pathways. These scenarios range from a World Markets scenario in which there are no explicit drivers for hydrogen to a Global...; Tags: hydrogen, alternative energy, greenhouse gas, sustainability; White papers 2005-01-01
Status Report on Nuclear Energy Industry Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: This paper describes about the upgrades to be taken in Nuclear Power Generation. Upgrades already approved and completed or planned total 4,315 megawatts. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC has approved 2,296 megawatts of upgrades in the last several years. These approved upgrades have been completed or soon will be completed...; Tags: Nuclear Energy Institute, mW, nuclear energy, status report, greenhouse gas; White papers 2004-12-13
Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenge: This report recommends a revenue-neutral package of measures designed to ensure affordable and reliable supplies of energy for the twenty-first century while responding to growing concern about energy security and the risks of global climate change driven by energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Through these recommendations and associated analysis, the Commission...; Tags: greenhouse gas, commission, analysis; White papers 2004-12-01
A Strategy for Non-Food Crops and Uses: Creating Value From Renewable Materials: The Government is committed to sustainable development, in developing renewable energy. Renewable materials, produced by agriculture as feedstocks for industry and energy, will play a vital part. The long-term vision of this strategy is that a significant proportion of demand for energy and raw materials should be met through the...; Tags: sustainable development, greenhouse gas, renewable energy, strategy, vision, industry; White papers 2004-11-03