Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

New session topics for the December 2023 Charged Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure are ou t now. This virtual event will span all things EV charging in two main tracks: Track 1: Deploying EV Infrastructure & Fleets Content for fleet/facility managers, charging network operators, public transport planners, etc.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Corporate sustainability experts are hoping that as COVID-19 forces corporate office managers to reevaluate their current setups, it also will be an opportunity to create more sustainable ventilation systems. . Managers of traditional office space might need to consider doing the same.

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GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2020

In 2016, Bush Brothers began working with Evoqua to upgrade its wastewater system to reduce its reliance on public water sources and provide its facility with more capacity, flexibility and reliability. The Chestnut Hill facility uses a bioreactor to clean the water, which creates biogas for supplemental energy for the factory.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Beatrice Martin is business development manager, head of water resources, Xylem UK. A topic less readily highlighted is the treatment technologies available for PFAS removal.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

But meat companies that raise animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle and other livestock for protein also must take into account something else few widget, gadget or electronics makers need to worry about — how to manage water and materials contaminated by organic, biological waste. For this particular facility, that translated into 8.3

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

And right now, there isn’t enough demand for decarbonized steel for manufacturers to justify investing several millions of dollars into lower-carbon steel facilities. According to Joshua Davies, sustainability manager for Multiplex Europe, 42 percent of his company’s overall 2019 footprint came from embodied carbon from its suppliers.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 13, 2020

It is important that healthcare is able to provide a high-quality service to its patients so that people can lead happy and healthy lifestyles and manage any health problems that they encounter, but it is also important that health care facilities know how they can be eco-friendly. Increase Recycling. Reduce Energy Consumption.

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GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

Here is what we also know about hospital buildings and the way they are designed: Ventilation is an important aspect for the design of medical facilities, embraced to prevent the spread of airborne disease. For example, we are working on a police facility. This standard is updated regularly.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Nordea Asset Management, which manages roughly $280 billion, gave several reasons for the decision, including JBS’s links to farms involved in Amazon deforestation. . That said, huge as it sounds, that $7 trillion represents only a fraction of the more than $100 trillion in global assets under management. Subscribe here.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Because of the short value chain, we could pivot very quickly," said Donna Kilpatrick, ranch manager and land steward of Heifer USA. If it threw anyone off track, it would be in our processing facility that is booked and has to quickly change dates," Kilpatrick said. There’s much more agility as a short value chain.". Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Geosciences Advanced E-Learning Academy, or GAEA, provides postgraduate education providers and the wider research community with a virtual educational space supported by the UK’s NERC Facilities for geoscience. Dr Millie Bompard, also of SUERC and the University of Glasgow, is GAEA’s project manager.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

” The event platform will provide networking and match-making opportunities for all visitors, speakers and exhibitors, with facilities to quickly and easily arrange appointments/ meetings/ calls with exhibitors or other visitors in advance of the show.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 19, 2021

Portland General Electric (PGE) in Oregon manages a two-year-old program it hopes will accelerate the speed of renewable deployment in the state. In May 2019, PGE launched the first GFI offering: access to the energy from a new 162-MW solar facility, to be built in Gilliam County, Oregon. Fri, 03/19/2021 - 01:00. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2021

On the eve of the Upcycled Food Association ’s (UFA) launch of a certification and packaging label for upcycled products, Alesha Hartley, certification manager of the Upcycled Food Association, and four member companies talked about the challenges facing the upcycled food world at GreenBiz Group’s Circularity 21 conference. . Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

What’s particularly notable about this arrangement is that it’s intended to encourage the use of building management software in smaller structures: Close to 90 percent of the commercial buildings in the U.S. are less than 50,000 square feet in size and lack any sort of management system, according to Energy Star data. . Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 20, 2022

We have been thinking about this topic a lot at Evoqua, and we see three big macrotrends – climate and water risk, health and safety and connectivity. Being able to properly scope and scale the available solutions is becoming a primary topic of interest. What are the biggest issues driving the need for change in water?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

Facility-siting decisions should further account for climate vulnerabilities and the adaptation steps that local governments are taking to address them. Science and recent events tell us that environmental, societal and economic conditions will look very different in 20 years than they have in historical memory. failed nation-states.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft also joined the Northern Lights project in Norway, which is seeking to standardize methods for capturing carbon emissions at industrial facilities in Europe, turning them into a liquid and transporting it to a place where it’s pumped and stored under the ocean floor. Corporate interest is on the rise.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

For corporations unsure where to begin on their biodiversity events, here are some guiding tips based on our experience of preserving forests and water, managing bird habitat and communicating our biodiversity efforts. Suntory created a bird sanctuary on its facilities. . Focus your biodiversity efforts on where your business operates.

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Green Technology

JANUARY 25, 2023

Summit Floorplan Advisory Board Join us for a hybrid event highlighting strategies, best practices and technologies behind successful public sector facility projects. CLICK HERE to Register to Attend The post Sustainable Facilities Forum 2023 first appeared on Green Technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

I stopped by the trucking facility of XPO Logistics in Hayward, California. Electric is cool," said David Pepe, service center manager for the less-than-truckload program at XPO Logistics. "We Jaime Magtalas, a driver sales representative for XPO Logistics, was kind enough to give me a test ride. . We want it to work for the future.".

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Simulations demonstrate the use of two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant’s total water use, according to a group at West Virginia University , which has published a paper on the topic. This cotreatment scheme offers a way to manage produced water and recover resources from it.

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

That could mean deferring the processing power needed for certain workloads to times of day when a facility is more likely to be using renewable energy. "If We have a lot of potential to move forward, especially when we bring AI to the edge," said Moe Tanabian, general manager for intelligent devices at Microsoft. Energy & Climate.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

FedEx Express Managing Director of Global Vehicles Russ Musgrove said at the VERGE 20 conference last year that utility infrastructure was his biggest pain point in electrifying the fleet. . FedEx is working with Red Rock Biofuels, which is building a facility in Oregon. Courtesy of FedEx. Courtesy of FedEx. Supply Chain.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Diversity of sources reinforces grid resiliency, said Rob Threlkeld, GM’s global manager of sustainable energy, supply and reliability. facilities by 2030 and global operations by 2040. Today, more are seeking to procure renewable energy near their facilities on the same grid they operate. Energy consumers take the lead.

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Green Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

If you are interested in presenting on these above topics or feel you are an expert in a specific sustainable area, please fill out and send in a session submission form: CLICK HERE. the California Conservation Corps, Ferguson HVAC, Whitson Contracting and Management, Smart Rain, Veregy, MBTechnology, Constructive Systems Inc.

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Education Sustainability HVAC Global warming 52

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

As the pandemic rages on in countries that are yet to vaccinate the masses, many people remain unable or afraid to go to health facilities. billion people around the world don’t have access to safely managed drinking water services and over half the global population lack safe sanitation. Shockingly, 2.2 Pull Quote. Corporate Strategy.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This would be a very interesting topic for research work also. This facility could also affect the designated areas such as wilderness areas, protected areas, areas of environmental concern, and special recreation management areas. Proper management and decisions can help to reduce and avoid the land disturbance.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That goes for every business decision, whether a company is opening a facility, launching a product, hiring a manager, siting a solar farm or identifying specific solutions or addressing critical climate issues such as water scarcity, she added. That facility was expected to be opened in 2021, although that was before the pandemic.

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Recycling Recycling Climate change Sustainability 458

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Supply experts at Sodexo, a French foodservice and facilities management company, have worked with the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council to target local and seasonal produce, working with local farmers and producers around each of its client sites. Pull Quote. State of Green Business Report. Corporate Social Responsibility.

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Investment Ethics Education Sustainability 397

GreenBiz

JUNE 18, 2021

EPR is product stewardship legislation charging producers with managing and paying for end-of-life consumer products. The topic, which often goes hand-in-hand with the concept of a circular economy, weighed heavy throughout the discussion. . You need transfer stations and the right MRFs [materials recovery facilities].

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

It is the first time I have spoken in my capacity as chair of the advisory board of Imperial’s new Leonardo Centre , a research facility for sustainable business, which will formally launch in June. That’s the big question that takes center stage at the recent annual conference hosted by Imperial College Business School. Pull Quote.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

EPA will be offering a free training on environmental health issues frequently encountered during school renovations and is intended for school facility managers, environmental health staff, administrators, and other school district professionals. of Education) to answer questions.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

If you have any other show topic ideas, tag The Energy Gang and The Interchange on Twitter. Get your copy today of 2020 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America here. Find out how thermal storage can benefit your facility. Listeners submitted over 120 questions. We’ll be considering them on future shows.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Kristina Furnes, global communications manager for Grieg Seafood, an international seafood company in Norway, British Columbia and Shetland specializing in fresh Atlantic salmon, said fish farming is complex. "It Part of this farming process occurs in freshwater facilities on land and the other part occurs at sea. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

For example, facility managers could reduce the run time of HVAC systems (responsible for about 40 percent of energy consumption), turn off lights in unoccupied spaces (lighting is responsible for 20 percent of energy use) or unplug appliances that aren’t needed (which account for about 33 percent of buildings’ energy use).

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