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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Certain types of vehicles — including transit and school buses, delivery vans and light-duty cars — can save fleet owners considerable money when they're switched to electric. Other types of fleets such as long-haul trucks will take a lot& longer to go electric. . that fit fleets' needs. Will Rivian eventually be a division of Amazon?

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Laptop maker Lenovo gets 'aggressive' with emissions targets

Business Green

As part of the plans, Lenovo will commit to halving emissions arising from its operations against current levels, including energy purchased for electricity, heat, steam and cooling, by 2030. It has also pledged to reduce the emissions intensity throughout its value chain - known as Scope 3 emissions - by a quarter by the same date.

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Energy efficiency: EP100 hails one billion tonnes of corporate carbon savings

Business Green

According to the report, members of EP100 - which operates alongside the RE100 and EV100 programmes that are focused on renewable energy sourcing and electric vehicle fleets, respectively - delivered emissions savings totalling 360 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. per cent a year.

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Sunlight-Reflecting ‘Cool Walls’ Can Save Building Owners Big Money, Study Says

GreenTechMedia

sunlight-reflecting “cool walls” could save as much or more energy than reflective cool roofs. Reflective walls can prevent solar heat gain indoors during the summer, shaving electricity consumption in the building and lowering peak demand on the grid. percent for single-family homes, and 4.6 Around half of U.S.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S. In 2008, Jacobson teamed up with student, Graeme Hoste, to assess whether California’s hourly demand for electricity could be satisfied with a combination of renewable power sources. (Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Collaboration with Students.

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On the road to carbon neutrality

Business Green

Since 2005, we have reduced our overall greenhouse gas emissions by 15 per cent. Using renewable electricity to heat steam cracker furnaces could become an incredibly effective way to help decarbonize the chemicals industry. And today, we are among the top purchasers of clean energy in the chemicals industry and in the top 20 globally.

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How Much Energy Do Data Centers Really Use?

Energy Innovation

Data centers utilize different information technology (IT) devices to provide these services, all of which are powered by electricity. The electricity used by these IT devices is ultimately converted into heat, which must be removed from the data center by cooling equipment that also runs on electricity. households (U.S.