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Visionary water projects celebrated by Lighthouse Awards

Envirotec Magazine

Global organisations that have blazed a trail of innovation to conserve and enhance water resources and embed sustainable processes have been recognised for their pioneering work, says the Brave Blue World Foundation, the group behind 2020’s Netflix-featured film about water, which also organises the Lighthouse Awards. “The

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Greentown Labs, Saint-Gobain, and MassCEC Announce the Healthy Buildings Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

The Healthy Buildings Challenge received 99 applications from 15 countries, representing a range of innovations in building materials, coatings, and envelope systems, as well as digital platforms, monitoring, and supplemental technologies. Somerville, Mass., 6, 2021; a recording of the event can be viewed here. . ###. billion in funding.

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Best Cleaners – New York’s Capital Region Experts

Green Business Bureau

Some of those high standards include a focus on sustainability which has typically been a challenging area for most dry cleaners. Other ways that Best Cleaners has greened their business are by switching to LED lighting in their facilities and creating a hanger recycling program. Magazine in August 2011, 2012 and 2013.

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Embracing Green - 3 Environmentally-Conscious Teams and Leagues in Sports

Living Green Technology

Here’s a brief on the efforts made by the top three of such nature-lovers: National Hockey League (NHL) Large energy usage is inherent in ice hockey leagues. The league published a sustainability report last year, first document of this kind by a major sports league in the US. It generates all of its electricity onsite.

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Can Facebook, Google and Microsoft inspire data center innovation at Climate Week?

EDF + Business

By Tom Murray One focus area at this week’s UN Climate Action Summit is Energy Transition , where one of the expected outcomes is bold new “commitments from the IT sector (individually or collectively) on energy efficiency and the leveraging of technology.”. zombie servers”). Tom Murray, VP EDF+Business.

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What Is ISO 14000? Certification Checklist and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

ISO 14000: Sustainable business design using environmental management systems (EMS) ISO 14000 gives the framework, requirements, and standards for the implementation of an effective company-wide environmental management system (EMS). Like SSIR and HBR, the Green Business Bureau sees the leaders that seek a sustainable business world.

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Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade destroying the environment?

AGreenLiving

Yet, it’s questionable whether the organizer’s efforts to recapture and recycle the helium after the event is effective. Having said that, even at an extraordinary price tag, the amount of helium used equates to a small percentage of usage for a single day in the country.