Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Biodegradable packaging: Packaging is very important in the food and agriculture industry because it helps to preserve food quality and safety, reduce food waste, food-borne diseases, and extend the shelf-life of food. The use of these irrigation methods could avoid about 1.13

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Start by investing in proper insulation, energy-efficient windows, and doors to regulate indoor temperatures, reducing the need for excessive heating or cooling. Waste Reduction and Recycling Canada generates a substantial amount of waste each year, and adopting a zero-waste mindset can help mitigate this environmental impact.

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Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Sustainability Energy Monitor 195

Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the breakroom)? Are there opportunities to improve energy efficiency and upgrade lighting, insulation, heating and cooling? Is our packaging also safe for people and the planet?

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 144

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Examples could be switching to LED lights, notifying employees to turn off equipment, and installing more recycling bins. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)? Products & Packaging : Do our products use sustainably sourced and eco-friendly materials?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. And its LyftUp effort seeks to meet transportation needs in underserved urban communities. and globally by 2040.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.  They have partnered with  Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) in Hawaii to recycle a 4 MWh stationary storage system as a continued proof-of-concept. 

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

🚗 Vertical: Funding to Transport, Energy, and Food—the “Big Three” verticals—each dropped by ~50% compared to the prior year. Variations by vertical The overall funding drop owes largely to the “Big Three”: Transportation, Energy, and Food & Land Use.

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

The pandemic has, for example, shone a light on the importance of undervalued work such as waste and recycling collections to the day-to-day functioning of society. A great many frailties, structural problems, and inequalities sitting right at the heart of the economy have been exposed by the coronavirus crisis.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

They should consider processes, materials, people, policies and projects related to energy, waste, buildings, products, packaging, supply chain, transportation, food, water, community and employee well being. Can we find ways to recycle or upcycle waste materials (e.g. install recycling bins in the break room)?

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 128

Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Ferguson continues to implement new packaging solutions and shipping techniques within their operations by improving packaging efficiency rates resulting in reduced expenses associated with replacing and shipping products. Occupancy data from the lighting system was tied to the BAS so that only occupied spaces were heated or cooled.

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Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 40

Earth Gratitude

MAY 4, 2016

The ebook features contributions from @RainbowLightNS (developers of Ecoguard(r) 100% recycled plastic packaging), H.R.H. Learn about others who are transforming their lives and communities in the new, free, Earth Day Gratitude mini ebook (@EarthDayThanks).

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A 100 million tons of wood could be saved each year if all that paper was recycled. Recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Photo by Frimufilms on Freepik Recycling is your way of giving materials a second chance while reducing the strain on our landfills. Keep a recycling bin handy to make this practice a no-brainer.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 195

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 11, 2023

Some examples of indirect emissions include: purchased electricity, purchased heating and cooling, employee travel and commute, vendor-produced emissions, etc. Investing in onsite renewable energy to power company vehicles, facility heating/cooling, and other facility processes. Launch an at-work recycling program.

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Charged

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Most industrial and transportation controls use the highly-sensitive thermistor temperature sensing technology. At the residential level, passive cooling, convection cooling and liquid cooling methods are used, requiring temperature sensor feedback on cell surfaces as well as the monitoring of coolant temperature.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). Challenge 2 : Beer products are often transported across large distances, which has a high carbon footprint. Water is used for cleaning, cooling, and packaging the beer.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Products are then transported , unrestricted and on a global scale to reach the retailer. “ We did not anticipate that transportation and freight costs would soar the way they have as fuel prices have risen to all-time highs.” This process spews gross amounts of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) into the atmosphere.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The three-year funding package is to be channelled into solutions and measures that help the firm, which bottles Coca-Cola products across Western Europe, to eventually transition to using 100 per cent recycled plastic, as well as into depolymerisation technology that can improve rates of plastic recycling, it said.

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Plastics Packaging Global warming Transportation 66

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2022

The 'Ecool' trailer powers up its on-board batteries by converting kinetic electricity generated from its wheels turning on the road into electricity, meaning Aldi's food and drinks products are kept cool while reducing energy consumption, driving down emissions and minimising air pollution, the supermarket explained.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 15, 2022

Tip #3 – Use recycled water : A car wash that can wash up to 400 cars per day uses 48,000 gallons of water daily, which equates to more than 17 million gallons a year. If your facility has a carwash on site, using recycled water for these activities reduces the reliance on increasingly scarce and expensive surface water.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. And its LyftUp effort seeks to meet transportation needs in underserved urban communities. and globally by 2040.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Recycle the water you do use by cooling the pot of water after cooking pasta or by collecting water in the shower. For an added layer of efficiency, add a water recycling system to your house where the laundry or shower can provide water for the toilet. When you head for the store or if you shop online, be mindful of packaging.

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Energy Energy Plastics Recycling 28

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 1, 2020

To minimize personal auto usage, use public transportation for your daily commute. If you have the space, plan for the seasons with cool weather leafy veggies and carrots in the spring, a salsa garden in the summer and squash in the fall. If you don’t already, start recycling.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The other three categories are for transportation costs (“including public and shared transportation for access and mobility”), household energy consumption (“such as weatherization”), and “community renewable energy projects that allow qualifying participants to own or receive the benefits of those projects at reduced or no cost.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

And then there are the transport emissions associated with the massive and still expanding fleets of lorries and vans that serve the UK's warehouses to consider. Dunne says the company is working on integrating more recycled or low emissions materials into its developments to get its embodied emissions.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Tesla’s success could spill over into adjacent transport sectors Summary - Using Tesla’s announcements of Battery Day, DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% (measured in $/kWh) by 2025. Success could spill over into adjacent transport sectors.

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Batteries Electric vehicle Lithium Electricity 78

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

We have already seen many Member States launch such campaigns and also take concrete energy savings measures like limiting the heating and cooling temperatures in public buildings. We also outlined a strategy on Energy System Integration, looking at how we can achieve additional synergies and efficiency gains across the energy sector.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

Also, why not implement a cycle to work scheme, which will encourage employees to use lower GHG emitting forms of transport. . 5: Optimize your heating and cooling systems. 6: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Use recycled materials when possible, in your supply chains, and when providing resources to your employees (e.g.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

Also, why not implement a cycle to work scheme, which will encourage employees to use lower GHG emitting forms of transport. . 5: Optimize your heating and cooling systems. 6: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Use recycled materials when possible, in your supply chains, and when providing resources to your employees (e.g.

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Charged

AUGUST 17, 2022

Then we tap into the normal cooling system loop of the vehicle. We need a suitable ground clearance, so the package space where we install is important. In fact, we are not, we are recycling that magnetic field and containing it within the pads, because it is a resonant, highly coupled and shaped magnetic field. We’re OCPP 1.6

Batteries 57

Batteries Logistics Electricity Energy 57

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Given the problems with injection wells, and transporting the wastewater to them, Scott said, the industry has pursued a variety of projects to treat and clean the waste, providing “the potential to make large sums of money for waste disposal companies.” Blake Scott, a 30-year industry veteran, who used to run an oilfield service company.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 123

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Gavin Newsom put the transportation industry on notice with his executive order banning new gasoline-powered vehicles after 2035. Andrew Cuomo finalized a ban on hydrofluorocarbons, a superpollutant found in refrigerators, air conditioners and other cooling equipment. At the state level, California Gov. On the other side of the U.S.,

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Retail Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Waste 518

Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Renu Energy Services , which focuses on renewable energy technologies to create efficiency and economic advantages with a responsible and accountable future, specializing in the recycling industries, water filtration, and wind energies. The panel was presented by Climatetech Summit Builder Enel. Chairman and Founder Bobby Tudor.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And it expects to make further emissions reductions by sidestepping the need for fossil gas cooling systems in the energy-intensive "dry rooms" used in the battery manufacturing process, by instead using carbon dioxide chillers to create the necessary low humidity conditions. Kickstarting the UK's recycling ecosystem.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

And it includes a broader range of titles, including some cool ones. Decarbonization of all transport categories, from ships to rail to aviation , ramped up in 2022, "an incredible year for the transport industry," according to my colleague Vartan Badalian. The new US climate law will pour billions into growing these trends.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Biodiversity 36

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

At the state level, California Governor Gavin Newsom put the transportation industry on notice with his executive order banning new gasoline-powered vehicles after 2035. A heightened focus on evaporative and 'adiabatic' (outside air) cooling technologies for its data centers.

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Retail Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Waste 56

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Like many consumer products companies, the HP sustainability team is also focused on reducing the impact of its packaging — its goal is to eliminate 75 percent of single-use plastics by 2025. . So far, that effort has diverted 1.7 million pounds of plastic, or 60 million bottles. Ellen MacArthur, Founder and Chair, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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