Two-day workshop covers critical changes to EPA's major programs
Major changes to the U.S. EPA's environmental regulations — updated greenhouse gas rules, revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards, new...
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Cavitation blending technology produces fuel savings up to 9 percent
CavitroniX Corp., Bristol, Va., has announced the results of independent tests of its CavitroniX™ Emulsion-to-Combustion ™ (E2C®) system for...
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Researchers discover new process for breaking down hazardous compounds
Researchers from Rice University, DuPont Central Research and Development, and Stanford University have announced a full-scale field test of a...
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Crossville announces recycling program milestones
Crossville Inc., a porcelain tile manufacturer based in Crossville, Tenn., has diverted a total of 24 million lbs. of porcelain from landfills...
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Federal report shows solar achieved history in March
In March 2013, for the first time, solar energy accounted for all new utility electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. grid, according to...
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GE adds two assembly lines to Appliance Park location
GE has added two assembly lines costing more than $100 million to its Appliance Park location in Louisville, Ky., for manufacturing front-load...
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Hubbell Lighting receives eight innovation awards
Lighting fixture manufacturer Hubbell Lighting, Greenville, S.C., has received eight Product Innovation Awards (PIAs) from Architectural SSL...
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Ontario adds drain water heat recovery to building code
Ontario has made drain water heat recovery (DWHR) part of the SB-12 Ontario Building Code.
Adding DWHR to building code and new-home...
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Harris Products Group wins environmental award
The Harris Products Group manufacturing facility in Gainesville, Ga., has earned a statewide environmental award for its efforts to reduce all...
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Two organizations offer $250,000 prize for green product innovation
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, San Francisco, and Make It Right, New Orleans, have issued a Product Innovation Challenge to...
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Cooper Lighting partners with California Lighting Technology Center
Cooper Lighting, Peachtree City, Ga., has joined the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), Davis, Calif., as an affiliate partner. Cooper...
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Linzer Products installs Mitsubishi Electric PV system
Linzer Products Corp., a manufacturer, importer, and exporter of paint tools and accessories, has installed a 614-kW DC photovoltaic (PV)...
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Clean Harbors acquires Safety-Kleen
Clean Harbors Inc., Norwell, Mass., a provider of environmental, energy, and industrial services throughout North America, has acquired...
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Toyota receives ninth consecutive ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (TEMA), Erlanger,...
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Greenheck named Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year
Greenheck, a manufacturer of air movement and control equipment with corporate headquarters and several manufacturing facilities in Schofield,...
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CodeGreen helps property achieve LEED®-EBOM Gold certification
CodeGreen Solutions, New York City, has helped a property at 500 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, Conn., achieve LEED®-EBOM Gold certification....
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Waste Diversion Certification responds to end-of-life considerations
GreenCircle, Royersford, Pa., has introduced its Waste Diversion from Landfill Certification to provide companies with verification of responsible...
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Sunoptics receives Green Leadership Award
The Sacramento Business Journal has awarded Sunoptics®, Atlanta, with a Green Leadership Award for its energy-efficient prismatic daylighting...
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Multifilm Packaging installs electric vehicle charging station
Multifilm Packaging, a flexible packaging converter in Elgin, Ill., has installed two complementary 240-V, level 2 charging stations. The...
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Ecosphere Technologies names chairman/CEO
Ecosphere Technologies Inc., Stuart, Fla., a water engineering, technology licensing, and manufacturing company, has appointed its founder Dennis...
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Car Mate receives Green Manufacturing Award
Car Mate Trailers Inc., Leeper, Pa., has received the Green Manufacturing Award from the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM),...
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Cereplast receives patent for biodegradable nanopolymer compositions
Cereplast Inc., El Segundo, Calif., a manufacturer of proprietary biobased, sustainable bioplastics, has received patent protection from the U.S....
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U.S. solar market had record-breaking year in 2012, reports says
GTM Research, Boston, and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®), Washington, D.C., have released "U.S. Solar Market Insight:...
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Green Buildings Online launches global networking platform for green building professionals
Green Buildings Online Inc., Ridgefield, Conn., has launched Poplar Network, an online global networking platform to help green building...
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Rehrig Pacific Co. named All Star Association's 2013 Supplier of the Year
Rehrig Pacific Co., Los Angeles, a manufacturer of reusable transport packaging systems including plastic pallets; distribution and display...
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US Solar Works installs solar electric system at Bruce Diamond Co.
US Solar Works, Attleboro, Mass., has installed an AllSun Tracker solar electric system from AllEarth Renewables, Williston, Vt., at Bruce Diamond...
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BlueGreen Alliance Foundation expands Clean Energy Manufacturing Center
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation, Minneapolis, has announced the expansion of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Center (CEMC). The center is a...
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Freudenberg earns sustainability award with laser welding process
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies' laser welding process, which eliminates up to 73 percent of the engineered waste produced during traditional...
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Electric utility efficiency programs increase spending, savings
A new study co-sponsored by IEE, an Institute of the Edison Foundation, Washington, D.C., has found that electric utility efficiency programs...
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Genomatica, DT&L collaborate to produce BDO on commercial scale
Genomatica, San Diego, and DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Co. LLC (DT&L), Louden, Tenn., have announced the first successful...
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Kline reports promising forecast for U.S. re-refining industry
With a projected CAGR exceeding 23 percent over the next five years, the future of the U.S. re-refined basestocks market looks promising according...
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Report highlights top states for clean-energy, -transportation jobs
Clean-energy and clean-transportation projects announced in 2012 are poised to create more than 110,000 jobs across the country, according to the...
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Calgon Carbon awarded contract to supply brominated PAC for mercury removal
Calgon Carbon Corp., Pittsburgh, has received a contract from a U.S. power generator to supply FLUEPAC® brominated powdered activated carbon...
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Mage Solar, Paradise Energy Solutions complete 1.12-MW solar PV system
Mage Solar, Dublin, Ga., a turnkey provider of coordinated solar PV systems, and Paradise Energy Solutions, an integrator company operating in...
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Green Bay Packaging's Arkansas mill receives AF&PA award
Green Bay Packaging Inc.'s Arkansas Kraft Mill, Morrillton, Ark., has received the industry-first American Forest & Paper Association...
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Panasonic solar cell achieves 24.7 percent conversion efficiency
Panasonic Corp., Osaka, Japan, has achieved a record conversion efficiency of 24.7 percent at the research level, using its HIT® solar cell at...
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Cortec establishes Bionetix subsidiary
Cortec® Corp. has established a new wholly owned subsidiary, Bionetix Intl., in Montreal. The company manufactures microbial-based biological...
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3M announces certification for CNG tank
3M, St. Paul, Minn., has completed the NGV2-2007 certification process for its first compressed natural gas (CNG) tank. The 21.5- by 60-in....
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American Roll Form Products opens facility in Nevada
American Roll Form Products (ARFP), Painesville, Ohio, a manufacturer of custom roll formed products, has opened a 40,000-sq.-ft. satellite...
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DHL Express introduces carbon-neutral shipping
DHL Express, Plantation, Fla., has expanded its GOGREEN environmental services by introducing GOGREEN carbon-neutral shipping. U.S. customers...
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SEIA launches U.S. Solar Heating and Cooling Alliance
The Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®), Washington, D.C., has launched the U.S. Solar Heating and Cooling Alliance (SHC Alliance). The...
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Thermogen Industries expanding torrefied wood pellet manufacturing in Maine
Thermogen Industries, Millinocket, Maine, a subsidiary of Cate Street Capital, has signed a letter of intent with the Eastport Port Authority,...
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Grainger presents Georgia-Pacific Professional with supplier performance award
For the sixth consecutive year, MRO product supplier Grainger has presented Georgia-Pacific Professional, Atlanta, with one of its annual Partners...
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Logistics leaders detail strides in sustainability at GFTC
Leaders in the logistics industry detailed important shifts in sustainable practices at the 2013 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference (GFTC), Feb....
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Advanced biofuel companies now in more than half of U.S. states
California is home to nearly 30 advanced biofuel companies, but dozens of other states from coast to coast also are joining this emerging...
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Acme Group names director of sales
Acme Group, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has promoted Matt Utley to director of sales. He oversees and manages all sales for Acme Mills, Great Lakes...
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Yale Materials Handling introduces Certified Remanufactured Program
Yale Materials Handling Corp., Chicago, has introduced a factory-backed Certified Remanufactured Program. Select Yale® dealers are authorized to...
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Ontario to close last southern coal plant
The province of Ontario, Canada, has announced plans to shut down the last of its coal plants in southern Ontario by the end of 2013, a year ahead...
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Unisource Worldwide joins U.S. EPA SmartWay® Transport Partnership
Unisource Worldwide, Norcross, Ga., has announced that its transportation fleet has met the requirements to become part of the U.S. Environmental...
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Cascades Tissue Group receives Green Seal recertification
Cascades Tissue Group, Waterford, N.Y., has achieved Green Seal Standard GS-1 recertification of sanitary paper products for its entire line of...
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