Category: E&EM News
BC Hydro Power Smart Forum | A Recap From Energy Advantage
October 28th, 2011, 1 Comment
By: Luke Ferdinands
On October 17th-19th, 2011 more than 1500 delegates gathered for the annual BC Hydro Power Smart Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia. With a theme of Climate Change: Mitigation or Adaptation, experts from across Canada and beyond gathered to talk about the changes necessary to reduce energy consumption in their sectors.
Myself, along with other [...]
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October 18th, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
3 Common Pitfalls of Sustainability Initiatives
This article discusses the pitfalls that can undermine sustainability initiatives — and offers advice on how to avoid such snares.
Why Oil isn’t Behaving Like Other Commodities
Commodities have been getting the crunch treatment as the euro zone debt crisis spun out of [...]
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Releases New Standards for Corporate Value Chain and Products
October 12th, 2011, No Comments
By: Tiffany Richmond
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched two new standards that aim to give companies a comprehensive view of the life cycle impacts of their products and value chains. Developed by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the new standards, which is supplement to the existing Corporate Accounting and Reporting [...]
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September 12th, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
The Story Behind Google’s Huge Appetite for Energy
Google this week dumped a massive amount of data about how much energy it uses (a lot), and how efficiently the company uses it (quite).
Big Multi-Nationals Want to Chip Away at Ontario’s Electricity Transmission Company
Twice in the past eight [...]
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August 26th, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
Changing The World One Wash At A Time
Companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble have made it their business to change our wasteful habits. And, judging by their past advertising successes, it might just work.
Why Transparency is Here to Stay, and How Your [...]
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July 31st, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
How Much Has Changed During the Last 30 Years of Clean Energy?
It’s been 30 years since the first Musicians United for Safe Energy concert to raise awareness against nuclear energy. So much has changed in the world of renewable energy since then, but a few things [...]
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June 30th, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
What Conservation Must Look Like in the 21st Century
Green influence has been dwindling. A series of polls in the US asked how many agreed with the statement, “Most environmentalists are extremists, not reasonable people.” In 1996, 32 percent agreed. In 2004, 43 percent agreed. Now it’s [...]
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May 30th, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
Why Managing the Data Behind Your Energy Dashboard is Crucial
There’s a lot of hoopla in the industry today about dashboards, especially energy-related dashboards. While dashboards are ultimately the user interface into building and energy data, very little attention has been given to the quality and management [...]
5 Steps the Business Sector Should Take to Prepare for a Carbon Market
May 12th, 2011, No Comments
By: Tiffany Richmond
Climate change is becoming one of the most important issues of the 21st century. The role of the business sector in addressing the challenges of climate change is crucial and companies globally will play a major role in driving the transition to a low carbon economy.
Many governments have already established policies and regulations [...]
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May 11th, 2011, No Comments
Articles about energy and environmental matters happening around the world.
Greenpeace Calls Cloud Dirty
Greenpeace published a report that says that the data centers enabling the digital cloud consume about 1.5 percent to 2 percent of global electricity.
Price of Crude Oil Falls Again, but Analysts Warn It Will Remain at Lofty Levels
Many energy analysts and economists predict [...]
