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08.02.10
Green Building >> News
PEORIA, IL — The Caterpillar Administration Building, which serves as the company's world headquarters, has been awarded LEED-EB O+M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance) Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Achieving the certification makes the Caterpillar facility, located in downtown Peoria, the first building in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan are...Read more...
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08.02.10
Sustainability Reporting >> News
TORONTO, ON — Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited released its first Community and Business Sustainability Report last week and announced that it will including and reporting on sustainability metrics in its quarterly and year-end financial reporting.Read more...
"For Canadian Tire, sustainability is a business strategy and not simply an environmental or green initiative," said Stephen Wetmore, President and CEO of Canadian Tire Corporation. "... -
05.02.10
Carbon Trading >> News
TORONTO, ON — The Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto, has offset 109% of its annual carbon footprint as recognized by the LivClean Eco-Stay Program that provides Canadian hotels with leadership positioning in environmental action, accountability and responsibility.Read more...
With all of the environmental initiatives implemented by the hotel since 2005, the Delta Chelsea Hotel has reduced emissions by 64%. For 2009, 7845 tonnes of carbon offsets were ... -
05.02.10
Legal & Regulatory >> News
NORTHBROOK, IL — UL Environment, Inc. (ULE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and a global leader in environmental evaluation and certification, announced this week that it is launching the Energy Efficiency Certification (EEC) program for compliance with energy efficiency standards and regulations. Consumers will be able to look for the EEC Mark for verification that products have been tested and proven to meet government energy eff...Read more...
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05.02.10
Green Building >> News
Washington, DC – On February 4th, the LEED Green Associate credential, which recognizes professionals in the green building field, was launched in Canada. This credential is the Green Building Certification Institute’s (GBCI) fastest growing credential. The new designation is a stepping stone to the LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) credential.Read more...
“The green building world is expanding; key players include not only those in the bu... -
05.02.10
Energy/Clean Tech >> News
OTTAWA — The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) announced February 4th that the world's wind power capacity grew by 31 per cent in 2009, adding 37,500 Megawatts (MW) to bring total installations up to 157,900 MW. A third of these additions were made in China, which experienced yet another year with over 100 per cent growth. Meanwhile, Canada's wind energy industry enjoyed a record year with 950 MW of new wind energy capacity installed in eight provinces —...Read more...
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03.02.10
Energy/Clean Tech >> News
BURNABY, BC — Legend Power Systems Inc. announced this week that Dr. Jan Carr, former CEO of the Ontario Power Authority, is joining its Board as an independent director.Read more...
"It is a pleasure to welcome Dr. Carr, a renowned industry expert, to Legend's Board. His ample, worldwide experience and vision of our industry's future are invaluable assets to assist in Legend's growth," said Legend Chairman and CEO Gerry Gill.
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03.02.10
Sustainability Reporting >> News
BEAVERTON, OR — Nike, Inc released its fiscal 2007-2009 Corporate Responsibility (CR) report last week, which outlines the next evolution of its CR strategy from a risk management, philanthropic and compliance model to a long-term strategy focused on innovation, collaboration, transparency and advocacy to prepare the company to thrive in a sustainable economy.Read more...
The company aims to increase its focus on Sustainable Business and Innovation (SB&... -
03.02.10
Sustainability Reporting >> News
NORTHFIELD, IL — A few years ago, Kraft Foods decided to lose a lot of weight. And today, it's starting the new year 150 million pounds (116 million kilograms) leaner - having eliminated enough material from its supply chain since 2005 to exceed the company's packaging reduction goal two years ahead of schedule.Read more...
"Our global team of employees is doing a phenomenal job creating opportunities to reduce packaging material while assuring conveni... -
03.02.10
Sustainability Reporting >> News
OAK BROOK, IL — McDonald's Corporation last week issued its most recent sustainability report, and the breadth and depth of its approach is worth noting for other companies that wish to improve their reporting practices. The report outlines McDonald’s latest global best practices in the areas of sustainable supply chain, nutrition and well-being, environmental responsibility, employment experience, community and corporate governance and ethics. The all-d...Read more...
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Top Stories
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How Minto Midtown’s intelligent design and management profoundly alters the building’s resource prof Features | Robert Colman | Feb 4, 2010 Minto has made a name for itself as a leader in green building practices by adopting innovative technologies, management practices, and heavy promotion of sustainable buildings. The company is helping to bring green building to the mainstream quickly – and with style. One of the company’s recent condominium developments, Minto ... Read more... |
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Features | Lisa Borsook and Jeff G. Cowan | Feb 3, 2010 A number of landlords, owners and tenants have recently received inquiries from rooftop solar panel installers, interested in installing solar panels on their roofs. In principle, the idea sounds good, encouraging green power solutions. But in circumstances in which the owner is not the end user of the building (it ... Read more... |
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Features | Ricki Normandin | Feb 3, 2010 A community biomass gasification CHP project in Alaska aims to break new ground. Among the potential forms of renewable energy from biomass, CHP (Combined Heat and Power) is emerging as one of the most viable options. With its one-two punch of thermal and electric energy, CHP is generating a lot of ... Read more... |
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Features | Ricki Normandin | Feb 3, 2010 NewEarth Renewable Energy is setting out to spark a biomass energy revolution with its proprietary ECO-pyrolysis torrefaction (EPT) process. “Our process would actually revolutionize the future of the woody biomass industry,” says Ahava Amen, president of Seattle-based NewEarth Renewable Energy. “It would offer maximum revenue potential because our technology takes ... Read more... |
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News | Green Business Staff | Feb 3, 2010 Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, announced on Saturday, January 30, 2010, the submission of Canada’s 2020 emissions reduction target under the Copenhagen Accord. Canada’s target, a 17 per cent reduction from 2005 levels, was created to align with the U.S. target, and according to the government is still subject to ... Read more... |
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News | GB Staff | Jan 22, 2010 The Ontario government has signed an agreement that will bring more green energy and new jobs to Ontario. A consortium led by Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will invest $7 billion to generate 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power. These projects will triple Ontario's ... Read more... |
Columns
Consider the tuna… The late American writer, David Foster Wallace, in his characteristically probing style, once asked, in an essay titled “Consider the Lobster”, if it was “all right to boil a...
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BC continues the renewable energy momentum British Columbia is aggressive in its determination to remain a global leader in clean and renewable energy. This is not surprising, given that a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study predicts that...
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The American public is losing interest in climate change; are Canadians following in their footsteps? Climate change has been around as an environmental issue since the late 1980s and finally emerged to capture the spotlight in 2007, helped by a combination of climatic, political and media events...
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