I just received my GRI G3 reporting certification from the course I took last week. The course was delivered in Colorado for the first time due to the efforts of CORE with support from Deloitte. Lead, out of Canada, provided the training based on materials from the Global Reporting Initiative. The instructor was well informed, [...]
The Daily Camera reports the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus has received another green designation. The Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors gave CU the highest grade awarded on its 2010 report card. And for the second year in a row, CU was named an Overall College Sustainability Leader. CU [...]
It appears Starbucks customers in New York are able to make intelligent decisions when provided with the information about the calorie content of food on the menu. A new study by Stanford released Jan. 6 examined consumer behavior before and after calorie counts were posted, and determined that when restaurants post calories on menu boards, [...]
In a move clearly designed to keep up the pressure on the US to take strong action on climate change, UN climate chief Yfo de Boer stated, “Whatever route is taken, the president of the United States committed to a 17 percent emissions reduction in Copenhagen. The president of the United States committed to more ambitious [...]
President Obama set to be in Copenhagen on Dec. 9th with an offer to cut US GHG emissions in the range of 17% from 2005 levels by 2020.
The DOE is investing up to $1.18 million for a project in Boulder, Colo. to upgrade the 100-year-old Boulder Canyon Hydroelectric Project by replacing two older turbines with a single unit. The new turbine is expected to operate at a wider range of flows and higher efficiency ranges, resulting in an increase in annual generation [...]
Head over to the EPA’s Fuel Economy website and learn ways to get the last few miles out of every drop. You’ll learn how to drive more efficiently, like taking the golf clubs out of the trunk when snow’s on the ground and slowing down just a bit. And ways to not only make the [...]
The University of Mississippi is using data from SmartSynch’s smart meters and passing it to dashboards for campus operations personnel to monitor, analyze and act via RSS and social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook. As a part of the university’s Red, Blue and Green initiative, students and faculty can register with the school’s Green [...]
It appears that people don’t only wish to keep up with their neighbors with bigger homes and wider if flatter TVs. This seems to be true with energy efficiency as well. From hotels to neighborhoods, the power of influence work by Dr. Robert Cialdini is being put to the test with positive results. Looks like [...]
Claiming typical savings in the 20-40% range with aggressive strategies able to save over 50%, the DOE has put out a report on how data centers can use the tools from the Save Energy Now program. Not surprisingly, the key to generating these savings is to reduce the amount of energy used to support and [...]
Meeting the fast growing energy needs of the world just may be the most daunting task mankind has faced to date. No doubt many things must be done to address this issue before fossil fuels are depleted and without destroying economic progress or the environment. McKinsey and Company has produced a paper on Energy Productivity [...]
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