YOUNGSVILLE, NY-- For the second time this year, New World Home has achieved a historic milestone in green housing by obtaining LEED® for Homes Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
PHILADELPHIA--This fall, undergraduate interior design students at Drexel University will embark on a term-long challenge to design the ultimate green living space for the hospitality suite at Dranoff Properties' LEED-registered 777 South Broad.
NEW YORK, NY-- At the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting on Friday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), and JP Morgan Chase announced a joint commitment to develop a set of standards that will rate the social and environmental return on financial investments.
NEW YORK, NY--To assist industry professionals in learning more about how retrofit projects are embracing green, McGraw-Hill Construction will present a two-day conference, "Green Retrofit: Changing the Landscape of Existing Buildings."
WASHINGTON--Inspired by the Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer products companies, announced at a ceremony this past Saturday in Washington, DC, a commitment of $500,000 to sponsor the next phase of the National Park Foundation's (NPF) "America's Best Idea" grant program.
ARLINGTON, VA-- Iowa Governor Chet Culver has welcomed Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri as the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition's new vice chairman. Governor Culver is the current chairman of the Coalition.
TRENTON, NJ--Several New Jersey environmental organizations have announced their opposition to a series of "smart growth" proposals scheduled to come before the Legislature this fall, including a bill that would restructure New Jersey's Planning Commission.
LYNDHURST--Eco Earth Design, one of the region’s leading environmentally responsible landscape design and development firms, announced that company President Robert Schucker has been named among Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ inaugural group of Green Roof Professionals.
NEW YORK, NY-- 41 low-income New York City families received the keys to their new Habitat for Humanity - New York City homes in a celebration in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn over the weekend.
NEW YORK, NY--Halstead Property Development Marketing and co-developers R & E Brooklyn Inc. and Green Depot, announced the opening of sales for 93 Nevins, an environmentally friendly two- unit townhouse development located at 93 Nevins Street and 453 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, NY-- Sustainable businesses of tomorrow will be measured by more than financial returns: they will also be assessed on efficient use of resources and environmental considerations, said Craig Cogut, founder and co-managing partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors.
SILVER SPRING, MD-- Based on the 2006 bestselling book, "The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating" by authors James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, Planet Green presents the U.S. premiere of THE 100 MILE CHALLENGE, the first television series to explore the highly-acclaimed local food movement.
PITTSBURGH--The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. has unveiled the largest green wall in North America as an innovative way to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient.
CHICAGO--The Boeing Company was named the best performing industrial company in the 2009 Global Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, which ranks corporations for transparency around reporting climate-change risks and actions to improve environmental performance.
MCMINNVILLE, OR-- Waste Management and McMinnville Water & Light will soon use everyday garbage to power thousands of Oregon homes, following the groundbreaking of Waste Management's new energy plant at the company's landfill west of McMinnville.
MOUNT LAUREL-- GEI Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced that it has been chosen to perform consulting services for site investigation and remediation activities for South Jersey Gas and South Jersey Industries.
HERNDON, VA--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have awarded the coveted ENERGY STAR qualification to Renaissance Lighting Inc. on 11 of its newest all-white solid-state LED downlight fixtures.
BETHESDA, MD-- Two Courtyard by Marriott hotels on opposite coasts--Chevy Chase, MD, and Portland, OR-- will be recognized simultaneously via webcast by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
PHILADELPHIA-- Philadelphia University's innovative M.S. in Sustainable Design program has received the 2009 Excellence in Green Building Education Recognition Award from the U.S. Green Building Council.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL-- As part of Sears' ongoing commitment to offering appliances that combine conservation and innovation, the company continues its industry leadership role by becoming the premier sponsor of the 10th Annual ENERGY STAR Appliance Partner Meeting.
NEW YORK, NY-- Vesta Green Marketing Solutions (GMS) helps kick-off Advertising Week by announcing a repositioning of the company and expansion into a broad array of environmentally sustainable promotional products targeting affluent consumers at home.
HACKENSACK, NJ--Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey, a nonprofit, cancer-support organization, is celebrating the “greening” of its Hackensack clubhouse with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 24 at 11 a.m.
COHOES, NY-- Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. has once again been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a leading green power purchaser. Having been awarded the Green Power Leadership Award in 2005 and named Partner of the Year in 2007, 2009 is the third time that Mohawk has been recognized by EPA.
CRESSON, PA-- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is funding water and sewer projects that are reducing pollution, creating jobs and helping communities to address longstanding operational problems, according to Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger.
NEW YORK,NY-- For the second time this year, New World Home has achieved a historic milestone in green housing by obtaining LEED for Homes Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
BOSTON--Amid growing pressure on developing countries to join an international climate treaty later this year, a new Ceres report shows that emerging market banks are beginning to integrate climate change considerations into lending and other business decision-making, but that significantly more attention is needed.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ--Whitman, New Jersey’s leading environmental and engineering management firm, will be participating in the Annual New Jersey Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities (NJAHRA) Conference and Trade Show, being held from Sept. 27 through Sept. 29 at the Hilton Hotel and Casino Resort in Atlantic City, NJ.
WASHINGTON-- Environmental Defense Fund applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision to review the adequacy of the controversial ozone national air quality standard issued under the Bush administration in 2008.
EL SEGUNDO, CA--Partner Energy has acted as advisor to two California
companies in obtaining a total of approximately $7 million in SBA financing
on separate real estate projects in Southern and Northern California.
SAN FRANCISCO-- The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events will host the second annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) - West, on Sept. 29-30, 2009 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
WASHINGTON--As school doors across the nation open for the new school year, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is set to launch year three of its National Green Schools Campaign, a broad-based initiative involving policy makers, teachers, parents and students who want to substantially improve the indoor environmental quality of America’s schools, along with making them more energy efficient, water efficient and resource efficient.
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO-- Green America's Green Business Network brings their eighth annual Green Business Conference to San Francisco's historic Hotel Whitcomb, November 11-12, 2009.
MILFORD, CT-- The SUBWAY restaurant chain, which has made a commitment to make its restaurants and operations more environmentally responsible, recently honored some of its vendors for their contributions in helping the brand reach its sustainability goals.
Schreiber Foods, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, which provides cheese and dairy products to SUBWAY restaurants in 36 countries, was recognized as the brand's Vendor of the Year.
Along with its global capabilities, responsiveness to the SUBWAY franchisees and commitment to the brand, Schreiber Foods was also cited as a great business partner in the brand's sustainability efforts by reducing the innerleaf paper between cheese slices, saving about 450,000 pounds of paper in the process.
In addition, the SUBWAY brand presented two Sustainability Awards to CHEMCO Corporation, which supplies Green Seal certified hand soap to all SUBWAY stores in North America, and SSDC Sustainable Solutions, which provides California Air Resources Board certified glass cleaner and degreaser to the brand worldwide. These awards were recently presented at the annual SUBWAY convention in Washington D.C.
SSDC provides glass cleaner and degreaser, as well as other cleaning supplies, for the brands 30,000-plus restaurants worldwide. Those products had previously been shipped "ready-to-use" in large containers which contained water as an ingredient. SSDC removed the water and instead started shipping both products as concentrated strips, which removes bulk and weight from the shipping process.
That packaging reduction has resulted in a savings of about 180,000 pounds of plastic and 155,000 pounds of corrugate. SSDC has received California Air Resources Board certification on all of its products as being more environmentally responsible.
CHEMCO's Pure Lotion Hand Soap is now Green Seal Certified as an environmentally responsible and ecosystem-friendly product. It is readily biodegradable, non-toxic to even the most fragile organisms in nature, meets all federal guidelines for limiting carcinogenic ingredients, and is free of any volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In addition, everything about it is recyclable - from the lotion container to the case it is shipped in.
NEW YORK, NY-- Verizon has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, which lists North America's leading companies as measured by governance, social and environmental performance.
ALBANY, NY-- tw telecom, a provider of managed voice, Internet and data networking solutions for businesses, has announced the expansion of a state-of-the art, 13,000-sf co-location facility with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
GAITHERSBURG, MD-- Several campuses served by Sodexo earned a coveted spot on the Princeton Review's Green Honor Roll and Sierra Club's Cool Schools list for contributing to campus sustainability initiatives from methods of sourcing and serving food to reducing heat-trapping pollutants.
WASHINGTON-- GridWeek(TM) 2009, the annual gathering of smart grid thought leaders, will kick off its four-day proceedings with an International Smart Grid Summit, presenting a focused 'snapshot' of worldwide smart grid developments and best practices.
NEWARK, NJ-- A Newark grand jury indicted three individuals for their participation in fraud and kickback conspiracies related to contracts at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund site, Federal Creosote, located in Manville, NJ, according to the the Department of Justice.
TORRANCE, CA-- As American consumers shift their buying behavior towards more fuel efficient vehicles, turbocharging -- already in use by roughly half of new vehicles in Europe -- has emerged as the engine technology U.S. consumers "didn't know they wanted."
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- Zero Motorcycles has announced their partnership with the star-studded team behind the award-winning documentary "FUEL."
TEANECK, NJ--Lance Hollner, director of sales for the North East Region of Encelium Technologies of Teaneck, NJ, will present an “Addressable Lighting Controls” program as part of Realcomm’s “Energy Efficient Buildings: Green, Sustainable Technologies at Work” Seminar on Wednesday, September 30, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
PRINCETON, NJ--On Saturday, October 17, Sustainable Princeton and We Are Building Open Opportunity Structures Together will convene a symposium for the open discussion of "Filtering the Green Noise: A Symposium, Part 1."
CARLSBAD, CA-- EcoBlu Products, Inc. has announced that EcoBlu Products protected with BLUWOOD(TM) technology were used in the construction of a home on the hit ABC television show Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
NEW YORK, NY-- Verizon's operations center in Basking Ridge, NJ, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star rating, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection.
ORO VALLEY, AZ-- Vestar Development Co.'s Oro Valley Marketplace has earned Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, marking the first retail project in the state to earn the designation, and one of the first in the Southwest.
BOSTON-- The International Green Technology Trade Center, the world's first permanent trade show for Green Tech, announced its launch at the TradeCenter128 green building complex located on Route 128, Boston's Technology Highway, minutes from the region's leading research universities.
ALBANY, NY--The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has made more than $1.6 million available through the Multifamily Performance Program to the Schenectady Municipal Housing Authority (SMHA) as part of a comprehensive statewide energy reduction plan.
BERKELEY, CA-- Consumer concerns over hazardous chemicals in the air and water have led scientists to find solutions in the new field of green chemistry.
NYACK, NY--KellyGreen-Way.com, a new online green lifestyle boutique, teaches adults and children basic principles of green living and the impact of our behavior on the environment. KellyGreen-Way.com offers eco-friendly products, green ideas, ways to get involved and a green living learning forum.
FRAMINGHAM, MA-- As thousands of students gear up to show their devotion to the Eagles this season, AT&T and Boston College have announced a new way fans can devote some attention to the environment.
MORRISTOWN, NJ--Just 17 months after gathering on the former commuter parking lot at the Morristown Train Station for ground breaking ceremonies, state and local officials -- including representatives from NJ Transit and NJ Department of Transportation -- will reconvene on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. for ribbon cutting ceremonies celebrating the completion of The Highlands at Morristown Station, New Jersey Transit’s first Transit Oriented Development (TOD).
FLORHAM PARK, NJ-- BASF has announced that it is hosting its first High Performance Buildings for Education Summit on Sept. 16, 2009 at 7 World Trade Center, the first commercial office building in New York City to receive the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
MINNEAPOLIS-- Honeywell has installed two solar arrays at Fort Dix, NJ, a training and mobilization center for the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard.
DENVER, CO--Transwestern Investment Company, Broadreach Capital Partners, Equity West Investment Partners and Transwestern today announced that 1999 Broadway has received LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Green Building Rating System™.
CHICAGO--The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)-Chicago Chapter's annual Natural Leaders Luncheon will feature a keynote address by Andrew Winston, co-author of the bestselling book, Green to Gold and author of Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top.
ORISKANY, NY/MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--Daimler Buses North America has announced that sales for the Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid bus have surpassed 3,000 units - more than any other manufacturer in the world. Over 2,200 units are already in service, with an additional 850 firm orders in backlog from cities such as New York City, Seattle, Houston, Ottawa and Puerto Rico.
NEW YORK, NY-- Dover Corporation has announced that Hill PHOENIX, a Dover operating company in its Engineered Systems segment, has received a 2008-2009 GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership "Distinguished Partner Award" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
TEANECK, NJ--Encelium Technologies, an international manufacturer and supplier of addressable lighting controls for commercial buildings, has reported that the increasing demand for improved energy efficiency is generating healthy sales growth for the company in spite of the current economic downturn.
BENTON HARBOR, MI-- McStain Neighborhoods and Brock Built have both been selected to receive a Whirlpool Corporation Excellence in Sustainability award for their sustainable insight in the building community.
AUSTIN, TX--In the past few years, consumers have had growing concerns about the health risks associated with plastic products, specifically those with Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates. But, BPA and phthalates are only two of hundreds of chemicals that can leach from plastics and cause estrogenic activity (EA), which is a common and serious form of endocrine disruption.
COLUMBUS, OH-- AEP Ohio, an operating unit of American Electric Power, has applied for $75 million in federal stimulus funds to support the AEP Ohio gridSMART(SM) Demonstration Project.
ROSENDALE, NY-- The Open Space Institute (OSI) and Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) have extended the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail by a full 11.5 miles, nearly doubling its current length.
WASHINGTON--Inspired by the forthcoming Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, the National Park Foundation (NPF) has established a new grant program to connect underserved audiences to the national parks.
