Duke Energy Helping Home Fund to Serve 700 Additional Income-Qualified North Carolina Families

Tue, 08/01/2017 - 16:20

More than 700 income-qualified North Carolina families will save energy and money through free home energy makeovers provided by Duke Energy's Helping Home Fund.

Income-Qualified Families to Receive Long Beach Green Homes

Thu, 08/03/2017 - 12:10

The lives of four low-income families will change for the better next year when they receive the keys to new energy-efficient homes in Long Beach, where construction recently kicked off.

Stakeholders Share Views for Advancing SDGs

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 09:25

Representative of UN agencies, UN Regional Commissions, academia, civil society, and the private sector share multifaceted perspectives and recommendations for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a blog series managed by the UN Division for Sustainable Development (DSD).

Queensland Renewable Fuels Association to Partner with below50

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 09:15

Leadership at CAGI Gives Ingersoll Rand Advocacy Role for Sustainability

Tue, 08/01/2017 - 12:30

Several Ingersoll Rand leaders and managers are making important sustainability contributions to the Compressed Air and Gas Institute's (CAGI) work in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE has focused its efforts on regulatory action on efficiency standards for air compressors and the establishment of test procedures that determine if compressors meet those standards.

The Need for Speed: Utilities, Clean Tech and Regulators Agree the Energy Transition has to Move Faster

Wed, 08/02/2017 - 13:20

National Grid’s Nouel says his team issues open RFPs to encourage innovation: “We say, here’s the problem; give us the solution.”

How a Scorecard Can #Movethedate

Fri, 08/04/2017 - 09:40

The costs of global ecological overspending are becoming increasingly evident around the world, in the form of deforestation, drought, fresh-water scarcity, soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But the trend can be reversed, if we moved Earth Overshoot Day back 4.5 days every year, we would return to using the resources of one planet by 2050. Global Footprint Network’s research team is able to work by calculating the number of days by which Earth Overshoot Day would move if the solutions they identified were implemented.

Sourcing Renewable Energy for Your Business: Worth its Weight in Gold/Green

Tue, 08/01/2017 - 13:10

An increasing number of companies are making public commitments to power their operations with renewable energy, but convincing senior management that the investment is worth it can still be a difficult task. Evidence of improvements to ESG ratings and reputation make the task easier.

Domtar Sustainability: Industrial Ecology Made Real

Thu, 08/03/2017 - 10:15

A long-time ideal of sustainability has been the concept of industrial ecology—the notion that industrial processes would benefit from mimicking the closed-loop efficiency of a natural ecosystem. Unlike conventional industrial processes, an ecosystem is not a process with a beginning and an end. An ecosystem is a continuous cycle through which materials flow.

Domtar Sustainability: More Renewable Energy for the Windsor Mill

Tue, 08/01/2017 - 10:15

Our mill in Windsor, Quebec, is on its way to becoming one of the largest private producers of renewable energy in the Eastern Townships region of the province with a second turbine generator scheduled for commissioning in 2017.