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Cardinal dramatically reduces carbon footprint while cutting energy costs and doubling light levels. Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) August 31, 2012 Cardinal Fastener Inc., the largest manufacturer of hot forged fasteners in North America, recently completed a lighting retrofit of its 90,000 square foot facility located in Cleveland, Ohio. This installation of energy efficient lighting reduced their Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions by 294 tons, the equivalent of taking 53 cars off the road or...
DRAPER, Utah, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazuma Capital, a leading national direct lender, today announced it has funded $1.3M for a large East coast power provider. The power provider sought a knowledgeable funding source with the ability to provide a solution to a complicated transaction. In order to comply with state environmental standards the company needed to condition their waste into coal fly-ash before depositing waste in state landfills. The company was set up as a...
LONDON, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BP's Target Neutral London 2012 programme has now reached over 200,000 sign ups. With sign-ups increasing daily, ticketholders, athletes and Olympic Partners are getting behind London 2012's ambition to lower the carbon footprint of the Games. BP Target Neutral is offering to offset the carbon footprint of all ticketed spectator journeys to and from the Olympic and Paralympic Games for free. It's simple and easy to do -...
In what might be the first study to report continuous measurements of net CO2 exchange of urban vegetation and soils over a full year or more, scientists from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Minnesota conclude that not only is vegetation important in the uptake of the greenhouse gas, but also that different types of vegetation play different roles. Their findings will be published July 4 in the current issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, a publication of...
CINCINNATI, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FlyAshDirect announces today that in a joint development partnership with BASF, a new chemical solution has been developed to beneficiate fly ashes used in concrete that have been exposed to Powder Activated Carbon (PAC), a material widely accepted as a method to control mercury emissions at coal burning power plants. PAC injection systems, when installed prior to the power plants' particulate control device, will deposit activated carbon onto...
MONROE, Mich., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Demolition work resumed last week on one of the two original 800-foot exhaust stacks at DTE Energy's Monroe Power Plant. The original stacks date to the early 1970s and are being replaced by new 580-foot stacks built to support the operation of new flue gas desulfurization systems, emissions control systems also known as scrubbers or FGDs. These systems significantly reduce sulfur dioxide, mercury and other emissions. The new stacks are...
Environmental groups have long been pushing the technology industry to adopt big goals for renewable energy resources, and apparently somebody was listening. Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it is vowing to distance itself from coal-power and become more environmentally friendly, reducing its carbon footprint. Beginning on 1 July 2012, the software giant’s data centers, software development labs and office buildings will all be carbon neutral. The plan is to zero-out the overall...
By reducing and offsetting carbon emissions in its operation, Nanovations Pty Ltd is setting a new standard for emission free manufacturing of Nanotechnology products. Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) May 05, 2012 Nanovations demonstrates its commitment to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions by becoming one of the first carbon neutral Nanotechnology manufacturers in the world. While careful power management, recycling and procurement did help to significantly minimise Nanovations carbon footprint,...
ATLANTA, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CxAlloy(TM), a leading provider of comprehensive cloud-based solutions for facility project delivery, compliance, carbon footprint management and facilities maintenance, is proud to announce the release of CxAlloy Suites(TM) software, an online suite of products that are cloud-based, paperless and completely flexible. Designed to address the needs of building owners to manage quality throughout the construction process, optimize facility...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean Air-Cool Planet has been awarded a $90,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to support the organization's program to streamline and improve carbon management for thousands of college campuses across the country. Verizon's support will help Clean Air-Cool Planet complete and launch the group's new online Campus Carbon Calculator(TM) and provide support to more than 2,000 existing users of the present tool. More than 90% of...
