Author: GreenAtWork

  • CH2M HILL Releases 2009 Sustainability Report

    CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, announces the release of its 2009 Sustainability Report detailing the company’s activities for the 2007-2008 reporting period. The report focuses on the complex and interrelated global issues of water, energy, climate change, and land use/development, and details how CH2M HILL is addressing these challenges…

  • The Truth About Green Business

    “Green business is suddenly big business,” Friend observes, “but too many businesses are leaving money on the table by not fully grasping the opportunity. That’s why I’ve packed my nearly 40 years of sustainable business and policy experience into The Truth About Green Business, with 52 focused ‘truths’ that provide a practical roadmap — for…

  • Ford on the Right Track With Sustainability Efforts

    By John Gartner – Matter Network Ford Motor Company has been newsworthy recently as much for what it’s not doing as what it is. The auto giant has been the only one of the big three not in bankruptcy or asking for bailout funds, and its products are also not emitting as many greenhouse gases…

  • Creating Sustainable Markets

    Creating Sustainable Markets

    Markets do work, but they work according to how they’re designed. Let’s talk honestly about markets and sustainability. Many, myself included, argue the power of markets to drive change—that the only method powerful enough to drive sustainability globally and quickly is to unleash market forces. We give these mystical forces the potential to alleviate poverty,…

  • From Principles to Practices

    From Principles to Practices

    Creating a sustaining architecture for the 21st century, using the enduring laws of nature. by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, from green@work magazine ’03 Just over a decade ago, when the city of Hannover, Germany, asked us to develop a set of design principles for the 2000 World’s Fair, design for sustainability was in its…

  • Wal-Mart Americas Aims to Reduce Detergent Phosphates 70%

    Company makes commitment to more sustainable packaging in the region Wal-Mart Stores committed today to reduce phosphates in laundry and dish detergents in the Americas region by 70 percent by 2011. Wal-Mart also announced plans to accelerate its drive toward more sustainable packaging in the Americas region by reducing packaging by 5 percent by the…

  • An Example of LEED Platinum Building Design

    Designing a “green” building under the LEED guidelines presents a unique challenge to construction: the building needs to be more energy efficient than required by code. In essence, the code does not anticipate the obstacles of green building issues. With the help of Rolf Jensen & Associates’ (RJA) code expertise, the Genzyme Center synchronized sophisticated…

  • Johnson Controls to Harness Renewable Energy, Improve Energy Conservation Measures for Oak Ridge National Laboratories

    Innovative project to generate $8 million annual savings, decrease dependency on fossil fuels MILWAUKEE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. has signed an $89 million energy savings performance contract with Johnson Controls, Inc. to apply advanced energy conservation solutions, including a biomass gasification system, to the campus. This project is the…

  • The Number of Hybrid Drivers in Massachusetts Jumps 36 Percent in Less Than a Year

    Travelers of Massachusetts offers key discounts for those driving environmentally-friendly vehicles WORCESTER, Mass. — Massachusetts drivers are increasingly going green as the number of registered hybrid vehicles in the state has increased by 36 percent during the past nine months. The timing couldn’t be better for those drivers as the state’s new managed competition system…

  • Landscape Architects Offer Free Green Roof Educational Resource

    The Roof is Growing! Targets Middle School Students, Educators WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) today announced the availability of The Roof is Growing!, an educational resource for middle-school students and teachers about green roofs and their environmental benefits. The resource includes a lesson plan, workbook, and online interactive program designed to engage…

  • Farm Bill Will Help the U.S. Move to Advanced, Low-Carbon Biofuels

    WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Farm Bill passed yesterday by the U.S. House and today by the U.S. Senate will encourage biofuel producers to move more rapidly to commercialize advanced biofuels and help farmers transition to growing energy crops for a sustainable biofuel industry. Biotechnology Industry Organization President & CEO Jim Greenwood today thanked House and Senate leaders…

  • 2008 IBT Market Pulse Survey Finds Financial Services Executives Keen on Building, Being and Offering Green Services

    ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of financial institution executives say they plan to build new or undergo a major remodel of an existing branch in the next 12-24 months and the vast majority (88 percent) say green initiatives are important to their financial institutes, according to 2008 IBT Market Pulse Survey: A Different Shade of…

  • Quartet Launches Envi™, the First ‘Green’ Line of Whiteboards, Bulletin Boards for Retail Market

    LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quartet is introducing consumers to the first environmentally-friendly whiteboards and bulletin boards to hit the retail market. Its new Envi™ line boasts MBDC’s (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) Cradle-to-CradleSM silver certification, which verifies that the boards are created to ensure minimal impact to the environment throughout their entire life-cycle.

  • Kohl’s Distributed Solar Power Program Becomes World’s Largest Among Retailers

    Kohl’s Brings Solar Power to New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland Locations MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE:KSS) announced today that it plans to convert more than 50 of its existing New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland locations to solar power, representing nearly 80 percent of its locations in these three states. Currently Kohl’s operates 34…

  • CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. Announces First Phase of its Municipal Solid Waste to Ethanol Project Is Now Operational

    ST. LOUIS – CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: CLTH) has announced today that the equipment purchased from the University of California at Berkeley is now in place and operational. Testing of cellulosic feedstocks has begun. CleanTech is excited to begin this testing and about the potential impact of our technologies for the reduction of garbage being…