China to Develop New Energy Source – Combustible Ice
March 9, 2010Leave a Comment
ENN – China’s western Qinghai Province, containing major deposits of the country’s “combustible ice,” will see increased explorations for this emerging clean energy, Provincial Governor Luo Huining said on Saturday.
The plateau province plans to allow large energy companies along with researchers to tap this new source of energy while minimizing [...]
Apple Shuns CSR Report at February’s Shareholder Meeting
March 9, 2010Leave a Comment
In a highly competitive industry why does Apple refuse to take the lead?
In a proxy filing issued in January, Apple’s Board of Directors urged shareholders to vote against a shareholder resolution proposed by As You Sow, an environmental group specializing shareholding advocacy, and co-sponsored by The New York City Office of the Comptroller and the [...]
Johnson Controls Predicts Upturn In Efficiency Segment
March 8, 2010Leave a Comment
Green Building Block
Last Friday, Johnson Controls reported FQ1/10 financial results. While we don’t formally cover Johnson Controls, the company’s results and management’s outlook are of particular interest to us given the firm’s leadership position in the building efficiency market. In our view, here are the key take-aways from the earnings report:
Result
Fiscal first quarter (ended [...]
The Green Spider Sparks Interest
March 8, 2010Leave a Comment
The Green Spider is the Latest Innovation in Energy Efficient Lighting
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.– In today’s economy where many businesses are looking to save money and operate in environmentally friendly ways, a new product promises to achieve both in a place few consider: the parking lot.
A new, first-of-its-kind energy-efficient lighting system called The Green Spider launched this [...]
Utilities: the Sound of One Hand Clapping
February 23, 2010Leave a Comment
The way utilities are forced to make decisions about capacity is like The Pottery Barn making daily staffing and inventory decisions based on the busiest shopping day of the year.
How much easier for retail if customers spread themselves evenly throughout the year. It’s the sound of one hand–the utilities–making decisions without any control over when [...]
Driving Down Solar Costs with Beans and Cotton
February 23, 2010Leave a Comment
BioSolar has a new idea for making solar even more sustainable: Make the back sheets, that support silicon solar cells, from organic materials.
Economical
As David Lee, PhD, President and CEO of BioSolar said, their mission is to make solar energy truly sustainable.
“We cannot depend on government incentives for ever,” he said. “We need to make solar [...]
Business Leaders Opt to Measure and Report
February 18, 2010Leave a Comment
The secret is that major corporations, even in the United States, are voluntarily signing up and reporting their carbon.
Organizations like the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Global Reporting Initiative are tracking corporate emissions at the request of companies. CRD Analytics, which has a leading index of the Sustainability 100, noted that these companies outperformed the [...]
Credits from Cows
February 16, 20101 Comment
Cows give Point Carbon their One Thousandth Offset Project.
Offset projects, which provide carbon credits for companies so that they can reduce their carbon footprint, have had success in Europe. In the EU, carbon reduction is mandated by the Kyoto protocol. Europe has also faced fuel and energy prices that outweigh those in the US. As [...]
Green Point Joins CRD Analytics LLC
February 11, 2010Leave a Comment
CRD Analytics Engages Greening Point as Business Development Partner
New York, NY.– CRD Analytics LLC and Greening Point, Inc. announced today a partnering agreement that makes the full range of CRD Analytics SmartView™ sustainability investment analytics reporting available as part of the Greening Point solution portfolio.
Greening Point will join the CRD Analytics Preferred Partner Network, enabling [...]
Fast Chargers
January 28, 2010Leave a Comment
Ioxus, a US firm, is beating ultracapacitors made in Asia, and using them for much larger applications than digital cameras and Blackberries.
Ioxus is helping power cars, diesels and locomotives, along with finding smarter ways to make small devices smaller.
Fitting between batteries and traditional capacitors, ultracapacitors have features of both. As Chad Hall, COO of Ioxus [...]