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HID Global's World Headquarters and North American Operations Center Achieves LEED Platinum Certification

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced at a ceremony and celebration event here that its World Headquarters and North American Operations Center in Austin has been LEED® Platinum certified, and is the only industrial manufacturing facility in the state of Texas awarded this distinction.

14 Jul 2014

Columbus Scrap Material Wins Coveted Award

The American Metal Market Awards for Steel Excellence honor best-in-class companies in or in support of the global steel industry. Columbus Scrap Material was selected as the winner in the small to medium Scrap Company of the Year category.

30 Jun 2014

Eaton’s 39 Manufacturing Sites Honored for Achieving Zero Waste-to-Landfill

Power management company Eaton in 2013 reduced its landfilled wastes by about 18 percent, or 4,900 metric tons, as part of a global zero waste-to-landfill program. During World Environment Month in June, Eaton is honoring 39 manufacturing facilities around the globe that have achieved this milestone.

28 Jun 2014

Quantitech FTIR gas analyser helps support ‘carbon capture’ research

Quantitech has commissioned an advanced Gasmet FTIR multiparameter gas analyser at the UK Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) facility near Sheffield.

25 Jun 2014

Cereplast's Assets to be Acquired by Bioplastic Food Service Disposables Producer, Trellis Earth Products

Trellis Earth Products, Inc., a leading maker of bioplastic food service disposables, will pay $2.6 million for substantially all of Cereplast's assets including production equipment, patents, inventory, and trademarks, plus pay certain contract cure costs, as part of Cereplast's Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings. United States Bankruptcy Judge Basil H. Lorch III entered the sale order today for the assets of Cereplast, including its former Seymour bioplastics factory.

23 Jun 2014

EnerNOC Customers Honored with California Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards

EnerNOC, Inc., a leading provider of energy intelligence software (EIS), today announced that three of its customers have each won Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards from the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference.

18 Jun 2014

New Sustainability Assessment Tool for Construction Projects Now Available

A new version of SméO, the tool specifically developed for assessing the sustainability of construction projects in Switzerland, is available now.

16 Jun 2014

N.C. A&T and NORESCO Enter Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement for Greensboro Campus

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) and NORESCO, a national leader in energy efficiency and energy infrastructure solutions, have entered into a $3.8 million guaranteed energy savings agreement for work on the Greensboro, North Carolina, campus.

13 Jun 2014

Practice Greenhealth Honors Mayo Clinic for Responsible Environmental Practices

Mayo Clinic was recently honored with two awards from Practice Greenhealth for its efforts in responsible environmental practices.

12 Jun 2014

Xerox Joins Sustainable Electronics Recycling International Coalition

Xerox announced today that it has joined the Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) coalition to help launch a program to encourage companies to responsibly reuse and recycle electronics.

10 Jun 2014