June, 2009

In case you missed it, late Friday afternoon, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) passed the House by a narrow vote of 219-212. The so-called climate bill - because it establishes a national cap and trade system - will now go to the Senate...

This may almost sound too good to be true: You do an energy efficiency project (a large-scale lighting upgrade, for instance), measure and verify the savings, and then in addition to the financial benefit of buying less energy, you could also SELL a certificate...

Want to go green, but can't seem to get upper management's support? Here's a tip: Enlist the help of your occupants. Oftentimes, bottom-up pressure can be just as effective as top-down mandates in terms of instituting effective, efficient...

At the first annual Corporate Sustainability Summit in Austin, Texas last week, much of the conversation and many of the seminars centered around overcoming hurdles to sustainability. At one point during the conference put on by The Center for Corporate...