Corporate Sustainability

Vigilent Raises $6.7M for Big-Data-Style Data Center Efficiency

Vigilent Raises $6.7M for Big-Data-Style Data Center Efficiency

Jeff St. John: March 26, 2012

Keeping data centers running efficiently adds up to a big data problem in itself, over time.

IBM, Air Force Take Sustainability Software Global

IBM, Air Force Take Sustainability Software Global

Jeff St. John: March 5, 2012

IBM applies its Tririga software to greening the U.S. Air Force’s global infrastructure.

FirstFuel Wins $10M More for Commercial Building Energy Analysis

FirstFuel Wins $10M More for Commercial Building Energy Analysis

Eric Wesoff: February 27, 2012

Energy analytics for commercial buildings: it’s like Opower, but with a bigger potential market and more potential savings. 

Energy Points Launches Universal Metric for Sustainability

Energy Points Launches Universal Metric for Sustainability

Katherine Tweed: February 17, 2012

Can an apples-to-apples comparison drive sustainability?

Hydrovolts Finds Current Energy Where It Wasn’t Possible Before

Hydrovolts Finds Current Energy Where It Wasn’t Possible Before

Herman K. Trabish: February 8, 2012

A plan to capture micro-hydropower bubbling up out of wastewater treatment plants

DistribuTECH Roundup: Silver Spring Lands Progress, SAIC and C3 Join Forces, and More

DistribuTECH Roundup: Silver Spring Lands Progress, SAIC and C3 Join Forces, and More

Jeff St. John: January 25, 2012

A report on what’s happening at the big smart grid shindig in San Antonio

10 Steps to Effective Workplace Energy Efficiency

10 Steps to Effective Workplace Energy Efficiency

Katherine Tweed: January 19, 2012

Because not saving energy in the workplace is so 2011

Green Christmas Trees, Green Light Bulbs, and Red Hot Chevy Volt Fires

Green Christmas Trees, Green Light Bulbs, and Red Hot Chevy Volt Fires

Katherine Tweed: November 29, 2011

Also, will Big Auto try to undermine new MPG standards?

China Will Quit Incandescent Bulbs Within Five Years

China Will Quit Incandescent Bulbs Within Five Years

Eric Wesoff: November 7, 2011

The solid-state lighting revolution is at hand. Will American companies be able to penetrate the vast Chinese market?

“Near Net Zero” at Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande Facility in Arizona

“Near Net Zero” at Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande Facility in Arizona

Simona Drevensek: October 7, 2011

How innovative technology helps business and the environment

Hans Rosling and the Future of the World

Hans Rosling and the Future of the World

Michael Kanellos: October 7, 2011

The world’s most important invention—the breakthrough that has changed family life for the better nearly everywhere—isn’t particularly extravagant. In fact, you probably own one.

The Automated Energy-Saving Grocery Store Goes Live

The Automated Energy-Saving Grocery Store Goes Live

Jeff St. John: October 3, 2011

Verisae is looking to lead in what will soon be a $558 million software market.

FirstFuel Wins $2.4M for Commercial Building Energy Analysis

FirstFuel Wins $2.4M for Commercial Building Energy Analysis

Eric Wesoff: September 22, 2011

An Opower for commercial buildings—but with a bigger potential market and more potential savings

Ray Anderson: 1934-2011

Ray Anderson: 1934-2011

Michael Kanellos: August 8, 2011

He made carpet. And he made a difference.

Advertising Climate Change: A Study of Green Ads, 2005-2010

Advertising Climate Change: A Study of Green Ads, 2005-2010

Michael Svoboda: August 2, 2011

A Yale analysis suggests major advertisers closely tracked public opinion on climate change, with ‘green’ ads peaking in 2008-09 and returning to ‘background’ levels in 2010.