Tag: Sustainable Business
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How Proposed Electric Motor Standards Could Lead to Large Energy Savings
[caption id="attachment_313536" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Meg Waltner Like the vast majority of Americans, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about electric motors in the 1-to-500 horsepower range. Astoundingly, though, these motors consume about 50 percent of all the electricity used by industry in the U.S. That’s right: 50 percent.…
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How Proposed Electric Motor Standards Could Lead to Large Energy Savings
[caption id="attachment_313536" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Meg Waltner Like the vast majority of Americans, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about electric motors in the 1-to-500 horsepower range. Astoundingly, though, these motors consume about 50 percent of all the electricity used by industry in the U.S. That’s right: 50 percent.…
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It’s Time for Retailers to Retrofit Lighting for Big Energy Savings
By Josh Hathaway When visiting a retail store, customers are looking for a pleasant shopping experience. They want to look vibrant in the clothing and cosmetics sections, they want the produce to look fresh and delicious, and they want to be able to find what they are looking for. Lighting products attractively and ensuring customers…
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3 Ways Businesses and Policymakers Can Walk the Talk to Conquer Climate Change
[caption id="attachment_312980" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Andrew Steer It’s time for businesses and governments to step up to the climate challenge and match words to actions. This week at the annual international climate talks in Warsaw, companies, policymakers, and civil society participated in an event to deepen business engagement on climate policy. Such interaction…
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Why Are Facebook and Google Members of ALEC? Even Top Officials at These Companies Can’t Explain
Their memberships are so confounding, even representatives from Facebook and Google can’t explain them. The two web companies have become corporate leaders in renewable energy investments, powering data centers with wind and funding green projects around the globe. So why, then, are they members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—a group mostly consisting of fossil fuel…