- Contact Laura Barnes (lbarnes@istc.illinois.edu) with questions, comments, and suggestions.
Search ENB
Archived Posts
Categories
Daily Archives: January 17, 2008
EPA, National and Environmental Groups Launch "Green Infrastructure" Plan to Benefit Communities and the Environment
Read the press release. Today, EPA, with state and national partners, released a comprehensive plan to reduce runoff and increase environmental and economic benefits for communities. The strategy will help reduce stormwater runoff and sewer overflows by promoting “green infrastructure†… Continue reading
Posted in Green Building, Publications
Leave a comment
HP to Cut PC Power Consumption by 25 Percent
Read the full story in PC Magazine. With green as the official color of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), HP announced today its commitment to implement a 25 percent cut in energy consumption across its entire lineup of volume … Continue reading
Tighter emissions plan to harm EU's heavy industry
Read the full story at EU Observer. A plan to tighten the European Union’s greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme is likely to cause the loss of some heavy industries to global competition, EU officials have acknowledged ahead of the publication … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Climate Change, International, Manufacturing, Regulation
Leave a comment
Wal-Mart’s Green Electronics Goal Faces Challenges
Read the full story in the Environmental Leader. Wal-Mart set the goal of one day using only renewable energy and creating zero waste, and it challenged its suppliers to similar goals. To help meet that goal, Wal-Mart had an enormously … Continue reading
'Beyond Petroleum' Pays Off For BP
Read the full story in Environmental Leader. For seven years, British Petroleum has invested heavily in its “Beyond Petroleum†campaign which has been praised by business press and awards shows but criticized by skeptics as greenwashing. The success of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Climate Change, Green Business
Leave a comment
The latest issue of ClimateBiz
For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.climatebiz.com/enewsletter. Matsushita to Include Emissions as Performance Indicator http://climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=36524 The parent company of Panasonic will add emissions figures to its key performance indicators to help it slash 100,000 tons of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Green Business
Leave a comment
EPA's move to 'modernize' libraries spurs concerns
Read the full story at Government Executive. In response to a congressional mandate that the Environmental Protection Agency restore closed libraries, the agency said it will proceed with modernizing its library network, leading some people to believe the EPA will … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Libraries, Research
Leave a comment
The Green Ghetto
Read the full story in Metropolis Magazine. Architecture and design awards tend to mime the Hollywood model. There are gregarious speakers, a tolerance for long, rambling acceptance speeches, and elegant, enthusiastic audiences. Love and admiration hang thick in the air … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building
Leave a comment
Face It: There Is a Solution to Global Warming
Edward Mazria is still fighting the good fight — Âvirtually. As a follow-up to last year’s successful 2010 Imperative Global Emergency Teach-in, Mazria’s organization Architecture 2030 will host another student-focused webcast on January 30th. The Face It webcast, sponsored by … Continue reading
Posted in Awards & contests, Green Building, Schools
Leave a comment
5 Sustainable Species
Read the full story in Metropolis Magazine. The 2007 IIDA/Metropolis Smart EnvironÂments award winners may, once and for all, blow apart the widely held belief that clients don’t care about green design. These clients specifically wanted buildings and interiors that … Continue reading