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‘Heat Wheel’ Cools Data Centers, Cuts Energy Bills

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2008

Rich Miller writes on Data Center Knowledge about the heat wheel, a new approach to data center cooling which Miller says is likely to gain a higher profile from an upcoming demonstration of the technology.The heat wheel, also known as a rotary heat exchanger or Kyoto Cooling, improves the use of ...

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Tips On Greening Your Business

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2008

As part of NBC Universal’s Green Week, its affiliate CNBC published a piece on greening businesses.Here are some tips:1. Offer flexible employee commuter optionsEncourage staff to give up cars by subsidizing the cost of mass transit tickets, offering telecommuting, or providing preferred pa ...

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Sustainability Your Businesses Best Defense Against Recession

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2008

In these uncertain economic times, companies often gravitate towards budget cuts and to scale back sustainability or green programs because of the notion that they take away from the bottom-line.In reality, this thinking is the exact opposite of what business leaders need to do. Sustainability ma ...

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U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2008

The U.S. Army released a 2007 Sustainability Report (PDF) and reported that in FY 2007, 301 of new Army military construction projects, or 78 percent of projects, were designed to LEED standards. The Army also reported an 8.4 percent reduction in energy use intensity in facilities from FY 2004.Fr ...

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Anheuser-Busch Cuts Landfill-bound Materials By 2,400 Tons

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2008

Anheuser-Busch has reduced the weight of material it contributes to landfills from its  U.S. breweries by nearly 22 percent, or about 2,400 tons, in 2008 compared to the same time frame last year.The company says it has reduced aluminum can weight by more than 40 percent since the 1970s.In July, ...

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