July 22, 2010

Color can make or break commercial plastics. And commercial or extruded plastics in the wrong color not only potentially increase waste, but result in increased energy consumption with a new manufacturing run to produce the correct product. [More]

June 28, 2010

Anyone who has taken an introductory biology course might remember that in a symbiotic relationship, one organism lives on or near another organism so that both species benefit.

While McCormick & Company, Inc. and Constellation Energy are certainly not reminiscent of any creatures covered in Biology 101, their recent power purchasing agreement (PPA) is a reminder that in some cases, mutualism can work. [More]

June 24, 2010

Since the 1980s, Metglas, Inc. has manufactured an amorphous metal alloy with unique mechanical and magnetic properties. The alloy is primarily used to construct the cores of highly efficient electrical transformers called Amorphous Metal Transformers (AMTs), which are used on power grids to manage the distribution of electricity from power plants to residential, commercial and industrial buildings.

"Electricity is transmitted across power lines at very high voltage, and transformers are needed to reduce that voltage to a usable level," says Dave Millure, Metglas' Senior VP of Sales and Marketing. "Amorphous Metal Transformers can be more energy efficient than traditional silicon steel transformers, which means that power plants don't have to generate as much electricity to begin with." [More]

June 18, 2010

Near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, there's a shift taking place. [More]

June 15, 2010

In his first Oval Office address Tuesday night, President Obama conveyed the Administration’s ongoing and future efforts to deal with the environmental and economic damage caused by the Gulf oil spill, announced new leadership to better oversee offshore drilling and made a case for a clean energy future. [More]

June 2, 2010

Forget solar or wind. In the carpet capitol of the world, Shaw Industries, Inc. in Dalton Ga., is sticking to what it knows best: carpet. [More]

May 14, 2010

When the assembly line was introduced to the automobile industry, everything changed. Cars were produced with less error in less time, and each one was exactly the same as the last. As a result, the industry boomed.

Astraeus Wind, LLC hopes to bring this type of success to wind turbine manufacturing by standardizing the blade manufacturing process. The company wants to experiment with new materials to strengthen the blades while creating an automated process to assemble them, creating identical blades in a fast, efficient manner. [More]

May 6, 2010

Companies such as 3M, Intel, PepsiCo and Whirlpool are participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now LEADER initiative, committing to reducing their energy use by 25 percent or more in 10 years. Another established company participating in the program, AT&T, is also making that commitment to saving energy while producing more renewable power at many of its locations across the country. [More]

April 26, 2010

Business partners Jeff Szczepanski and Rob Lyndall imagine a world where many of the buildings have walls, windows and other materials that are integrated with photovoltaic technology — that is, buildings that generate solar energy without necessarily adding panels to the roof. [More]

April 23, 2010

Recycling has been part of going green for a long time, but one company is going a step further by actually recycling energy that has already been used to power manufacturing plants. [More]

April 23, 2010

“Bread has never tasted so sustainable” is not just another pithy marketing slogan to make Franz Bakery seem green. [More]

April 23, 2010

With help from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its subcontractor, Redhorse Corporation, the agency that keeps our country’s airports running is bolstering its energy efficiency. [More]

April 16, 2010

While many college students might spend their time playing Ultimate Frisbee or enjoying the nightlife, Darren Hammell and several other Princeton University classmates transformed an idea fostered in a dorm room into one of the fastest-growing businesses in the energy industry, creating jobs and inspiring innovation in New Jersey. [More]

April 9, 2010

It takes a lot of power to produce 1 million marbles a day. [More]

March 15, 2010

Montpelier, Vt., netted $8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding in January for a woodchip-fired combined heat and power system. [More]

March 8, 2010

The Goodyear tire plant in Union City, Tenn., is saving energy, which helps keep the plant’s operating costs down.

A Save Energy Now assessment from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2006 identified opportunities to improve the efficiency of the plant’s steam system. Working with a DOE energy expert, employees, including Dennis Burden, an energy manager for Goodyear, learned how to analyze the plant’s steam system and identify natural gas savings to improve efficiency. [More]

January 12, 2010

In tough economic times, employers across the country are looking for ways to save money and avoid layoffs. [More]

January 7, 2010

An innovative company in Billerica, Mass., is taking steps to equip a major supermarket chain in the Southwest with high-performance, clean-energy fuel cells for its hundreds-strong forklift fleet. [More]

January 7, 2010

People around the country will soon tune in to watch an energy-efficient building project touch the lives of young people in the nation’s capital. [More]

January 7, 2010

Ninety-five percent of Greensburg, Kan., was leveled by a tornado with 250-mile-per-hour winds in May 2007. One of the many businesses destroyed that spring was the Bucklin Tractor & Implement-Greensburg John Deere dealership, a component of the agricultural community that about 1,000 Kansans call home. [More]