How to Compare Air Compressor Energy Efficiencies
It’s time to buy a new compressor but there are so many choices – how do you decide the best one? The data sheets made available by the Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI) and resources from Compressed Air Challenge can make a real difference in helping you choose. Read More >>
How Energy Efficiency Affects the Motor Repair-Replace Decision
The decision whether to repair or replace a failed motor is not always as simple and straightforward as some would have you believe. Here’s how to make well-informed decisions about whether to repair, rewind or replace energy-efficient motors when they fail. Read More >>
Suppliers Can Be Expected to Support Higher Efficiencies
We asked Schneider Electric’s Mary Ramsey to tell us what manufacturers could demand of her company and other suppliers and partners to help them improve sustainability, starting with energy efficiency and proceeding through water management and reduction of waste. Read More >>
Biodegradability Does Not Equal Compostability
Jeff Timm points out in addition to biodegradability, compostability requires that the material degrades at a rate consistent with other known compostable materials, and that it leaves no visible, distinguishable or toxic residue. Read More >>
Understand Energy Management Basics
During challenging economic times, energy efficiency can help manufacturing facilities survive, and when conditions are favorable, it helps them thrive. Achieve more efficient use of energy without compromising productivity, morale or safety by covering these five activities. Read More >>
Hasbro Makes Double-Digit Gains on 2012 CDP Index
The toymaker has achieved a 29 point year-over-year improvement in its Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reporting score. Here’s a summary of its activities over the past year that have contributed to the CDP recognition and other honors. Read More >>
Improve Energy Efficiency with High-Temperature Material Processing
Optimizing energy efficiency during high-temperature materials processing seems a worthwhile goal, but what does it mean, and where do you start? To consider the scope of opportunity, it's important to fully grasp these basic principles. Read More >>
DuPont Group Sheds 81 Million Pounds to Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill
DuPont Building Innovations reduced the amount of waste it sent to landfills from 81 million pounds in 2008 to zero by the end of 2011. Here’s how it motivated employees and found ways to reduce, reuse/recycle, and discover alternative markets for the materials it used to throw away. Read More >>
Triple Bottom Line Tool to Help Economic Developers Optimize Investments
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), in partnership with Oregon's Portland State University, has announced the availability of an innovative online tool to help measure benefits of projects using the triple bottom line model. Read More >>
America Trashes 40 Percent of Its Food Supply
Americans are throwing away 40 percent of their food, the equivalent of $165 billion in uneaten food each year, according to a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which outlines opportunities to reduce the losses. Read More >>
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